AAOS Announces 2025 IDEA Grant Recipients to Encourage Diversity and Inclusion in Orthopaedics
Summary
The recipients were selected based on the merits of their initiatives to reduce bias and discriminatory practices or advance diversity, equity, and/or inclusion (DEI) within the orthopaedic specialty. This initiative fills a funding gap for so many programs across the U.S., allowing organizations, practices and institutions to explore innovative solutions to encourage, prepare and support individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine along their journey towards a career in orthopaedic surgery," said AAOS Diversity Advisory Board Chair Holly Tyler-Paris Pilson, MD, FAAOS, FAOA. "The number of IDEA Grants funded in 2025 has nearly doubled compared to last year, helping pave the way for more equitable, accessible, and effective perspectives in musculoskeletal patient care. Information about the 2026 grant cycle application period will be announced in Spring 2025.About the AAOSWith more than 39,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is the worlds largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. It provides the highest quality, most comprehensive education to help orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level best treat patients in their daily practices.