Prerequisites & eligibility

The principal investigator (PI) must be an orthopedic trauma surgeon in the United States or Canada within five years of orthopedic trauma fellowship completion, unless military service obligations have delayed the start of academic practice.

The applicant may develop his/her own project or work on a discrete component of an established investigator’s larger research endeavor.

Applicants are limited to one submission per individual each year. The applicant must be a current member of AO Trauma.