| BVOA
Clinical Research Award |
| Applications
are encouraged for these awards from all BVOA members. Any project that will advance
the subject of veterinary orthopaedics will be considered. |
| 1. |
A sum of up to £5000 (including VAT) is available to fund clinical veterinary
orthopaedic research, which must be completed within 2 years of acceptance. |
| 2. | The
principal investigator must be a member of BVOA. |
| 3. | Applications
(one copy by e-mail and one hard copy by post) should be submitted to the Scientific
Secretary of the BVOA. |
| 4. | Applications
of not more than two sides of A4 (size 12 font) to include the following headings:
| | Name
and address of principal investigator |
| | Name of
person(s) to carry out the work |
| | Introduction
comprising brief literature review and work which has led up to the project |
| | Materials
and methods | | |
Data collection and analyses |
| | Potential
benefits including likely number of publications |
| | Duration
and timetable for research |
| | Budget and
costings (salaries and overheads will not be paid) | |
| 5.
| All applications
will be subject, in the first instance, to triplicate peer review under the direction
of the Scientific Secretary of the BVOA. Recommendations will then be made to
the BVOA Executive Committee and applicants will be informed of the outcome. |
| 6. | Recipients
of BVOA clinical research awards will provide a written report of progress to
the Scientific Secretary of the BVOA in the December of each year until completion
of the project. |
| 7. | Recipients
of BVOA clinical research awards will be expected to present the results of the
work at a meeting of the BVOA and will receive free registration for the meeting.
|
| 8. | The
house journal is Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology and
awardees are strongly encouraged to submit work funded by BVOA for publication
in this journal. |
|
| Current
and recently funded projects |
| This
is a list of clinical projects currently and recently funded by the Association:
|
 | The
investigation of dorsal plating of ilial and acetabular fractures in cats. The
development and clinical application of a novel plate design and equipment. (M.
Hamilton & S. Langley-Hobbs, University of Cambridge) |
| Comparing
the resistance to push-out of conventional and self-tapping bone screws (M.
Ness & J. Bell, Croft Veterinary Hospital, Blyth, Northumberland) |
| Retrospective
evaluation of the long-term outcome of conservative management of clinical hip
dysplasia (Mike Farrell and co-workers, University of Glasgow) |
| Anatomical
studies of the canine shoulder joint with reference to shoulder instability (John
Innes and Fay Cullingham, University of Liverpool) |
| Lag
screw fixation of canine cadaveric humeral condylar bone specimens: A biomechanical
comparison of 3.5mm and 4.5mm cortical thread screws (Mark Glyde, David Fitzpatrick
and Ron Shahar, University College Dublin) |
| Differential
expression of canine ligamentocytes exposed to tensile stress: Working towards
tissue engineered ligaments (Martin Owen, Eithne Comerford and John Tarlton,
University of Bristol) |
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