Research Awards & Grants

The objective of the POSNA Directed Research Grant is to fund research projects that have a profound effect on the quality and/or safety of the orthopaedic care of children.

This grant is intended to fund research projects that have a profound effect on the quality and/or safety of the orthopaedic care of children. There should be emphasis on collaborative work and potential for expanded research and funding. 

Grants should emphasize the following: 

• Potential applicability on a global level 
• Clear and measurable outcomes 
• Ability to successfully complete the funding proposal as measured by experience, preliminary data, and pilot work 
• Potential for expanded research, future publications, and continued (extramural) grant funding 
• Collaborative nature of the grant (number of investigators and institutions involved) 

• 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  

• Principal Investigator 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.