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AOPA Makes a Significant Donation To the O&P Foundation
January 21st, 2025 The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is proud to announce a donation of $1 million over the next five years to the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research (O&P Foundation). This contribution underscores AOPA’s unwavering commitment to advancing innovation, education, and research in the

2025 O&P Foundation Tamarack Award
Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Inc. continues to give back to the Orthotic & Prosthetic profession with their support of The O&P Foundation Tamarack Award for Outstanding Contributions to Orthotic Practice & Education, including a $10,000 award. This award recognizes and honors an individual who has significantly impacted Orthotics practice through their dedication to

Fall 2024 Microgrants – Recipients
The O&P Foundation’s Microgrant Program is designed to spark scholarly work in the field of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P). This biannual program awards one-year grants of $2,000 to support clinically relevant projects that aim to empower health professionals, researchers, students, and residents to pursue activities that may contribute to clinical care in O&P, such as

2024-25 ABC Scholarships – Announcing Recipients-
The O&P Foundation has partnered with the American Board of Certification for Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC) to provide scholarships to Orthotic and Prosthetic students who are currently enrolled at O&P education institutions that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). These scholarships include a $10,000 cash award. Up to 10 ABC Orthotist and Prosthetist Scholarships and up to

ABC pledges to match O&P Foundation donations up to $1 million
Building on its unrestricted $1.5 million donation to the O&P Foundation, The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC) has pledged to match every donation up to $1 million, through November 2025. Get in the spirit of Giving Tuesday and double your donation’s impact on the O&P Foundation’s mission

2024 Doctoral Training Award
The O&P Foundation recognizes and values the impact made by current and future clinician researchers on clinical practice and patient outcomes. Certified Orthotists and Prosthetists who choose to pursue a PhD, often no longer employed in clinical practice, frequently experience financial hardship in managing the expenses associated with professional engagement and maintaining

2024 Mentored Pilot Research Grants
These grants are one-year awards in the amount of $5,000 that are intended to help trainees (e.g., masters/doctoral students, orthotics and prosthetics residents) or orthotics and prosthetics clinicians to complete a research project with the guidance of an experienced research mentor. The Mentored Pilot Grants are awarded bi-annually, in the Spring and

ABC Donates $1.5 Million to theO&P Foundation
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC) continues to demonstrate its commitment to the profession by donating $1.5 million to the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research (O&P Foundation) “In any new endeavor, someone must always be the first. The O&P Foundation will be eternally grateful to ABC

2024 Early Career Research Grant
This grant supports clinically-relevant, investigator-initiated research in orthotics and prosthetics (O&P). It is a one-year award in the amount of $30,000 that is intended to help early career investigators initiate lines of research that will be competitive for larger funding opportunities through agencies such as the National Institutes of Health