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Call for Applications: Samuel D. Harris Research and Policy Fellowship 2012-2013

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is accepting applications for the Samuel D. Harris Research and Policy Fellowship sponsored by Preventech. Pediatric dental residents and individuals in their first five years post-residency are eligible and encouraged to apply. The AAPD and past-president Dr. Paul S. Casamassimo initially created this opportunity for individuals to participate in supporting research and advocacy activities of the Academy. The winning fellow will participate in research addressing one of the priority areas of interest as identified by the AAPD Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center Advisory Board and approved by the AAPD Board of Trustees. A deliverable project such as a published article in a peer reviewed journal or presentation at a national meeting is required at the end of the Fellowship. A cash stipend and payment for travel to relevant meetings is provided. The AAPD and the selected applicant/program director will agree upon exact fellowship dates.

The Harris Fellow will serve as a research assistant for a specific research project of the AAPD Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, whose goals are to:

Conduct oral health research, including but not limited to health services research that advances children’s oral health issues and supports AAPD public policy and public relations initiatives at the national, state, local, and international levels with legislatures, government agencies, professional associations, and other non-governmental organizations.

Develop and implement special project activities that advance children’s oral health issues and public understanding of such, in accordance with AAPD policies and guidelines.

Produce timely and high quality policy analysis on critical issues impacting children’s oral health.

Produce useful studies and analysis to further the understanding of practices which will contribute to the oral health of all children.

Applications are due April 13, 2012.

The AAPD gratefully acknowledges its sponsor, Preventech, for the Samuel D. Harris Research and Policy Fellowship.

Please contact Educational Affairs Manager Scott Dalhouse at (312) 337-2169 or e-mail sdalhouse@aapd.org for further information.

Call for Proposals: International Association for Dental Research Prosthodontics Group Student Research Fellowship

Supported by: IADR Prosthodontics Group and VITA Zahnfabrik

Students are invited to submit a research proposal for the new 2012 IADR Prosthodontics Group Student Research Fellowship. This Fellowship is administered by the IADR Prosthodontics Group (PG) and co-sponsored by VITA Zahnfabrik and PG.

The fellowship has been created to encourage dental students, residents, and graduate students to consider careers in oral health research related to the topic of Prosthodontics. Proposals are sought in any category of research related to Prosthodontics.

The fellowship consists of a cash prize of $3,000.00 + travel funds up to $1500.00, with the funds being used to support direct costs for the research and travel/accommodations to present at an annual IADR General Session & Exhibition. It is expected that the results of the research will be presented at an annual IADR meeting within two years of receiving the fellowship, by submitting an abstract within the Prosthodontics Group for a poster or oral presentation.

In order to assist the award recipient, travel funds up to a limit of $1500.00 (depending on meeting and recipient location) will be provided upon acceptance of the abstract of the research for presentation at the IADR General Session & Exhibition. The PG Fellowship Committee will base the amount of the travel award on the home city of the award recipient and the meeting location. Publications should declare the support of funding by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Prosthodontics Group Student Research Fellowship and VITA Zahnfabrik.

The winner, or winners, of the Student Research Fellowship will be announced at the PG Business Meeting during the 90th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The cash award will be issued no later than June 29, 2012.

Eligibility:

Students, residents, or graduate students carrying out original research in which they are the primary investigator are eligible for the Student Research Fellowship. To be eligible, applicants cannot have been the primary author of more than three articles published in refereed scientific journals. Students must be sponsored by a faculty member who is a member of the PG of the IADR. Only one application may be submitted by an individual in any year. Any student who has won this fellowship previously is not eligible to apply again.

Review:

The fellowship is administered and managed by the PG. The PG Fellowship Committee will coordinate review of the proposals. Each proposal will be evaluated on its scientific merits, significance and feasibility.

Submission:

Proposals should be e-mailed as an attached MS Word or PDF-compatible document to the fellowship committee chair, Dr. Wael Att: wael.att@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Please ensure that all images are compressed in file size and incorporated into the page limits specified.

Application deadline: All materials must be received by March 16, 2012.

Proposal: PROPOSALS LONGER THAN 8 PAGES AND/OR 2800 WORDS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED (Proposals must include sections A-H at below)
A. Specific Aims List the objectives, describe what the research is intended to accomplish and the hypotheses that will be tested.
B. Background and Significance.
C. Preliminary Data (if any).
D. Materials and Methods, including statistical methods of data.
E. Literature Cited.
F. Resource Information. Facilities and equipment to be used for research project.
G. Other support for applicant and faculty sponsor.
H. Recombinant DNA, Recombinant DNA Molecules If appropriate, indication that your project adheres to the current NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules.

Required Documents: Each application must be accompanied by a cover letter from the applicant's faculty sponsor, indicating the support of the proposed research by the institution and the faculty sponsor. The sponsor's letter must indicate that the proposal is primarily the work of the student. Multiple applications arising from the same laboratory should clearly delineate the independent focus of each project, and any activity that is potentially shared among projects. Faculty advisors are limited to sponsor research proposals from a maximum of two students. Each sponsor should indicate their IADR membership number and that they are a member of the Prosthodontic Group.

Each proposal should also include a curriculum vitae (of up to but not exceeding two pages), outlining the student's career up to the time of the application. A copy of the sponsor's biographical sketch (not to exceed two pages) must also be included.

Human Subjects: (IF APPLICABLE) Documentation that your project has been approved by your local Institutional Review Board.
Vertebrate Animals: (IF APPLICABLE) Documentation that your project has been approved by your local Institutional Review Board.

Additional information about the IADR Prosthodontics Group Student Research Fellowship can be obtained from:

Dr. Wael Att
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Postgraduate Program
Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry
Alberts-Ludwigs-University
Hugstetterstr. 55, 79106 Freiburg
Germany
E-mail: wael.att@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Call for Nominations: International Association for Dental Research Colgate Oral Health Research Award

Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2012

The Oral Health Research Group of the IADR is inviting nominations for a group-sponsored award in oral health research. The purpose of the award is to recognize a body of meritorious research by a member of the IADR Oral Health Research Group, with preference given to a Dental Hygienist.

Eligibility:

1. Nominee must be a member of the IADR Oral Health Research Group and, if a Dental Hygienist, a graduate of an accredited dental hygiene program.
2. Nominations must include a Curriculum Vitae that provides supporting evidence that the nominee has conducted original research.
3. A letter of nomination should highlight the major reasons and body of research for which the individual is being nominated. Work considered for this award should have resulted in publications in scientific, peer-reviewed journals.

Research Topic:
Submissions must represent original research in the area of oral health. This includes a broad array of basic, clinical and applied studies related to: strategies for the prevention of oral disease and promotion of wellness; outcomes of primary and secondary preventive care; interdisciplinary approaches to integrating oral health into general health; clinical efficacy of professional and personal oral hygiene measures; methods to improve health outcomes of compromised patients; the dental hygiene process of care; self-care strategies; disease-prevention/health promotion focused curricular models; science transfer methods; ethics and quality assurance; alternative patterns for practice; clinical decision-making; and issues related to the conduct of research.

Award:
A Certificate of Recognition and one cash award in the amount of $2,000 will be made. This award is intended to provide travel and other support related to attending the IADR annual meeting and participating in the Oral Health Research Group activities. Information about the award winner will be made available to dental hygiene and other dental publications.

Selection:
A committee with an appointed chair or co-chairs, the President and Immediate Past-president of the Group will select the winner. A representative of Colgate-Palmolive Company will review eligibility qualifications with the committee. The award recipient will be formally announced during the business meeting of the Oral Health Research Group at the 2012 90th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR and honored during the reception that follows. Researchers who are currently under contract with Colgate-Palmolive are not eligible to participate. The committee may elect not to present an award if there is not an appropriate nominee.

Sponsorship:
The Award is sponsored by a generous donation from the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Nomination Deadline:

Nominations must be received by April 15, 2012.

Submit nominations electronically to Award Chair.
Frances Doherty Genco, Award Chair
Email: fgenco@gmail.com

3M ESPE Preventative Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children and 3M ESPE are now accepting applications for the 3M ESPE Research Fellowship. Up to three pediatric dentistry postdoctoral students/residents are selected each year to receive a yearlong research fellowship. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry/HSHC Committee on Scientific Affairs selects the recipients on a competitive basis from eligible submissions.

The 2011 recipients will present their research at the 65th Annual Session in San Diego, Calif., in May 2012.

Please contact Grant Management and Corporate Relations Coordinator Tracey N. Schilligo at (312) 337-2169 for more information. Proposals are due on March 1, 2012, via e-mail to awards@aapd.org for presentation at the 2013 Annual Session.