Call for Abstracts of Research Proposals – Biologic Treatments for Sports Injuries 

AOSSM will host an interactive grant development workshop on Biologic Treatments for Sports Injuries to be held Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the day before the AOSSM Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The purposes of the workshop are:

    
• To present candidate research proposals for funding under this program that investigate the use of biologics to enhance the healing of soft tissues compromised by sports injuries and/or aging

• To identify and critically evaluate those projects with the potential for multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary collaboration and to encourage collaboration between presenters in the development of research proposals

Members of the AOSSM and the orthopaedic research community are invited to submit abstracts for participation in this grant development workshop.  In October, 2012, AOSSM will offer a $250,000 grant to fund one study that addresses an important research question involving one or more of the three following general biologic approaches: bioactive factors, cell-based therapies, and scaffolds. A member of an investigational team must have an abstract accepted for presentation at the July grant workshop in order to apply for this grant.  Please review the detailed requirements for submitting a grant abstract here.  Abstracts for this grant are not currently being accepted.  Direct any questions to Bart Mann. 

The Biologics Initiative is supported by a grant from RTI Biologics, Inc.