AO VET/ARI Collaborative Research Grant 2024-2025: call for projects

AO VET members actively pursuing musculoskeletal science research have a unique opportunity to get their projects funded, thanks to two new, 12-month AO VET/ARI Collaborative Research Grant 2025 awards.

Applicants must act quickly: The application deadline is end of the day Central European Time (CET), Sunday, May 12, 2024.

This grant is meant to support general research and surgery-related clinical research that will be undertaken completely or in part at the AO Research Institute Davos (ARI). 

Projects should relate to unanswered questions in veterinary and/or comparative orthopedics, and the methods to be used should be aligned with ARI resources and expertise.

Available funding

Available funds are limited, and investigators are advised that proposed annual budgets should not exceed CHF 35,000 for a period of up to 12 months. It is anticipated that up to two awards will be granted in the 2025 funding cycle. Follow-on funding for a second year may be available but will be determined through a competitive application in the next award cycle. 

Please note that the funds can only be used for the component of research completed in its entirety at ARI in Davos. One investigator per funded project gets the opportunity to visit ARI in Davos, Switzerland, for a 2-week Research Traveling Fellowship to share knowledge and meet and network with many people with the same interest. The scholarship covers the travel and accommodation expenses for a visit of up to 2 weeks in Davos.

The AO VET Research and Development Commission requires that the investigator visiting the ARI installations send a motivation letter describing the objectives of their collaboration with ARI. 

Who can apply?

Eligibility

The principal investigator must be an active, paid-up member of AO VET at the time of grant submission.

Grants are also available to surgery residents who are encouraged to apply in collaboration with a more senior colleague. Grant recipients are encouraged to actively participate in the physical completion of the study at ARI. Alternatively, they may ask collaborators at ARI to complete the research on their behalf while remaining actively engaged in carrying the research to its completion. Assistance in identifying suitable ARI collaborators as well as information regarding the feasibility of your study is offered by Dr Caroline Constant caroline.constant@aofoundation.org, the ARI representative to the AO VET Research and Development Commission.