AADR Student Research Fellowships

Deadline: January 14, 2011
Online Submission Site Now Open!

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Supported by: 
3M ESPE Dental Products
AADR Group Chapters, Sections and Members
The ADA Foundation
American Academy of Periodontology
Colgate-Palmolive Company
P&G Professional Oral Health, Crest Oral-B
DENTSPLY International
GlaxoSmithKline
Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division
Sunstar Americas, Inc.

You are invited to submit research proposals for the 2011 AADR Student Research Fellowships. These Fellowships, supported by several major industrial companies, as well as by AADR and IADR Group Chapters, Sections, and members, are sponsored and administered by the AADR and have been created to encourage dental students living in the United States to consider careers in oral health research.  Proposals are sought in basic and clinical research related to oral health.

Each Fellowship (the number is yet to be determined; 22 were funded in 2010) consists of a stipend of $2,100, and each preceptor receives an award of $300 for supplies. Winners will be announced at the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR and 40th Annual Meeting of the AADR in San Diego, Calif., March 16-19, 2011.  

Upon completion of the research (must be completed within two years), acceptance of an abstract and presentation at the annual meeting, each recipient will then be awarded funds ($600) for transportation and accommodation expenses. Recipients are required to present their research at the meeting, by submitting abstracts for poster or oral presentations.

Eligibility:
Students must be enrolled in an accredited DDS/DMD or hygiene program in a dental (health-associated) institution within the USA and must be sponsored by a faculty member at that institution. Students should not have received their degree, nor should they be due to receive their degree in the year of the award (2011). Applicants may have an advanced degree in a basic science subject.  Candidates MUST be AADR members.

Review:
The AADR Fellowships Committee will coordinate review of the proposals. Each proposal will be evaluated on its scientific merits in a manner similar to that used for NIDCR grants. Each reviewer will give a numerical rating to each proposal. The scores of all reviewers will then be averaged to give an overall priority score, which will be used as the basis for funding. Awards will be made on the basis of creativity of the project, its feasibility, and its potential significance to oral health research.

Proposal:
The proposals will follow the general format of the Public Health Service Grant Application Form PHS 398 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html), which is to be used only as a guideline.

Each submission must be typed with sections A-D double spaced and sections E-H single spaced. PROPOSALS LONGER THAN 8 PAGES (pdf) AND/OR 2800 WORDS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED (Proposals include sections A-H below).

Each proposal must include the following:

A. Specific Aims:
List objectives, describe what the research is intended to accomplish and the hypothesis to be tested.

B. Background and Significance

C. Preliminary Data (if any)

D. Materials and Methods, including statistical management of data

E. Literature Cited

F. Resource Information. Facilities and equipment to be used for research project

G. Other support for applicant and sponsor

H. Recombinant DNA, Recombinant DNA Molecules:
Indication that your project adheres to the current NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules.

Resubmissions:
Research projects that are submitted as part of a previously accepted proposal must include a paragraph highlighting how this new project is different from the previously approved project. It should also include a progress report on the previously approved project.

Required Documents:

1. Each application must be accompanied by a cover letter from the applicant's sponsor, indicating the dental school's and the sponsor's support of the proposed research. The sponsor's letter must indicate that the proposal is primarily the work of the student. Applications arising from the same laboratory should take care to minimize duplications in the respective applications. Faculty advisors are asked to limit research proposals to two students per faculty advisor. This will allow more dental schools to participate.
2. 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.
3. A copy of the sponsor's biographical sketch (NIH format, not to exceed two pages) must also be included.
4. Human Subjects: (IF APPLICABLE) Documentation that your project has been approved by your Institutional Review Board.
5. Vertebrate Animals: (IF APPLICABLE) Documentation that your project has been approved by your Institutional Review Board.

*Instructions for uploading your proposal and required documents are on the submission site. Note: The following file types may be uploaded: PDF document (*.pdf), HTML document (*.htm), HTML document (*.html), or plain text document (*.txt).

Deadline: All materials must be received by January 15, 2011.

Criteria for Evaluation:
Proposals will be evaluated based on:

• Presence of a testable hypothesis
• Suitability of methods and facilities
• Significance of problem
• Likelihood of success
• Clarity and style
• Student potential
• Experience of mentor

Proposals that do not meet the criteria will NOT be considered.

Contact:
Sheri S. Herren
Awards, Fellowships & Grants Manager
+1.703.299.8094
Fax: +1.703.548.1883
E-mail:sherren@iadr.org

2010 Recipients:
Shaina Devi Wahl -University of Maryland
Ida Khobahy - Baylor College of Dentistry
Alex Huy Vo - Oregon Health & Science University
Robert J. Vander Broek - University of Michigan
John C. Bonds - Baylor College of Dentistry
Laney Mai - University of Michigan
Brian Sharon - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Adam Reynolds - University of Kentucky
Hans H. Hsu - New York University
Clark F. Brinton - Oregon Health & Science University
Marcus K. Randall - University of Kentucky
Jane H. Shin - The Forsyth Institute
Jeanette S. Wingate - Medical University of South Carolina
Robert H. Range - New York University
Dmitry Vodopyanov - University of Michigan
Nathan E. Schoenly - University at Buffalo
Daniel R. Clark - University of Michigan
Lindsay Harbron - University of Michigan
Jae Shin - University of Michigan
Harrison Mackler - Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Angela Gullard - University of Alabama at Birmingham 


2009 Recipients:
Vicky Chen - Oregon Health and Science University
Jennifer Fountain - University of Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
Stephen George - Oregon Health and Science University
Angela Gullard - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry
Phil F. Han - University of Oregon
Ki Wan Kim - University of Michigan - School of Dentistry
Ejvis Lamani - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nathaniel C. Lawson - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Megan Elisa Miller - TAMHSC Baylor College of Dentistry
Whitney R. Mostafiz - Harvard School of Dental Medicine
KeunHee Chrissy Park - NYUCD
Crystal E. Rosser - University of Michigan - School of Dentistry
Aaron Stump - Indiana University School of Dentistry
Kyle A. Thames - Oregon Health & Science Universty
David G. Walker - UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
Mary E. Wilson - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Albert Yamoah - Texas A&M Health Science Center-Baylor College of Dentistry
Anne M. Ziegler - University of Michigan School of Dentistry