BOFAS Research Grants

Applications are invited for a BOFAS Research Grant from the British Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society, for grants of up to £15000 towards research into foot and ankle problems within the United Kingdom. Both basic science and clinical research are eligible.

These grants are particularly intended to get a project under way and are normally awarded for stand alone studies where modest funds are required. Typical applications could include:

Pilot project to inform a full grant application
Prospective clinical study requiring help with input and analysis of data
Statistical advice on trial design

Grants will not be offered as part of general funding of a large project. General use equipment such as computers and printers would not normally be funded, neither would technician or researcher time if they are to be co-authors..

All applications on foot and ankle topics are welcomed, however, the recent James Lind Alliance priority-setting exercise has identified topics to be of particular interest to patients and health care professionals. These topics can be viewed here.

How to apply

Applications will be considered once per year before the annual conference (twice in 2025).

The deadlines are 1st December 2024 (for the January 2025 Congress) and 1st October 2025 (for the November 2025 Congress).

The applicants may be from any discipline but must include a full member of BOFAS who will be responsible for the grant funds. All applications are anonymised and considered, as and when they are submitted.

Initial review of the applications will take place at the Scientific Committee meeting following the deadline and the four highest scoring applicants will be invited to give a 2 minute / 1 slide presentation of their application to the committee prior to the annual meeting in March. The outcome of this process will be announced at the annual meeting.

The application must be submitted via the website application form (below). All parts should be completed. If you are attaching a CV then please ensure it is short.

Conditions

It is a condition of the award that the successful applicant delivers a submission for presentation at the BOFAS Annual Scientific Meeting within three years of release of funds.
It is also expected that any publications which arise from research awards will acknowledge BOFAS as the source of funding.
Full terms and conditions can be seen here.
Applicants consent to their names, institution and details of the grant being made public.

Previous Successful Grants

A list of the previously awarded BOFAS grants can be found here.

Fill out the form below to apply:

Any queries or questions should be sent to the BOFAS Scientific Committee Chair

Name *

Address *

Phone *

E-mail *

Status *

If SpR, which year of training?

If Consultant, which year of appointment?

Name of institution where work is to be done *

Names of co-workers *

Please enter a short title for your research project (Max 20 words)*

Clearly state the Research question to be answered (Max 100 words) *

Should ideally be a simple question to be answered

Give brief background (Max 400 words) *

Quote any previous relevant related research.

Study Design (Max 200 words) *

Must be specific, eg Randomised Control Trial. Detailed methodology etc

Inclusion Criteria *

Exclusion Criteria *

Randomization *

Must show that bias eliminated/minimized by selection process

Amount of funding sought *

How will the Grant be used and how will it make a difference to the project? *

Ethical Committee Approval *

Should be accepted prior to grant being given. If not required, please confirm

How will Results be Communicated? *

Which journals aimed at?

List other sources of funding or financial support *

C.V.’s should be short and should be submitted as a word file with this application below. Alternatively you may complete the section "CV Details".

Attach CV - Use the 'Choose File' button to locate your CV on your computer, once selected click the 'Upload' icon.

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CV Details - Use if not attaching CV as document

List Current Post and previous Higher Surgical Training Posts in reverse chronological order, including Hospital, Consultant(s) and Dates:

List up to five of your scientific papers or presentations that you consider would best support your application (full citations) *

If you have any queries relating to this grant or application please email: research@bofas.org.uk

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