OTA Resident Research Grant

OTA offers two Resident Research Grant submission cycles during the year.

Timeline:

• Beginning year funding cycle Jan – Dec. Application process opens in May with late-June deadline. Awards notifications emailed by the end of November.
• Mid-year funding cycle - Applications will open in November with a January deadline. Award notifications will be emailed in April with funding being distributed June – May.

Funding Objective: The goal of the OTA Resident Research Grant is to support a resident-driven clinical, translational, or basic research project that can be completed within the 12-month funding period.

Eligibility: The principal investigator must be an orthopaedic resident (the co-principal investigator does NOT have to be a resident). Either the principal investigator, or co-principal investigator, must be an OTA member (in good standing). The research must be conducted in North America. 

The project must be clearly resident-driven and must be feasible within 12 months, within the maximum $20,000 budget, and completed during the applicant’s residency training. OTA Resident Research Grants will not be awarded to subsidize larger on-going research projects.

Evaluation Criteria: Applications will be evaluated by independent reviewers based on clinical Significance, Investigators, Innovation, Approach, and Environment.

The impact for the previous 245 recipients of OTA resident research grants has been made possible in part because of donations from OTA members.  You can read more about how these grants have impacted research recipients below.