North American Spine Society: Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grant

The North American Spine Society (NASS) offers the Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grant, aimed at advancing research on disc-related and neuropathic back pain using innovative, nonsurgical methods. This grant, funded through a settlement unrelated to NASS, encourages exploration of new treatment techniques, with recommended budgets between $20,000 and $40,000 annually. The initiative reflects NASS's commitment to enhancing spine care quality and supporting multidisciplinary research to improve patient outcomes.

Since 1989, NASS has funded more than $4.6 million in multidisciplinary spine-related research. NASS relies on the generosity of its membership, nonmember donors and the spine industry to provide funding for its research funds in support of the highest quality, peerreviewed research. One way NASS achieves these goals is by funding grants and fellowships.
The Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grant is the result of a donation to research as part of a settlement of a class action lawsuit unrelated to NASS. This grant supports research of disc-related and/or neuropathic back pain by nonsurgical techniques. These funds must be used for new, nontraditional methods of nonsurgical treatment of such back and neck pain and radiculopathy. If TNF-inhibitors other than etanercept are used in research and/or treatment funded, comparison studies using perispinal etanercept in at least as many research subjects or patients should be done. Funding amount and number of grants are at the discretion of the NASS Research Funding Committee based upon merit of applications and amount of funding available each year. It is recommended that approved grant budgets range between $20,000-$40,000 per year. In rare cases and at the discretion of the committee, each year may be up to $50,000 per year.

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