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Apply for AOA/NAT Fellowship
The application deadline for the Fall 2011 American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)/North American Traveling (NAT) Fellowship is Jan. 7, 2011. Applicants must have completed approved orthopaedic training, including residency and fellowships, on or after June 30, 2007. Applicants who subsequently entered directly into military service must have completed approved orthopaedic training on or after June 30, 2008. For more information, visit www.aoassn.org

AOFAS issues call for applications, abstracts
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is seeking applications for the following 2011 opportunities:

  • Membership—Open to AAOS members in training or practice with interest in the advancement of orthopaedic knowledge of foot and ankle care. Benefits information and application forms are available on the Web. The next application deadline is Jan. 1, 2011.
  • Resident Scholarship Program—AOFAS scholarship awards for orthopaedic residents to attend the 2011 AOFAS Annual Summer Meeting are open to PGY2 and PGY3 residents. Applications are due March 1, 2011.

For more information and applications forms, visit the Medical Professionals page at www.aofas.org

Abstracts for the 27th Annual AOFAS Summer Meeting, July 13–16, 2011, in Keystone, Colo., will be accepted through Jan. 5, 2011, at www.aofas.org

OMeGA awards Core Competency Innovation grants
OMeGA Medical Grants Association announced that the following 10 residency programs have been awarded Core Competency Innovation grants for the 2010–2011 academic year: University of Chicago; University of Iowa Hospitals; University of Minnesota; Ohio State University; University of California, Davis; Northwestern University; University of California, San Francisco; University of Vermont; University of Manitoba; and John Peter Smith Hospital.

The grant recipients proposed new/creative initiatives to advance residency education with projects that were not part of their current day-to-day activities. Each program will prepare a poster detailing their findings to be shown at the Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors member meeting in June 2011 during the AOA annual meeting in Boston.

OMeGA has provided more tha 90 fellowship grants in nine specialty categories and more than 40 residency/general education grants, and is currently accepting applications for 2-year fellowship grants. For more information, visit www.omegamedicalgrants.org

USBJD seeks young investigators for mentoring program
The United States Bone and Joint Decade (USBJD) has developed a grant mentoring program to provide early-career clinical investigators an opportunity to work with experienced researchers in the field to assist them in securing funding and other survival skills required for pursuing an academic career. The unique aspect of this program is the opportunity for attendees to maintain a relationship with a mentor until their application is funded.

This program is open to promising junior faculty, senior fellows, or post-doctoral researchers nominated by their department or division chairs; to senior fellows or residents who are doing research and have a faculty appointment in place or confirmed; and to basic and clinical investigators, without or with training awards (including K awards). The next deadline is Jan. 15, 2011; applications are online.

Investigators selected to take part in the program attend two workshops, 12 to 18 months apart, and work with faculty between workshops to develop their grant applications. The next workshop is scheduled to take place in April or May 2011, in Rosemont, Ill.

OREF/CCJR Clinical Practice Award
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) invite applications for the Spring 2011 OREF/CCJR Clinical Practice Award. This award recognizes completed investigations focusing on healthcare policy, clinical outcomes, or translational research that have immediate clinical impact in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The primary author will present at the Spring CCJR meeting in Las Vegas in May 2011, and will receive a $2,000 award and travel reimbursement. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2011.

AAOS Now
December 2010 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/dec10/youraaos10.asp

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