ORS/RJOS Young Female Investigator Grant

Overview

This award from the ORS and the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) offers $1,000 to cover travel expenses and free registration to the 2026 Annual Meetings of both societies for a young female orthopaedic researcher.

Eligibility

• A female ORS and/or RJOS member in good standing
• Students and Post-Graduate Trainees are eligible
• The abstract must be original work and eligible for submission, candidate must be the first author
• The material contained within the abstract must not be the subject of prior significant award(s) or prize(s)
• The score of the abstract will be taken into consideration and should be in the top 5% of the abstracts submitted
• Award recipient will not submit her work for eligibility for any
  “relative awards” (i.e. ORS/OREF Travel Awards in Orthopaedic Research Translation) for same or directly related work during the same year as receiving this new ORS/RJOS award
• The award recipient must attend both the ORS 2026 Annual Meeting and the 2026 RJOS Annual Meeting

Recognition

• The award recipient attends the 2026 ORS Annual Meeting and attends and presents her work at the 2026 RJOS Annual Meeting
• RJOS to provide $1,000 award to the winners to attend the ORS Annual Meeting and RJOS Annual Meeting; to cover travel expenses.
• Complimentary ORS Annual Meeting registration and RJOS Annual Meeting registration.

Submissions Now Closed for 2025.