Spine fellowships

The AO Spine North America Fellowship Award is intended to provide funding to an institution to support its post-graduate fellowship program, including such direct costs as stipends and benefits, research expenses, educational expenses, etc.

Application opening Fall 2024

Prerequisites & eligibility

The Fellowship Award is intended to provide funding to an institution to support its post-graduate fellowship program including such direct costs as stipends and benefits, research expenses, educational expenses, etc. The fellowship award may not be used for indirect costs.

  • Applications will be reviewed and scored based on established criteria set by the AO Spine NA Fellowship Committee
  • AO Spine membership and engagement of the Fellowship Director and all faculty members will be evaluated and taken into consideration as part of the selection process
  • Applications will only be accepted from applying institutions that are not “disqualified persons” with respect to AO Spine NA, as that term is defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 4946(a)

Funding

A limited number of fellowships are available. The number of awards granted is based on the allocations of funds determined by the AO Spine North America Board and the maximum amount per award is at the discretion of the AO Spine NA Fellowship Committee.

Funding may not be used for indirect costs.

2023 - 2024 Fellowship sites


Augusta University
Mayo Clinic - ORTHO 
McGill University
North Shore University Hospital 
Toronto Western Hospital
University of California Davis
University of Utah - ORTHO
University of Washington - ORTHO 
University of Calgary
Washington University Ortho
University of Southern California
Cleveland Clinic
Mayo Clinic Neuro
Swedish Neurosciences 
West Virginia University
Rush University - Neuro
Hospital for Special Surgery
CHU Sainte-Justine 
The Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Brown University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University
Virginia Mason Medical Center - Center for Neurociences and Spine
University of Cincinnati
The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York
University of Missouri
University of Pittsburgh
UPMC, Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Buffalo Neuro
University of Alabama Birmingham
San Diego Spine Foundation
University of California San Francisco Ortho
Washington University of St Louis Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai 
University of British Columbia
Weill Cornell Medical Center
University of Colorado - Denver
New York University
Medical College of Wisconsin 
Oregon Health and Science University of Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
University of Minnesota
University of Utah - Neurosurgery 
Ohio State University
University of California San Francisco - Neuro 
University of Rochester 
University of Maryland 
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
The Spine Education and Research Foundation 
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Houston Methodist University
University of California San Diego
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arizona - Banner University Medical Center
Brown University Department of Neurosurgery
University of Kentucky

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