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Grant Opportunities

The AOSSM Research Mission

To enhance value in sports medicine through the development, promotion, and encouragement of cutting-edge research that improves patient care.

AOSSM grant opportunities and application forms are available on Proposal Central. Request for Applications (RFA) and grant guidelines can be accessed for each AOSSM grant opportunity. All applicants must login or create a Proposal Central account to apply for AOSSM grant opportunities.

2025 Grant and Research Awards Cycle

Name#Award AmountCall for SubmissionsSubmission Deadline

Submission Review

Announcements
Shoulder Arthritis Research Grant1$500,000 Letters of Intent: January 31March 3MayJuly (At Annual Meeting)
JRF Ortho Allograft Grant1$50,000JanuaryMarch 15

May

June/July
Young Investigator1 Basic
1 Clinical
$40,000
$40,000

Pre-Proposals: February

May 15JunePre-review done in July; Full Submissions Invited
Full Proposals: JulySeptember 1OctoberNovember
Kirkley Clinical Outcomes1$20,000MarchJuly 31SeptemberOctober
Playmaker Grant Lab1-2$25,000 eachLetters of Intent: MarchMay 15July (At Annual Meeting)July (At Annual Meeting)
Cabaud Memorial Award1$5,000Abstracts: July (with Annual Meeting Abstract Submission)September 3OctoberPre-review done in October and finalists selected
Full Manuscripts: NovemberJanuary 1JanuaryMarch
O’Donoghue Sports Injury Award1

$5,000

Abstracts: July (with Annual Meeting Abstract Submission)September 3OctoberPre-review done in October and finalists selected
Full Manuscripts: NovemberJanuary 1JanuaryMarch
Excellence in Research Award1$2,000Abstracts: July (with Annual Meeting Abstract Submission)September 3October

Pre-review done in October and finalists selected

Full Manuscripts: NovemberJanuary 1January

March

Bart Mann Award1-2$5,000Submit any time throughout the yearJuly 31AugustSeptember

AOSSM offers the following to support continued research in orthopaedic sports medicine:

Arthritis Foundation-AOSSM Shoulder Arthritis Research Grant

Application Deadline is March 3, 2025


This grant opportunity offers up to $500,000 over 3 years to support preliminary research to stop or slow the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) related to shoulder pathology. The grant also aims to establish or advance a programmatic line of research that can eventually result in major external funding, as well as to highlight promising innovative interventions that may be advanced to Phase II clinical trials for patients with or at risk of developing shoulder OA.

Return to Play Clinical Research

AOSSM in coordination with and generous support from Arthrex, The Aircast Foundation, The Forum, and J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society, is offering one grant of up to $200,000 to support a clinical research project investigating return to play after musculoskeletal injury. Studies investigating clinical outcomes related to accelerated return to play utilizing innovative technology and techniques are strongly encouraged and will be a factor in the review process.

Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant

Apply by May 15, 2025

This grant opportunity offers up to $40,000 to support an orthopaedic sports medicine clinical research project for early career Principal Investigators AND one grant of up to $40,000 to support an orthopaedic sports medicine basic science research project for early career Principal Investigators. The grant also aims to help train early-career surgeons to lead research projects, from hypothesis generation to experiment design, execution, and result interpretation, with guidance from an experienced mentor or team. Pre-proposals are required and are due May 15, 2025.

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AOSSM-JRF Ortho Allograft Grant

In coordination with and support from JRF Ortho, AOSSM is offering one grant of up to $50,000 to support a basic science or clinical research project to advance insight into meniscal or osteochondral allografts. Applications must describe a basic science or a clinical research project surrounding viable Osteochondral Allograft (OCA) transplantation or meniscus allograft transplantation of the knee. Criteria and metrics utilized in the study must be determined by best scientific evidence or best demonstrated practices and designed to improve the understanding of, and research evidence regarding, OCA or meniscus allograft transplantation. Proposals with translational or advancement of clinical care will be reviewed favorably.

Sandy Kirkley Clinical Outcomes Research Grant

Dr. Sandy Kirkley championed rigorous randomized controlled trials in orthopaedic sports medicine. She believed the field should match the evidence standards of nonsurgical specialties. In her honor, a $20,000 grant offers seed or supplemental funding for outcome research or pilot studies.

Playmaker Grant Lab

Sponsored by The Aircast Foundation

This research grant opportunity aims to advance exploratory projects by providing start-up funding, seed money, bridge/gap funding, or supplemental funding for an ambitious investigative team. Criteria and metrics utilized in the proposed study must be determined by best scientific evidence and designed to improve the understanding of an emerging or novel technology in orthopaedic sports medicine. Studies involving human subjects will receive priority.

Osteoarthritis Grant

The Osteoarthritis Research Grant provides up to $50,000 to support a research project related to the early and/or the prevention of OA progression.

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