We rely on the sports medicine community to support research that will improve patient outcomes.
- Research grants lead to innovations that will benefit healthcare professionals and patients for years to come.
- Scholarships build a pipeline of future sports medicine surgeons.
- Continuing medical education ensures that best practices are shared and new skills transferred.
Major grants and award highlights:
Return to Play Grant ($200,000)
Young Investigator Grants (YIG) – $40,000 each
Sandy Kirkley Outcomes Research Grant ($20,000)
AOSSM-JRF Ortho Allograft Grant ($50,000)
Playmaker Grant Lab ($75,000 Total)
MAST Grants ($200,000 Total)
From scholarship and grant winners:
- “I am grateful to the AOSSM for this generous award. This award allowed me to pursue research ideas that would otherwise have been unrealized, and led to several discoveries that have greatly influenced the future direction of our work." -Michael Davies, MD, Past Young Investigator Grant awardee
- “The AOSSM Sandy Kirkley Clinical Outcome Research Grant was instrumental in making this study possible; without it, the research may not have been conducted or would not have been the same quality. As my clinical practice and research portfolio expand, grants like this make it possible to conduct impactful, practice-changing research that directly improves patient care.” – Benjamin Coobs, Past Sandy Kirkley Clinical Outcomes Grant awardee
- “The benefits of The Aircast Foundation’s Playmaker grant have been extensive and amazing. We have made new programs, new research projects, and new regional and international collaborations through The Aircast Foundation’s support. We are extremely grateful and thankful for the opportunity to have received this funding. Support from The Aircast Foundation continues to provide new opportunities forour orthopedic group and the patients and students in our medical region of the USA. Thank you to everyone involved with The Aircast Foundation!” – Nathan Skelley, MD, Playmaker Grant Lab awardee
- “Obtaining the Playmaker Grant…allowed our team to catapult some of the research we’re doing.” - Seth Sherman, MD
AOSSM has been my home as a professional. It has given me the tools and the community to help me succeed as a surgeon, as an educator, as a team physician. And my goals are that this carries on to the next generation. I want this to be available to allow others to have the same type of experience that I do, and to have the home that I do. I want members to consider what AOSSM has meant to them and, if it is meaningful, I suggest putting something back.”
Eric McCarty, MD