Awards & Grants

Research Awards & Grants

Clinical Trial Planning Grant

Amount: Up to $30,000 total
Grants/Year: 1
Duration: 1-2 years (Proposal budgets should be detailed with this in mind).
Focus: The purpose of this grant is to provide funding for the development of high-quality clinical trials (single or multicenter), including spine related topics.
Description:

Significant planning is necessary to bring investigators together to design an effective clinical trial and finalize the protocol. This grant is designed to provide seed funding for investigators to organize and develop high-quality clinical trials. It is expected that this grant will be used to produce a competitive multi-center proposal for submission to larger agencies/funders for future research.
Scoring Criteria: The grant application will be evaluated based on the following criteria:   
  • 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  
Additional Information: Acceptable funding elements include teleconferencing/meetings (with the collaborating team of investigators to develop the research protocol, study design, outcome measures, recruitment, analysis, etc.), methodologic/statistical support or consultation, validation of outcome measures for multi-center trials.  

Funds are not intended for institutional indirect costs, purchase of personal computers or equipment, and stipends or fees for students or post-doctoral fellows.

Applicants may apply for both the Clinical Trial Planning Grant and one of the named awards (Angela S.M. Kuo Memorial Award, Arthur H. Huene Memorial Award, or St. Giles Young Investigator Award) but must complete the grant application, check the box for the award they qualify for, and submit any other items required for that specific award.

Questions? Please contact Traci Russell at russell@posna.org (630) 478-0483
Eligibility Criteria:
  • Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Candidate member or an Active member of POSNA in good standing. 
  • Non-orthopaedic surgeon MDs, PhDs, or DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon/POSNA member who is the Co-PI. 
  • 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.