The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA), in partnership with the Center for O&P Learning & Evidence-Based Practice (COPL), is accepting applications for pilot research grants. AOPA and COPL will give preference to grants that address evidence-based clinical application in O&P. The deadline for proposals is April 28.
The Request for Pilot Grant Proposals offers 16 areas of O&P research and includes an open topic. Among those topic areas are the following:
- Study community outcomes of patients, such as activity, social interactions, depression, and anxiety.
- Understand the effects of prosthetic component selection on community activity levels rather than in the lab.
- Study the origins/clinical goals and prevalence of prosthesis prescribing patterns.
- Link biomechanical performance measures to functional levels.
- Utilization and comparative effectiveness of custom versus off-the-shelf (OTS) AFOs and KAFOs; investigation and analyses of patients who receive a custom orthosis subsequent to an OTS AFO fitting.
To access all 16 topic areas and read the full eligibility and application process, click here.
For questions, contact Yelena Mazur at ymazur@aopanet.org or 571.431.0876.
