North American Spine Society - Letter of Proposal

-Research Grants. Provide funding for promising research projects by qualified investigators in the

field of spine. Funding amount and number of grants are at the discretion of the NASS Research Project
Management Committee based upon merit of applications and amount of funding available each year. It is

recommended that approved grant budgets not exceed $50,000 per year.
-Young Investigator Grants. One to two Young Investigator Grants may be awarded each year. Principal

investigators may be any age. MD applicants must be within five years of completion of training at the

time of application; PhD applicants must be within five years of their post-doc training. Applicants may

not have received previous grant funding from the NASS Research Project Management Committee. It is

recommended that approved grant budgets not exceed $50,000 per year.
-Nontraditional, Nonsurgical Treatment Grants. 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 Project Management Committee based upon merit of applications and amount of funding

available each year. It is recommended that approved grant budgets not exceed $50,000 per year.
http://www.spine.org/Documents/2013_Research_Funding_App.pdf