Call for Nominees for ICORS Fellows
ORS is a founding member of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS), an alliance of orthopaedic research societies from around the world. ICORS is dedicated to promoting basic, translational, and clinical musculoskeletal research without boundaries.
ICORS established the International College of Fellows and honorary status of Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research (FIOR). Each society nominates a cohort to serve as FIOR during the triennial international meeting.
ORS is seeking nominations for qualified members to be considered for fellowships. You can only nominate one person, including yourself. Selected FIORs will be inducted at the next ICORS meeting, which will take place October 8-11, 2025, in Adelaide, Australia. FIORs will be notified at least six months before the Adelaide meeting. All fellows are required to attend the meeting to receive the award.
The Role of the FIOR:
- Promote the advancement of learning and scholarship and the dissemination of orthopaedic research, facilitating its internationalization, including public awareness of the successes and importance.
- Encourage excellence in orthopaedic research and provide independent expert scholarly advice, fostering the knowledge and capabilities of its members.
- Be a role model and exemplar of professionalism through the highest international standards in scholarship and research.
- Create a sense of community in the international arena of orthopaedic research.
- Support orthopaedic research in developing countries.
- Convene scholarly debate sessions/symposia and activities at ICORS meetings.
- Convene scholarly symposia/workshops at relevant individual ICORS meetings.
Required Qualifications to be Considered as a FIOR:
- Must be an active member of the ORS.
- Have 10 years of continuous active membership of an individual ICORS member society upon nomination. (Alternatively, candidates may be considered if they have founding membership in a new ICORS Society or Associate Scientific member society).
- Have a minimum of 15 years of scientific or professional contributions to the field of orthopaedic research.
- Have appropriate professional training, competence, and good standing in a discipline appropriate for orthopaedic research.
- Have significant contributions to the field of orthopaedic research, documented by continuous productivity in orthopaedic research,
- development, and education. (The documents should also evidence increasing leadership in the field).
- Have a track record of peer reviewed publications in orthopaedic or musculoskeletal related fields.
- Be nominated from within the ICORS board. This must have over a 2/3 majority vote in the ICORS board.