Opportunity

Award Info:

Award Amount:

• $50,000 grant (Directed program)

Grant Description / Eligibility:

• Encourages new investigators by providing seed and start-up funding for promising research projects that address issues related to the treatment of arthritis with an emphasis on arthroplasty.
• Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims, and be obvious from the title and the study design.
• All proposed projects should generate results that have a practical application. It is expected that upon completion of the proposed project, the principal investigator will be well poised to pursue NIH/DOD or the equivalent large-scale funding to continue to advance the area of research.

Description:

The objective of the OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant is to encourage new investigators by providing seed and start-up funding for promising research projects that address issues related to the treatment of arthritis with an emphasis on arthroplasty. Clinical relevance must be clearly noted in the abstract and specific aims, and be obvious from the title and the study design. Both basic science and clinical projects are eligible, with clinical relevance explicitly and clearly described.