IADR Lion Dental Research Award

Supported by Lion Corporation

Deadline: January 14, 2014

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 diseases.

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 an abstract accepted for presentation within one of the three scientific groups listed below for the 92^nd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR:
  a. Oral Health Research;
  b. Periodontal Research; or
  c. Salivary Research

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 92^nd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR by the abstract deadline date of January 14, 2014.
3. Applications must include the following data and must be sent electronically in one PDF package to Sheri S. Herren, IADR Strategic Programs Manager, sherren@iadr.org:

• 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 Scientific Group. A committee set up by the IADR group reviews nominations. Recipients are notified after Committee Review which begins after the January 14, 2014 abstract deadline.  Award recipients will receive a monetary award of $2,000 and a plaque. The three awards will be presented at the IADR Group Business Meetings at the IADR General Session.  If selected for an award, the paper must be presented at the meeting (no presenter substitutions allowed).

Application materials above must be sent electronically in one PDF package by January 14, 2014 to the attention of:

Sheri S. Herren - Strategic Programs Manager - sherren@iadr.org

2013 Recipients

Behavioral, Epidemiologic, and Health Services Research
Stefan Listl
University of Heidelberg, Germany

Cariology Research
Melissa Thiemi Kato
University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Microbiology/Immunology Research
Svetislav Zaric
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

2012 Recipients

Oral Health Research
Shantanu Lal
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Periodontal Research
Daniel Jönsson
Malmö University, Sweden

Salivary Research
Yoav Neumann
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2011 Recipients

Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research
Otto Lok Lam
The University of Hong Kong, SAR, China

Cariology Research
Fu Chen
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

2010 Recipients

Oral Health Research
Diep Ha
The University of Adelaide, Australia

Salivary Research
Ralica Stiubea-Cohen
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Periodontal Research
TDK Herath
The University of Hong Kong