Up to £70,000 over two years, funded jointly by BASS, BSS and ORUK.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
2 years, full time
Hands-on
Unclear — confirm privileges
Clinical exposureFull-time spine research fellowship expected to result in an MD or equivalent higher degree with a UK university and high-impact papers; research must be evidence-based and take place in the UK.
Participation levelClinical participation and hands-on restrictions must be confirmed directly with the host.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Not stated; the research must take place in the UK and applicants must be BASS or BSS members or eligible for membership.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Clinical or combined training pathway; exact duties remain appointment-specific. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
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.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY66% 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 dateJanuary 2026 and no later than June 2026 (2025 call)
Application route / cycleThe 2025 call (opened 1 September 2025; closing date given as 19 October 2025 in the text and 29 October 2025 in the page banner) has ended. A later call is not announced.
Official contactAdrian Gardner (BSS) · Pal Lakshmanan (BASS) · ORUK research teamresearch@oruk.org
Member of BASS or BSS, or eligible for full membership commensurate with seniority (conditional on joining for the grant duration)
Medical doctors (consultants and trainees), allied health professionals and nurses may apply
Leave of absence from clinical roles or training with employer agreement
Research must take place in the UK
Application documents
Application form with research idea, applicant profile and supervision team (guidelines PDF on the page)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Joint two-year spine research fellowship open to surgeons, allied health professionals and nurses, leading to a UK higher degree. Note: The page text gives the 2025 closing date as 19 October 2025 while the page banner shows 29 October 2025; both dates have passed.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Higher-degree registration with a UK university; mentoring by supervision team.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Orthopaedic Research UK / BASS / British Scoliosis Society
Orthopaedic Research UK is a UK charity funding musculoskeletal research; this fellowship is co-funded with the British Association of Spine Surgeons and the British Scoliosis Society.
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.
