The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation supports independent, peer-reviewed musculoskeletal research and education seeking clinically relevant advances that orthopaedic surgeons can apply in daily practice to improve outcomes and help patients enjoy more of life.

Deadline:  June 12, 2020

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. The program is the U.S. component of the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Fellowships. Celebrating its twelfth year in the U.S., the For Women in Science program has awarded 60 postdoctoral women scientists nearly $3 million in grants.

The goal of the fellowship is to provide first- or second-year medical students the opportunity to participate in neurosurgical research through a summer fellowship within an academic department of neurosurgery in the U.S. or Canada. Areas of study may incorporate any aspect of neurological surgery. The fellowship will provide salary support for a period of at least two (2) months and will be funded by the Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF). 

In 2007, SSO established a new Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) program with the goal of promoting patient-oriented research through the training of surgical oncologists in clinical and translational science.

Beginning with the 2013-2015 awards cycle, the administration and management of the CIA program has moved under the auspices of the James Ewing Foundation of the Society of Surgical Oncology, including the solicitation of the CIA grant funding and support.

AOTNA is intensely engaged in education and research through its Advanced Clinical Education Program designed to provide the best knowledge and skills from each generation of skilled surgeons to the next. AOTNA has established a transparent, non-conflicted, long-term fellowship program supervised and monitored by a Fellowship Supervisory Board of surgeons with expertise in the area of postgraduate education. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.aona.org/home/programs/1#AONA= 

Initiated in 2012, the Lilly Innovation Fellowship Award (LIFA) program was created to identify and foster exceptional post-doctoral scientists pursuing ground breaking research projects. The prestigious LIFA program pairs a post-doctoral scientist with their academic mentor and a Lilly scientist, who serves as an industry mentor, to advance an innovative research proposal developed by the fellow.

The Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center offers a one- to two-year fellowship for qualified physicians trained in pediatric hematology/oncology and who wish to pursue further training in stem cell transplantation. The program performs approximately 60 allogeneic transplants a year and fellows are trained in all aspects of conventional, T cell depleted, and cord blood transplantation. Fellows will participate in both inpatient and outpatient care settings, and are expected to become involved with some aspect of clinical research.

The Orthopaedic Fellowship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is an accredited program with Residency Review Committee and American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery approval. The Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering is over 25 years old, and it is the most comprehensive in the nation.