The North American Spine Society (NASS) is a premier multidisciplinary medical organization with nearly 8,000 physician, researcher and affiliated healthcare members worldwide dedicated to fostering the highest quality ethical, value-based and evidence-based spine care through education, research and advocacy. NASS membership includes the following spine-related specialties: orthopedics, neurosurgery, physiatry, pain management, research and other disciplines, including allied health professionals.
The Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grant is the result of a donation to research as part of a settlement of a class action lawsuit unrelated to NASS. This grant supports research of disc-related and/or neuropathic back pain by nonsurgical techniques. These funds must be used for new, nontraditional methods of nonsurgical treatment of such back and neck pain and radiculopathy. If TNF-inhibitors other than etanercept are used in research and/or treatment funded, comparison studies using perispinal etanercept in at least as many research subjects or patients should be done. Funding amount and number of grants are at the discretion of the NASS Research Funding Committee based upon merit of applications and amount of funding available each year.
Principal Investigator (PI) requirements: Must be a NASS member in good standing* and cannot have received NASS grant funding within the past three years.**
*Membership in good standing is defined as having no outstanding dues, nor restrictions to participation within NASS.
**Applicants awarded NASS grant funding for only year one of projects may apply in the next cycle for year-two funding of their project, so long as their Letter of Proposal notes as such
and progress made thus far is demonstrated.
Multiple grants will not be funded simultaneously** to any PI, co-investigator, or collaborator/secondary investigator (**see above exception).
• Young Investigator (YI) requirements: In addition to above PI requirements, principal YI(s) must have completed their doctoral program and either be enrolled in post-doctoral training or no more than 5 years out from completion of post-doctoral program training (e.g., residency, clinical fellowship,or other post-doctoral training) and cannot have received any
previous grant funding from NASS.
• NASS members welcome to apply include: new investigators,
active and qualified members within any specialty, International,
and Medical residents, with the condition that residents have
mentor/faculty support to work with them.
• Graduate Investigator (GI) & Mentor requirements: GI and mentor are both required to be NASS members. GI cannot have previously received any NASS research funding, while the
mentor cannot have received NASS grant funding within the last three years.
Sponsor Institute/Organizations: North American Spine Society
Sponsor Type:
Address: 7075 Veterans Blvd. Burr Ridge, IL 60527 USA
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Feb 10, 2025
May 12, 2025
$40,000
Recommend annual budget of $ 20,000-$ 40,000, but no more than $ 50,000
Affiliation: North American Spine Society
Address: 7075 Veterans Blvd. Burr Ridge, IL 60527 USA
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