Ao North America Incorporated
AO North America (AO NA) is the North American regional organization of the AO Foundation, providing continuing education, fellowships, research support, and resources to improve patient care in trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. The site describes programs across trauma, spine, CMF, and veterinary surgery and links to courses, fellowships, and research awards.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A university medical center, research department, or clinical fellowship program working in trauma, orthopaedics, spine or related musculoskeletal research and education.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused on clinical fellowships, surgical training, or musculoskeletal research.
- • Institutional affiliation with a medical school, hospital department, or research lab.
- • Capacity to administer a fellowship or targeted research award.
- • Project budget aligned with the foundation's typical grant sizes (many awards cluster in the low five- to low six-figure range; 2024 median around $24k).
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year reached 29 states with roughly 98% of 2024 dollars going outside the foundation's home state, indicating a national footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 67 distinct recipients and 87 grants, mostly independent universities and medical centers across many states, demonstrating a broad recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Observed behavior shows new entrants (13 new recipients in 2024) alongside many returning grantees, but no formal public application process was found, so direct openness to unfamiliar applicants is plausible but not clearly codified.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
