OMeGA - Medical Grants Association
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To advance the orthopaedic profession by supporting meritorious graduate medical education without conflicts or bias |
2021-2022 fellowship grant recipients announced
Grant recipients have been chosen and notified of grant award amounts. For the 2021-2022 academic year, OMeGA is proud to support 136 fellows across the United States who will help advance the future of the orthopaedic discipline.
Applications are scored individually and ranked in comparison to other subspecialty applicants. Awards are determined by available funding for each academic year which varies by subspecialty.
Grants of up to $75,000 may be used for a fellow's salary and benefits. Preapproval of other direct educational expenses (if salary and benefit support is not possible) must be requested in writing during the application process.
2021-2022 Fellowship grant recipients
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 past fellows by CPT code
Recent presentations/published papers
Program's ability to promote innovation through projects and technology
Broad look at the program's diversity over the past five years
Note: Grants will not be offered to programs with late reports from previously awarded OMeGA grants.
Mark your calendar for the 2022-2023 fellowship grant cycle
Application period opens: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Application period closes: Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 5pm CST
Review period: November 2021-February 2022
Grant notifications: April 2022
Public announcement: June 2022
Funds distributed: August 2022
Providing needed support for over 12 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 1,400 grants totaling almost $38 million through the 2020-2021 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.
Society collaborators include:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association for Hand Surgery
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Orthopaedic Association
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Spinal Injury Association
Cervical Spine Research Society
J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society
Musculoskeletal Infection Society
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.
