Wishbone Orthopaedic Research Foundation Grants 

There will be two funding rounds in 2025.  The first round will open on 20 December 2024 and close on 24 February 2025.  The application form will be available on this page when the funding round opens.  The second funding is expected to open in early July, closing on 25 August 2025.  

Applicants for Wishbone funding are expected to be either Registrars or emerging new clinical researchers with an NZOA member as part of the project team. 

The Wishbone Foundation is supported by the NZOA and all applications are evaluated by the Wishbone Orthopaedic Research Committee.

While grants are mainly smaller in nature, they can lead to larger projects with potentially major benefits for patients.

Below are summaries of the recently completed and ongoing research funded by Wishbone. Log in first to view the individual research reports.

Further Enquiries
E: grants@nzoa.org.nz  P: NZOA +64 (4) 913 9891

Completed Research

Project lead:

Reece Joseph

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Working with:
Jillian Cornish, Simon Swift, Brya Matthews, Haemish Crawford (Supervisor)
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Not Specified
Topic:
Identifying Bacterial Factors that Account for Poor Outcomes in Paediatric Osteomyelitis
Project lead:

Andrew Kim

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Working with:
Jillian Lee (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Static Versus Free Gliding Screws in SCFE Fixation: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Project lead:

Jian-Sen Ng

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Working with:
Bill Farrington, Grace Taylor, Lance Nicholson, Simon Young (Supervisor)
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Topic:
VOLT Study: Intraosseous Regional Administration of Voltaren™ in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Project lead:

Alex Gibson

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Working with:
Joe Baker, Jillian Lee (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Fertility and Female Doctors - The Impact of Career Choice
Project lead:

Yushy Zhou

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Working with:
Christopher Schilling, Michael English, Michelle Dowsey, Peter Choong, Marc Hirner (Supervisor)
Research base:
Not Specified
Topic:
Improving Patient Selection in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)