OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

The OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant aims to prepare residents for research-intensive careers in orthopaedic surgery. Grants up to $20,000 are available for one year, covering research expenses without salary. Projects must demonstrate clinical relevance and be feasible for residents as independent studies. Both laboratory and clinical research are encouraged, with potential for publication. Progress reports and annual reviews are required to ensure funding compliance.

Prepares residents for a career with research as a major component.
Objective
The objective of the OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant is to prepare residents for a career with research as a major component. Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims and be obvious from the title and the study design. Grants of up to $20,000 for one year will be considered for orthopaedic surgery residents or fellows completing an orthopaedic fellowship in approved orthopaedic programs to cover research expenses, but not salary.
The work should clearly be achievable by the resident as a free-standing project even when it is a part of a larger work, and it should potentially lead to publication with the resident as an author. Both laboratory and clinical projects (e.g., outcome studies) are suitable, but in either case clinical relevance must be explicitly and clearly described.
Funding
Maximum funding will be a total of $20,000 over a 1-year grant period, conditional upon periodic progress reports and annual review.