Oral Health Grants

American Dental Education Association/Sigma Phi Alpha Linda DeVore Scholarship

A $1,000 scholarship recognizing an individual studying allied dental education at the baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree level.

The ADEA/Sigma Phi Alpha Linda DeVore Scholarship recognizes the memory and the 30-year dental
education career of Linda Rubinstein DeVore. Professor DeVore was active in dental hygiene education,
scholarship, and public service. She served as President of the American Association of Dental Schools (now
the American Dental Education Association, ADEA) in 1994, and President of the Supreme Chapter of Sigma
Phi Alpha, the national honorary society of the dental hygiene profession, in 1997-98.
Overview
A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an individual pursuing allied dental education study at the baccalaureate,
master’s, or doctoral degree level.
Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

American Dental Education Association/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry Scholarships

Twelve $2,500 scholarships for predoctoral studetns who have demonstrated excellence in preventive dentistry.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products, Division of
McNeil-PPC, Inc., announce the ADEA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry
Scholarships. The purpose of these scholarships is to support predoctoral dental students who have
demonstrated academic excellence in preventive dentistry.
Overview
Each scholarship recipient will have $2,500 applied to tuition and fees for predoctoral dental study. Twelve
predoctoral dental students will receive ADEA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry
Scholarships each year. Every dental school Dean may nominate up to three students from his or her school.
All applications from each dental school must be cleared and sent from the Dean’s office to assure that no
more than three nominations are being submitted from each school. (Applications that are sent individually
by the applicant will not be considered.)
Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
Receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

American Dental Education Association/Crest Oral-B Scholarship

Two $2,000 scholarships for dental hygiene students prusing academic careers.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and The Procter & Gamble Company announce the
ADEA/Crest Oral-B Scholarship for Dental Hygiene Students Pursuing Academic Careers. This scholarship
supports dental hygiene students who are pursuing education beyond an associate’s degree and who have an
interest in an academic career.
Overview
Each scholarship recipient receives $2,000 to be applied to tuition and fees. Each year two dental hygiene
students receive the ADEA/Crest Oral-B student scholarship.
Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
Receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

IADR/Lion Dental Research Award
Supported by the Lion Corporation

Deadline: October 10, 2008

The Lion Dental Research Award is intended to support improvements in oral health sciences through the stimulation of junior researchers by

recognition of outstanding and innovative research in basic dental science for the improvement of public dental health; and
recognition of applied research achievements for improvement and development of oral care products for the prevention or oral diseased.
The IADR is inviting applications from young investigators for an award from submitted abstracts. These Awards are made possible by a generous donation from the Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Eligibility:

The candidates must:

hold a degree in dentistry or in a scientific discipline; and
be a junior researcher in pursuit of a postgraduate degree; and
be a member of IADR (in good standing at time of submission and presentation) and actively engaged in research within one of the following IADR scientific groups
have their abstract accepted for presentation within one of the three groups listed below for the IADR 87th General Session & Exhibition in Miami, Florida:
a. Behavioral, Epidemiological and Health Services Research;
b. Cariology;
c. Microbiology/Immunology
Nominating Procedure:

1. A junior investigator may be nominated by his/her supervisor, program director, dean or other individual who is familiar with the nominee’s research activities.

2. The nominee must have submitted an abstract for the next IADR meeting.

3. Applications must include the following data:

Nominee’s name, address, date of birth, current place of work/study, position;
IADR Section/Division membership (in good standing at time of submission and presentation)
Curriculum vitae
Relevant recommendation letter
Copy of the abstract together with a separate and more detailed overview of the nominee’s project (2 pages, double-spaced).
Awards:

Three (3) awards will be granted - one from each IADR Group. A committee set up by the IADR group reviews nominations. Decisions will be made and recipients notified after Committee Review beginning after the October 10, 2008 abstract deadline. Award recipients will receive a cash award of $2,000 and a plaque. The three awards will be presented at the IADR Group Business Meetings in Miami, Florida. If selected for an award, the paper must be presented at the meeting (no presenter substitutions allowed).

Application materials and a copy of the submitted abstract must be sent electronically by October 10, 2008 to the attention of:

Sheri S. Herren
Awards, Fellowships & Grants Manager
sherren@iadr.org

International Association for Dental Research E.W. Borrow Memorial Award
Supported by The Borrow Foundation

Deadline: October 15, 2008

Nominations are invited for the 2009 IADR E.W. Borrow Memorial Award, which was established to recognize and stimulate research in oral health promotion for children, with a priority for caries prevention where fluoride in different formats is utilized.

Criteria:

Selection will be based on the originality of contributions and record of achievement in the field of oral health promotion and on the significance of research carried out on the oral health of children. Basic research, applied clinical research, and clinical investigation will be considered for the award as well. At the time of nomination, the nominee should be actively engaged in the area of research for which the award is presented. Candidates MUST be an IADR member.

Nominating Procedures:

Any IADR Division, Section, Group, or individual IADR member may nominate a candidate for this award. Once a nomination is made, it will be considered each year for five years.

Documentation:

The following documentation must accompany the nomination:

Name, address, and date of birth of the candidate;
Full curriculum vitae with lists of publications; and
A short statement describing the reasons the individual is being nominated for the award.
Award:

The award commenced in 1992 and is awarded annually. Nominations are reviewed by a BMF/IADR Committee. The individual selected will receive a cash award of $2,000 and a plaque, which will be presented at the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR 87th General Session & Exhibition in Miami, Florida, April 1, 2009.

Sponsorship:

The award is made in memory of the late E.W. Borrow and is generously supported by The Borrow Foundation.

Nomination Deadlines:

Please submit nominations electronically to sherren@iadr.org by October 15, 2008

International Association for Dental Research/Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Awards
Supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Company

Deadline: October 10, 2008

The IADR is inviting applications from young investigators who have submitted an abstract which has a preventive component for a travel award to support their attendance at the IADR General Session. The objective of this award program is to encourage young investigators to undertake research in the prevention of oral diseases and to facilitate their presentation of this work to the international dental and oral health research community.

Eligibility:

Young investigators (up to five years post-graduation from dental, dental hygiene, specialty training, or pre-PhD) are eligible to apply for a travel award. Entrants must provide a verification letter of their status. In addition, entrants can only receive an IADR / Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Award once. Applicants MUST be an IADR member.

Applications:

To apply you must select the IADR/Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Awards and fill out the eligibility requirements when submitting your abstract for the IADR 87th General Session & Exhibition in Miami, Florida, by the October 10, 2008 deadline. Applicants MUST be members of the IADR (including student members) at the time of abstract deadline.

Applicants must also submit electronically a separate and more detailed overview of their projects (2 pages, double-spaced). This overview must include brief details of their material and methods, the results of the research including details of statistical analysis, and a brief discussion including how the research will affect the prevention of the condition stated.

The overview must be received in the Central Office no later than October 10, 2008, for the application to be considered. Please submit the overview electronically to Sheri S. Herren at sherren@iadr.org indicating clearly with your submission that this is associated with the award and including your abstract submission reference.

Research Topic:

Submissions must represent original research in the area of disease prevention (for example caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, xerostomia, oral cancer, and any other oral disease or condition). Applications that have as their focus prevention of systemic disease where oral disease is a significant potential contributory factor will also be considered.

In addition to research on various preventive agents, the Committee will consider submissions that focus on preventive programs, demonstration projects, or community programs, providing that outcomes are measured and reported and that the applicant can clearly articulate the benefits of their work in terms of prevention of disease in their overview.

Award:

Six (6) awards will be granted—one person from each of the following regions: North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico), South America, Europe (including Israel), Africa (including Middle East) and the Pan Asian Pacific region (including the Indian sub-continent, Asia, China, Australia/New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, excluding Hawaii and Guam). The sixth award will be made to the next most worthy applicant from any part of the world. In the event that there are no suitable applications from one or more of the geographic regions outlines above, the “extra” awards will be divided between the applicants on the basis of merit and regional distribution.

The winner of each award will receive US $2,000 for expenses to attend the IADR General Session & Exhibition.

Process:

All abstracts submitted for the IADR general session are subject to peer review within the scientific groups of the IADR. Once the abstracts which are the basis of an application for a travel award have been accepted for presentation, they will be grouped into the regional categories outlined above and subject to an adjudication process. The awards committee for this process will be the IADR Awards Review Committee. The Committee’s decision will be made in Janusay 2008, and winners will be notified thereafter. The award winners will be formally announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR 87th General Session & Exhibition in Miami, Florida, on April 1, 2009. If selected for the award, the paper must be presented at the meeting (no presenter substitutions allowed). The award cannot be deferred until a future meeting.

Sponsorship:

The Award is supported by a generous donation from the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Academy of Osseointegration Implant Research Grant

The purpose of this grant is to provide support for research in the behavioral, biologic, biomechanical or biomaterial aspects of dental implants. Applicants that address areas of research to enhance the public acceptance of implants are welcome. Eligibility is restricted to members of the Academy who are able to demonstrate they are capable of conducting research that meets the primary objective of this award. There is no age or citizenship requirement. The grant funds are to be used only for direct support of the proposed research such as technical assistance, supplies, purchasing and/or maintaining laboratory animals, purchase of relevant equipment and instruments, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts and travel to professional meetings related to the project.

The deadline for submission is October 31, 2008. The recipient of this award will be notified by January 1, 2009, and will be required to submit a progress report on or before September 1, 2009. The awardee is required to present the results of the investigation at the Academy’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. Travel expenses (airfare and lodging) will be provided by the Academy. For additional information contact the Executive Offices of the Academy at (847) 439-1919.