Dr. Peter Roughley Award

The ORS Spine Section is proud to present the Dr. Peter Roughley Award. The award is named after the late Peter Roughley, PhD, who was well known for his seminal contributions to proteoglycan research and its role in both disc and cartilage structure and function. Dr. Roughley was particularly gifted in teaching and mentoring individuals, and was always willing to instruct and advise his fellow scientists.

This award preserves his legacy of training future generations of scientists by sponsoring a trainee and mentor exchange to enhance a trainee’s knowledge in spine, disc and cartilage biology. The award recognizes a team (mentor and trainee) and provides $2,000 to support the travel of the trainee.

Overview

This award will provide $2,000 for exchange travel to a mentor and trainee team researching spine, disc, and cartilage biology.

Eligibility

• Mentor: The mentor should be a well-established researcher who has demonstrated an outstanding and sustained commitment to mentorship. The Mentor can be at any career stage beyond their PhD, MD, or DVM with a well-documented and sustained track-record of mentorship, with particular emphasis given to diversity and inclusion. The Mentor must also have clearly demonstrated impactful research relevant to the mentees research project; this may be viewed in its broadest sense.
• Mentee: The Mentee must be an ORS and ORS Spine Section member in good standing. The Mentee should be a doctoral candidate or a post-doctoral fellow (PhD,  MD or DVM).
• As the award is designed to support an exchange, the proposed mentor should not be the mentee’s current supervisor, and should be ideally located at a different institution.

Submissions

Submission package must include:

• A complete application form, providing evidence of outstanding mentorship of pre-doctoral students and/or post-doctoral fellows, with special emphasis on the mentor’s substantive and on-going contributions to diversity and inclusive excellence in the field of musculoskeletal sciences.
• The application should document a coherent and significant advance to be made to the mentees research skills.
• Recent CVs of the mentor and mentee in support of the application.
• Support letter from the mentee’s current advisor/supervisor endorsing the exchange.