Who can apply?

Applications for research funding are open to appropriately qualified professionals such as scientists, clinicians, and allied health professionals (nurses, psychologists or physiotherapists).

If you would like to apply for an SSR research grant, please click on the Research Grants box below for more information.

SSR will only consider awards to applicants from outside the UK if they are in collaboration with a UK centre.

Travel grants are also available to help early career researchers’ costs to present their work.

Our Grants Committee is comprised of various experts in the field of scoliosis, with external reviewers occasionally being brought in to assess applications.

As of May 2026, our Grants Committee members are:-

Bob Crawford (Chair)                   Retired Spinal Surgeon

Ashley Cole                                   Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Sheffield Children’s Hospital

Tom Marjoram                              Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Norwich and Norfolk Hospitals

Judith Meakin                                Associate Professor of Spine Biomechanics, University of Exeter

Thanos Tsirikos                             Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Emily Kyte- Hale                          Specialist Scoliosis Physiotherapist / Lived experience

Matthew Newton- Ede                Spinal Surgeon – RNOH and Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Andrew Bowey                            Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, Newcastle Hospitals

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Research Articles

As part of our commitment to advancing knowledge and supporting the scoliosis community, SSR regularly shares research articles through our blog.

You can also find our archive of BSRF research reports and articles in the blog section — showcasing the incredible work that has contributed to scoliosis research over the years.

Below is a collection of research-related blog articles. Click the titles to read the full posts:

• Get Involved: Help Improve Brace Treatment for Young People with Scoliosis (1 July 2025)

• Interdisciplinary Creative Practice & Positive Resilience (24 April 2023)

• Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Balance in AIS (24 August 2022)

• Determining the Effectiveness of Treatment (24 September 2021)

• Science of Movement (24 April 2021)

• Possible Effects of Titanium Debris (24 March 2021)

• Research Priorities in Scoliosis – Part 2 (24 April 2019)

• Research Priorities in Scoliosis – Part 1 (24 October 2018)