SSR 2024 Hot Topic Grant

Award: Up to $4,000.00 to Principal Investigator

Eligibility: Residents, MSK fellows, and SSR full members. Residents and fellows must have an SSR full member sponsor.

Criteria: Grants should be focused on topics of current importance to the field of MSK radiology, such as:

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Artificial intelligence
• Fast imaging
• Multidisciplinary studies
• Quantitative imaging
• Imaging biomarkers
• Cost-effectiveness
• Interventional oncology

Application Opens: October 2, 2023

Deadline for Application: January 12, 2024

Selection: Applications will be reviewed by the SSR Research Committee with a final recommendation submitted to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee reserves final approval on all grants and is not required to award the grant annually.

Announcement: The winner will be announced at the 2024 SSR Annual Meeting in March. Results will be presented by a podium presentation at the SSR 2025 Annual Meeting. Progress during the year will be reported in writing to the Research Committee, which will supply advice and mentorship as needed.

Timeline:

• One-year grant with no penalty option for a two-year extension
• If work is not completed after one year, winner must submit to the SSR Research Committee a detailed status update and budgetary information
• Proposed one-time lifetime award (no reapplications)

Required Components:

1. Specific aims (0.5 page)
2. Research plan (1.5 page maximum)
3. Brief biosketch of PI and collaborators; define roles in project
4. Summary statement of the clinical impact/need for this research