Research Grants & Awards

The O&P Foundation provides funding to support clinically relevant research in orthotics and prosthetics (O&P).

The Early Career Research Grants is intended to help early career investigators initiate lines of research that will be competitive for larger funding opportunities through funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), or the Department of Defense (DOD).

Applications open Spring 2025

Mentored Pilot Research Grant

The Mentored Pilot Research Grant is 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. Mentored Pilot Grant funds are intended to be used for the conduct of the proposed research project.

Applications open Spring 2025

Microgrants

The O&P Foundation's Microgrant Program is designed to spark clinically relevant scholarly work in the field of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P). This program awards one-year grants of $2,000 to support clinically relevant activities and projects. These microgrants aim to empower health professionals, researchers, students, and residents to pursue projects and activities that may contribute to clinical care in O&P, such as investigator-initiated research, career development opportunities, or quality assurance and/or improvement projects.

Applications open October 7th through November 11th, 2024

ABC Resident Travel Award

The ABC Resident Travel Award supports prosthetics and orthotics residents' travel to the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP) Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium so that they may present results of their National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) Directed Study.

Closed for 2024