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To advance the orthopaedic profession by supporting meritorious graduate medical education without conflicts or bias |
2022-2023 fellowship grant application period is now closed
Applications are being reviewed. To all applicants: Please respond within the time frame indicated if asked for additional information.
Fellowship grant applicants will be notified of grant decisions in April 2022. Grant recipients will be publicly announced in June 2022, or after all signed Grant Recipient Agreements have been returned.
Grants (up to $75,000) support clinical orthopaedic fellowship programs 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 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
2022-2023 fellowship grant cycle schedule
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
2021-2022 fellowship grant recipients
For the 2021-2022 academic year, OMeGA is proud to support 135 fellows across the United States who will help advance the future of the orthopaedic discipline.
2021-2022 Fellowship grant recipients
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 2021-2022 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 Foot and Ankle Society
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Spinal Injury Association
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Cervical Spine Research Society
J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction 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
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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.