Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Disparities in Orthopaedic Health Care Research Grant

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Disparities in Orthopaedic Health Care Research Grant aims to support clinical research that addresses disparities in orthopaedic health care. Funded by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, this grant encourages innovative proposals focusing on gender inequities, injury differences, and promoting diversity in surgical training. It seeks to foster impactful research that can lead to meaningful improvements in the field.

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation in collaboration with The Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) encourage investigators to conduct research in the area of diversity, equity, inclusion, and disparities in Orthopaedic Surgery health care. This funding opportunity solicits investigator-initiated clinical research proposals by investigators who have demonstrated a sustained interest in research and excellence in orthopaedics. An objective of this grant is to stimulate clinical research and provide funding for promising studies to find solutions to problems of diversity, equity, inclusion, and disparities in orthopaedics.
The OREF and the RJOS are seeking funding for collaborative research studies, especially those focusing solutions in the following areas, although other areas of disparity in orthopaedic practice will be considered:
Solutions to reduce gender inequities in orthopaedic care.Strategies to reduce gender inequities in orthopaedic research.Solutions to reduce injury differences/diagnoses influenced by gender.Solutions to reduce sex differences in sports injuries.Promotion of diversity in orthopaedic Surgical Training.

Eligibility

You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. The PI applicant must have been an RJOS member for at least five years and also a current member in good standing.