Ronald and Wendy Smith Clinical Research Grant supports researchers conducting prospective studies in orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery to produce clinically important, practically applicable results.
The guide now specifies a limit of two AOFAS research grants per investigator in any four consecutive years and directs applicants to ProposalCentral. Disclosure forms must now be uploaded individually rather than combined; Research Strategies must omit investigator, institution and laboratory names, and other document instructions also changed.
Research Grants Program supports foot and ankle researchers and their teams with pilot, small, and established studies to discover new treatments, improve patient care, and build evidence for future funding.
The Arthritis Foundation/AOFAS Research Grants fund clinical studies on ankle osteoarthritis, supporting innovative approaches to diagnosis, genetics, and treatment through the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society.
The AOSSM-JRF Ortho Allograft Grant funds research to advance scientific and clinical knowledge of meniscal or osteochondral allograft transplantation in the knee.
The OREF/ASES Rockwood Clinical Shoulder Research Grant funds new investigators advancing clinical research to improve shoulder orthopaedic care.
OREF/OTA Trauma Research Grant with funding support from Arthrex supports investigators studying innovative surgery for ankle fractures complicated by bone, soft tissue, or metabolic challenges to inform clinical care.