The recently constituted Sports Medicine Australia Research Foundation received a significant injection of support from the ASMF Fellows and the Australian Association of Podiatric Sports Medicine. Both the Fellows and the AAPSM generously committed $10 000 each to Foundation at the recent ASMF Fellows AGM held in Brisbane.

The SMA Research Foundation’s primary function is to support young researchers and those undertaking advanced training in Sports Medicine and it’s disciplines by granting relatively small amounts to those starting out in research. Applications will only be open to SMA members and the recipients must agree to present their research findings at the annual ACSMS conference.

The Foundation is pleased to announce that research applications are now invited for the 2010 funding round. A limited number of grants to the value of up to $2000 will be available.

Please submit an Expression of Interest to Sports Medicine Australia. More information will be available in coming weeks.