ORS Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

Please note that all submissions are due at 11:59 PM Central on each listed due date.  

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Award Name

Award Description

Applicants/ Nominees

Call for
Submissions Opens

Due Date

New Investigator Recognition Awards (NIRA)

Recognition

Poster and Podium Presenters at the
Annual Meeting

Selected from General Annual Meeting Abstract Submission

Selected from General Annual Meeting Abstract Submission

ORS Research Section Awards

Recognition

Section Poster and Podium Presenters
at the Annual Meeting

Selected from General Annual Meeting Abstract Submission

Selected from General Annual Meeting Abstract Submission

ORS/RJOS Young Female Investigator Grant

$1,000

Young Female Orthopaedic Researcher

Open

August 25, 2025

Annual Meeting Awards: ORS Partner Grants, Fellowships and Awards

Stryker/ORS Women’s Research Fellowship

$50,000

Female ORS Member who has a
Recent PhD in Science or Engineering

Now Closed

Now Closed

ON/ORS Education Grants

$500

10 Grants to Attend the Annual Meeting

October 10, 2025

November 5, 2025

ON/ORS Foundation Orthoregeneration Award

$1,000

A Young Investigator of Tissue Regeneration

November 13, 2025

January 10, 2025

Annual Meeting Awards: ORS Outstanding Achievement Awards

ORS ISFR Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognition

An Accomplished ISFR Researcher of Fracture Repair, Bone Regeneration,
Bone Biology, or Trauma

TBD

TBD

ORS ISFR Interdisciplinary Academic Exchange Grant

$5,000

An ISFR Researcher for Travel Related to Collaboration on Fracture Repair or
Bone Regeneration

TBD

TBD

ORS/OREF Distinguished Investigator Award

Recognition

A Long-Standing, Productive Researcher

Open

September 12, 2025

ORS Adele L. Boskey, PhD Award

$5,000

Mid-Career ORS Member for
Commitment to Mentorship and Research

Open

August 15, 2025

Women’s Leadership Forum Award

$500

Female Biologist, Clinician, or Engineer for Contributions to Musculoskeletal Research

Open

August 15, 2025

Dr. Peter Roughley Award

$2,000

Mentor and Trainee Team Researching Spine, Disc, and Cartilage Biology for
Exchange Travel

TBD

TBD

ORS Meniscus Section Impact Award

Recognition (Every Other Year)

Established Meniscus Researcher

TBD

TBD

Marshall R. Urist, MD Award

$5,000

A Researcher of Tissue Regeneration

August 4, 2025

September 26, 2025

Farshid Guilak ORS Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award

Recognition

Outstanding ORS Mentors

August 4, 2025

September 26, 2025

Underrepresented in STEM Undergraduate Travel Award Program

Complimentary Annual Meeting Registration

2 Undergraduate STEM Students Who Have Not Attended an ORS Annual Meeting.

TBD

TBD

Fred Nelson Scientific Communication Award

Recognition (Every Other Year)

ORS Member with a Proven Record of
Scientific Communication

2026

2026

Arthur Steindler, MD Award

Recognition (Even Numbered Year)

A Senior Scientist, Clinician or Educator
Who Has Made Contributions to
Musculoskeletal Research

Chosen by the President of the ORS Board

Chosen by the President of the ORS Board

Alfred R. Shands, Jr, MD Award

Recognition

ORS Member for Contributions to Orthopaedics

Chosen by the President of the ORS Board

Chosen by the President of the ORS Board

Annual Meeting Awards: Travel Awards

ORS/OREF Travel Grants in Orthopaedic
Research Translation

$500

14 Early Career Clinician Scientists and Clinical
Investigators Attending the Annual Meeting

Open

August 25, 2025

ORS Early Career Outreach Travel Award

$300

10 Early Career Volunteers to Attend the
Open Door Event at the Annual Meeting

Open

August 25, 2025

ORS Spine Section Travel Fellowship

$1,500

Spine Section Researcher to Collaborate
with a Principal Investigator

TBD

TBD

Spine Section Diversity Stipend Awards

$500

Underrepresented Spine Research
Trainees to Attend the Annual Meeting

TBD

TBD

Annual Meeting Awards: ORS Journal Awards

William H. Harris, MD Award

$5,000

A Basic Science or Clinical ORS Researcher
of the Hip, as Published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Open

August 25, 2025

Annual Meeting Awards: ORS Fellows

ORS Fellows

Recognition

ORS Members Who Have Demonstrated
Leadership, Achievement, and Contributions
to Research

Chosen by the President of the
ORS Board and the CEO

Chosen by the President of the
ORS Board and the CEO

Other Awards

AAOS Orthopaedic Research Excellence Awards
Grant

Recognition

Individuals or teams demonstrating scientific rigor, innovation, and
clinical relevance across
musculoskeletal research

Open

August 31, 2025

ORS/Bethel Fellowship Grant

$20,000 - $30,000

Postdoctoral Scholars or Medical
Researchers and Junior Faculty
Members Doing Basic Science
or Clinical Research

Now Closed

Now Closed

Collaborative Exchange Grants

$5,000

A Number of Early Career
Investigators to Visit Labs
for Collaboration

Now Closed

Now Closed

The ORS/PSRS Lifetime Research Achievement Award

$1,000 and Complimentary
Registration to the 7th International Spine Research Symposium

An Investigator for Long-Lasting
Contributions to Spine Research

Now Closed

Now Closed

The ORS/PSRS Diversity Travel Fellowship Award

Complimentary Registration Expenses,
and Mentoring to the 7th International Spine Research Symposium

A Researcher from an
Underrepresented Community

Now Closed

Now Closed

Additional Funding Opportunities

NIAMS Funding Opportunities

A Variety of Grants and Funding Awards

Basic, Translational or Clinical Scientific
Research or Training

Various

Various