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To advance the orthopaedic profession by supporting meritorious graduate medical education without conflicts or bias |
2023-2024 fellowship grant applicants have been notified
The public announcement of fellowship grant recipients will be in June or after all signed Grant Recipient Agreements have been returned.
All applications were reviewed by subspecialty experts based on objective criteria including faculty expertise, ratio of fellows to faculty, educational resources, and program emphasis on research.
Grants (up to $75,000) support clinical orthopaedic fellowship programs in the US and may be used for salary, benefits, and education expenses (with preapproval). Applications are scored individually and ranked in comparison to other subspecialty applicants. Awards are determined by available funding and the meritorious applications received for each academic year which varies by subspecialty.
OMeGA awards grants in all nine orthopaedic subspecialty categories:
Adult reconstruction/Arthroplasty
Foot & ankle
Hand & upper extremity
Orthopaedic oncology
Orthopaedic sports medicine
Pediatric orthopaedics (including pediatric spine)
Shoulder & elbow
Spine (orthopaedic and combined orthopaedic/neurosurgery)
Trauma
Grants are awarded based on objective criteria including:
Faculty qualifications and expertise
Fellowship match information
Method of formal evaluation of faculty, fellows and fellowship program
Fellow's academic productivity
Procedures performed by CPT code
Program's ability to promote innovation through projects and technology
Broad look at the program's diversity over the past three years
Note: A grant will not be offered to a program with past due reports from previously awarded OMeGA grants.
2022-2023 fellowship grant recipients
2022-2023 Fellowship grant recipients
2023-2024 fellowship grant cycle schedule
Application period opens: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Application period closes: Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 5pm CST
Review period: November 2022-February 2023
Grant notifications: April 2023
Public announcement: June 2023
Funds distributed: August 2023
Providing needed support for over 14 years
OMeGA Medical Grants Association was established in 2008 to provide non-conflicted support for orthopaedic graduate medical education (GME), the future of orthopaedics. OMeGA has awarded over 1,500 grants totaling more than $40 million through the 2022-2023 academic year, with the majority of support in the nine fellowship subspecialties.
Find subspecialty information and resources
Thank you to the orthopaedic associations and subspecialty societies that collaborate with OMeGA to support graduate medical education. Access individual subspecialty pages from the drop-down menu on the "Fellowship Grants and Subspecialty Pages" button to the left.
OMeGA's 24 society collaborators include:
American Association for Hand Surgery
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Orthopaedic Association
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Cervical Spine Research Society
J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
Musculoskeletal Infection Society
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society
Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons
Join our email listClick here if you would like to receive email notifications of future OMeGA grant application periods. Provide your name, title, email address, and institution name. Notifications will be sent for all grant cycles unless "fellowship only" or "residency only" is specified. Your information will be used only as it pertains to OMeGA and will not be shared.
Link to access your account
Access your OMeGA Fellowship GLM (Grant Lifecycle Manager) account.
Email info@omegamedicalgrants.org with any questions.
Grants are available through the generous support of donors
Thank you to our donors that truly support the orthopaedic profession, funding multiple subspecialty categories.