| Amount: |
Up to $20,000 |
| Grants/Year: |
1 |
| Duration: |
1-2 years (Proposal budgets should be detailed with this in mind) |
| Focus: |
This grant will be awarded to research that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion in pediatric orthopaedic surgery or to research on any pediatric orthopaedic topic led by a POSNA member from an under-represented group. |
| Description: |
POSNA is committed to provide opportunities that support equity, diversity, and inclusion in pediatric orthopaedic surgery. The Irani Research Grant will fund research on a topic addressing diversity, equity, inclusion or disparity research in pediatric orthopaedics.
POSNA is able to support this award through a $1.1 million endowment from Roshen N. Irani, MD, 1929-2007. Dr. Irani was born in Iran and was raised in India. She attended the Grant Medical College at the University of Bombay and took residency at DC General at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Study Group., one of POSNA’s founding societies, and one of POSNA’s first women pediatric orthopaedists. She practiced in Philadelphia with the Sr. Christopher’s group, the Thomas Jefferson Medical Center. And in private practice.
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| Scoring Criteria: |
The grant application will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- representation of diversity
- significance, impact, and relevance to the POSNA mission
- originality/innovation
- scientific quality of the proposed study
- investigator(s) track record
- feasibility
- potential for future funding
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| Additional Information: |
 Dr. Roshen N. Irani Endows $1.1 Million to POSNA
POSNA is able to support this award through a $1.1 million endowment from Roshen N. Irani, MD, 1929-2007. Dr. Irani was born in Iran and was raised in India. She attended the Grant Medical College at the University of Bombay and took residency at DC General at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She was a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Study Group, one of POSNA's founding societies, and one of POSNA's first women pediatric orthopaedists. She practiced in Philadelphia with the St. Christopher’s group, the Thomas Jefferson Medical Center, and in private practice.
Questions? Please contact Traci Russell at russell@posna.org (630) 478-0483
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| Eligibility Criteria: |
- Active, Associate, Candidate Active, and Candidate Associate POSNA members in good standing may apply
- No LOI required
- Current grant or award recipients, with the exception of current microgrant recipients, cannot apply for a future grant as a PI, as one of multiple investigators, or as a co-investigator until the current award/grant research is completed and all final reports and expense reports have been submitted and accepted. An exception can be made if a co-investigator is due less than $5,000 for the remaining timeline of the grant, inclusive of any payment made during the current calendar year.
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