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 [email protected] or 571.431.0876.