Grants Funded

Grant applicants for the 2024 cycle requested a total of nearly $3 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated more than 100 grant applications on the following topics:

The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $650,000 dollars to support more than 20 plastic surgery research proposals.

ASPS/PSF leadership is committed to continuing to provide high levels of investigator-initiated research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed research resources to be pioneers and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.

Research Abstracts

Search The PSF database to have easy access to full-text grant abstracts from past PSF-funded research projects 2003 to present. All abstracts are the work of the Principal Investigators and were retrieved from their PSF grant applications. Several different filters may be applied to locate abstracts specific to a particular focus area or PSF funding mechanism.

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Research Abstracts

Mmp9 Inhibition Decreases Scarring During Flexor Tendon Healing

Modeling the Arc of Financial Well-Being in Breast Reconstruction

Modified Helicoid Weave Technique - A Novel Method to Enhance Nerve Regeneration

Modulating Immunotherapy in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Modulating Macrophage Dynamics to Improve Autologous Fat Grafting Outcomes

Modulation of TGF-B in Scarless Wound Healing Using Decorin and Mannose-6-P

Molecular Basis for Neuroregenerative Effects of FK-506

Motor Axon Misdirection in Traumatic Neuroma-in-Continuity Injury

Multichannel Carbon Fiber Electrodes to Enhance Nerve Regeneration

Multilineage Stem Cell Therapy For Diabetic Wounds