Research Grants

The 2026 AANA Research Grant submission site will open soon!

 

AANA distributes grants for clinical or basic science research in the field of arthroscopic surgery or disorders amenable to arthroscopic treatment. The grant funding pool for 2025 will allow AANA to fund one research project at 100k (Multi Center trial preference) and multiple other projects at 50k and 25k (Seed/Pilot studies). Fund amounts may vary depending on need and quality of work submitted.

 

The criteria for evaluation are:

  • Scientific Validity
  • Feasibility
  • Clinical Relevance
  • Ability to Complete
  • Arthroscopic meniscectomy vs. meniscus repair
  • Rotator cuff repair vs tendon transfer
  • MPFL repair/reconstruction vs. physical therapy
  • Bankart + remplissage vs. bone block procedure
  • Tendon debridement (patella, peroneal, quad) vs. physical therapy
  • Hip capsular management
  • ACL repair and ACL augmentation
  • Osteoarthritis after ACL injury and surgery
  • Psychological resilience and surgical outcomes
  • Sleep disturbance and musculoskeletal pathology
  • Hip FAI Outcomes and Predicators of Outcome
  • Arthroscopic labral reconstruction (hip)
  • Shoulder bone loss management
  • Rotator cuff patch/bioinductive augmentation
  • Knee ALL or LET augmentation
  • Biologics, cell and injection therapies for: osteoarthritis, soft tissue pathology and as an adjunct to surgery
  • Innovations in surgical and nonsurgical interventions to accelerate recovery and healing
  • Interventions that leverage patient-reported outcomes and health measures to better assess operative and nonoperative treatment
  • Efforts to advance biologic, cell and injection therapies to augment surgical treatment or to avoid long-term sequela of injuries
  • Projects that provide comparative evaluations of surgical treatment variables
  • Preclinical investigations to provide foundational efforts for future studies

Review the Submission Guidelines (PDF) and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

 

View past recipients of AANA's research grant program.

 

Any questions or requests can be directed to AANA Research and Data Analyst Pablo Palafox-Castillo, M.S.: pablo@aana.org.

 

The AANA Research Grant is funded in part by the AANA Education Foundation thanks to generous donations from individuals and corporations, learn more here.

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