DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award
Funds an untested, highly innovative concept in reconstructive transplantation, judged on rationale rather than preliminary data.
Reconstructive transplantation is young enough as a field that some of its best ideas have never been tested at all. This award exists for exactly that stage: a concept, not a study already underway.
The bar for innovation is stated in specific terms — a new paradigm, a challenge to an existing one, an old problem seen from a new angle, or some other genuinely creative approach. An incremental im…
Highly innovative, untested concepts or theories in reconstructive transplantation, addressing at least one FY26 RTRP Focus Area. Presenting preliminary data is not allowed; the application is judged on rationale and design instead. Clinical trials are not supported, and early-career investigators, down to postdoctoral fellows, are explicitly encouraged.
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