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 is open from November 1st, 2023 – January 31st, 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.
How to apply
2022 - 2023 Fellowship sites
1. University of Washington Orthopedics |
2. University of California Davis |
3. North Shore University Hospital - Northwell Health |
4. Toronto Western Hospital |
5. Mayo Clinic - Ortho |
6. OrthoCarolina |
7. University of Utah - Orthopedics |
8. McGill University |
9. Augusta University |
10. University of Calgary |
11. Washington University Orthopedics |
12. University of Southern California |
13. Cleveland Clinic |
14. Mayo Clinic - Neurosurgery |
15. Swedish Neurosciences |
16. West Virginia University |
17. Rush University - Neuro |
18. Hospital for Special Surgery |
19. CHU Sainte-Justine |
20. The Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia |
21. Brown University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
22. Northwestern University |
23. Virginia Mason Medical Center - Center for Neurosciences and Spine |
24. University of Cincinnati |
25. The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York |
26. University of Missouri |
27. University of Pittsburgh |
28. UPMC, Department of Neurological Surgery |
29. University of Buffalo |
30. University of Alabama Birmingham |
31. San Diego Spine Foundation |
32. University of California San Francisco - Ortho |
33. Washington University Neurosurgery |
34. Mount Sinai |
35. University of British Columbia |
36. Weill Cornell Medical Center |
37. University of Colorado - Denver |
38. New York University |
39. Medical College of Wisconsin |
40. Oregon Health and Science University Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation |
41. University of Minnesota |
42. University of Utah - Neurosurgery |
43. Ohio State University |
44. University of California San Francisco - Neuro |
45. University of Rochester |
46. University of Maryland |
47. Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |
48. The Spine Education and Research Foundation |
49. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
50. Houston Methodist University |
51. University of California San Diego |
52. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
53. University of Arizona - Banner University Medical Center |
54. Brown University Department of Neurosurgery |
55. University of Kentucky |