Up to £130,000 across two years, jointly funded by BASK and ORUK; salary or stipend basis at the applicant's choice.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2 years (longer if less than full time; minimum 0.5 FTE)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureNon-clinical, full-time or part-time research fellowship delivering a programme of knee-related research and developing future UK research leaders in knee surgery; suggested themes include digital/AI outcome monitoring, adolescent and female knee injuries, osteochondral repair, meniscus root tears and injection treatment for osteoarthritis.
Participation levelNon-clinical research role; no patient interaction is described.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
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International applicants
Not stated on the official page; eligibility is defined by society membership and a UK host.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Research-only or non-clinical participation is described. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
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Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
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Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY62% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateWithin 6 months of the award decision; must start no later than August 2027 (2026 call)
Application route / cycleAnnual call. The 2026 window (opened 27 April 2026, closed 5 June 2026 at 17:00) has ended, with interviews in October/November 2026. The date of the next call is not published.
Official contactNo programme-specific contact published
Academics, clinicians and allied health professionals with a strong interest in knee research
Open exclusively to BASK members
At least one proposed supervisor must be a BASK member
Applicant agrees to ORUK's standard research agreement via host University/Trust contracts department
Application documents
Single-stage online application: purpose of research, background and track record, plan of investigation, research environment, impact, outreach, full budget
Intellectual property and animal-testing details where applicable
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Joint BASK/ORUK two-year research fellowship for knee-related research and the development of future UK knee research leaders.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Funded research time; six-monthly progress reporting required.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Orthopaedic Research UK / British Association for Surgery of the Knee
Orthopaedic Research UK is a UK charity funding musculoskeletal research; this fellowship is co-funded with the British Association for Surgery of the Knee.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
