Overview

Up to 14 grants from the ORS and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation will provide $500 each to be used for early career clinician scientists and clinical investigators to attend the ORS 2026 Annual Meeting.

The ORS is dedicated to fostering excellence in orthopaedic research and increasing the representation of original research in clinical and translational medical research among clinician scientists. Towards this goal, the ORS is pleased to announce the ORS Travel Grants in Orthopaedic Research Translation.

These grants, established in 2009, recognize clinician scientists and clinical investigators in the early stages of their career who have played a key or leading role in an original research project in clinical or translational medicine, and who have demonstrated excellence in training and a commitment to orthopaedic research.

  • Honorarium of $500 each to be used toward travel to the ORS Annual Meeting
  • Up to Fourteen (14) recipients will be selected

Grant determinations will be made based on the quality of the applicant’s study described in a submitted abstract in the area of clinical or translational research as determined by the ORS Awards and Recognition Committee and satisfaction of all eligibility criteria.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Applicants must have obtained an MD, DO, DDM, DPT, DDS, DVM or equivalent
  • Applicants should be no more than five years past completion of a clinical residency or fellowship program. The five years of eligibility are defined from the date of completion of residency training or a clinical subspecialty fellowship training
  • Must be an ORS member in good standing

Award Selection

Grant determinations will be made based on the quality (score) of the applicant’s study described in a submitted abstract in clinical or translational research as determined via a rigorous peer review process overseen by the ORS Scientific Program Committee.

Submissions Now Closed for 2025.

Congratulations to our 2026 Recipients!

Kyle Martin, MD, PhD
One-year Mortality Following Hip Fracture Surgery: Development And External Validation Of A Clinical Prediction Tool

Yoshinao Koike, MD, PhD
Polygenic Risk Score For Prediction Of Ossification Of The Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Christopher Collier, MD
Metastatic Bone Disease Is Associated With Muscle Loss And Reduced Survival In Kidney Cancer

Rodolfo de la Vega, MD, PhD
Early Cellular Responses In Male And Female Rats To Bmp-2 CmRNA Delivered Into Critical Size Femoral Defect

Lynn Pezzanite, DVM, PhD
Allogeneic Platelet And Plasma-derived Therapeutic C-1101 To Treat Chronic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

Tien-Ching Lee, MD, PhD
Impact Of Different Statin Potencies On Bone Health In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5

Olivia Rice, MD
Feasibility And Reliability Of A Semi-automated Workflow For Measuring Neck-shaft Angle And Tip-apex Distance On Hip Radiographs

2025 

Shotaro Kamijo, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Varun Arvind, MD, PhD, Columbia University
Meng Feng, MD,PhD, Columbia University
Junichi Kushioka, MD,PhD, Spine and Scoliosis Center, Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Hospital
Dongjin Ryu, MD, PhD, Inha University/Inha University Hospital
Bopha Chrea, MD, University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Augustine Saiz, MD, UC Davis Health
Alexandra Armstrong, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota
Nobuhiko Hasegawa, MD, PhD, University of Utah
Conor O’Neill, MD, University of California, San Francisco

2024

Felipe Gonzalez, MD
Shota Higashihira, MD, PhD
John Hamilton, MD, PhD
Tomoyuki Kamenaga, MD, PhD
Kenichi Kono, MD, PhD
Min Gyu Kyung, MD, PhD
Alex Lambi, PhD
Keisuke Matsukura, MD
Laura Moore, PhD
Joseph Patterson, MD
Jaehwang Song, MD, PhD
Yoshiyuki Yahagi, MD, PhD