The American Association for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) received funding from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH-NIDCR) to support travel for U.S. dental or PhD students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows to the AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition for presentation of scientific papers on dental research. Qualified individuals will be selected to receive funds on the basis of the quality of an abstract accepted for presentation at the Meeting. (Grant No. R13DE032910-01)
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Applications Open:
Jul 11, 2023
Applications Closed:
Oct 17, 2023
- U.S. Dental or PhD students, residents, or postdoctoral fellows
- Must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence
The AADOCR Program Committee and AADOCR Groups will review abstracts submitted by individuals applying for travel grant funds, and the AADOCR Program Committee will make the final selection of the travel grant recipients. The Program Committee will base its decision on and assign high priority to: 1) originality of research design, 2) innovations in technique, and 3) scientific merit.
Preference will be given to first-time applicants and those who have received the Bloc Travel Grant only one time previously.
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To be eligible for a travel grant, applicants must be:
- Dental or PhD students, residents, or postdoctoral fellows.
- Must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or some other legal verification of such status). Non-citizen nationals are generally persons born in outlying possessions of the United States (e.g., American Samoa and Swains Island).
- Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible to apply for this award.
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To apply you must select the AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant for Students and fill out the eligibility requirements when submitting your abstract for the IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session.
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Award recipients and their Faculty Advisors will be required to provide a follow-up report containing an evaluation of the program and outlining the career paths of the recipient which relate to continued research activities. Failure to provide the follow-up reports will result in the student having to refund award monies. Information about these evaluations will be sent to recipients after the meeting.
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Through the evaluation process, the AADOCR and NIDCR seek to learn what the grantees obtained from participating in an international meeting, both short- and long-term benefits. The AADOCR will request from each grantee, within 60 days of the meeting, a formal report on the overall experience, with a narrative description of future professional goals and research objectives.
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A key element of the travel grant program evaluation is the active involvement of the mentor or sponsor of each participating student, trainee, or fellow. The AADOCR will request a one-time follow-up report from the faculty advisor on the student’s experience.
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Colby Allen, UT Health Houston
Eddyson Altidor, University of Connecticut, Farmington
Elise Ambrose, University of Colorado, Aurora
Alison Buckwalter, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Justin Burrell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Michael Chavez,The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sydney Chung, UT Health San Antonio
Ana Garcia Castineiras, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Alexandra, Herzog, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Marsha-Kay Hutchinson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Grant Kasal, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
Thomas Koby, University of Florida, Gainesville
Susu Le, University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mary Li, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Min Lin, University of Washington, Seattle
Vincent Mak, Stony Brook University, NY
Cyrus Mansouri, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Rosamaria Marquez,Texas A&M University, Dallas
Simon Monley, University of Colorado, Aurora
Kevin Muñoz Forti, University of Missouri, Columbia
Josue Murillo, UT Health San Antonio
Anna Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
Marshall Padilla, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Julia Kishanie Persaud, New York University, NY
Andrew Santander, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Michelle Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Amanda Seaberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Madison Sharp, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Bao Thao, Roseman University, South Jordan, UT
Amy Tran, UT Health Houston
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2022 Winners
Christian P Ahearn, University at Buffalo, NY
Natalie Anselmi, University at Buffalo, NY
Kristina Astleford-Hopper, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Frank A Boksa, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Alanna Bram, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Veronica Camacho, Texas A&M University
Won Hee Cho, University of California, San Francisco
Kalie Dominick, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Steven Fredeen, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Sean Thomas Ganther, University of California, San Francisco
Ryan Hackenberger, Midwestern University – Downers Grove, Illinois
Conrad Harness, Texas A&M University
Luke Hovey, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Jai Eun Huh, University of California, San Francisco
Seung Jin Jang, University of Florida, Gainesville
Ryunhyung Jessica Kim, Columbia University, New York, NY
Youkyung Kim, New York University, NY
Austin Kim, Midwestern University – Downers Grove, Illinois
Alisa Eunyoung Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jaden Sophien Lee, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Naeem Motlagh, University of Florida, Gainesville
Carolyn Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
Josaranie Nieves-Santana, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Stanley Onuegbu, University of California, San Francisco
Soomin Park, Columbia University, New York, NY
Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sienna Kaelyn Perry, NIDCR, Bethesda, MD
Anwar Radwan, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Samantha Rustia, University of California, San Francisco
Michelle Lee Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sydney Woods, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Jihee Yoon, University of California, San Francisco
Shao Yang Zhang, University of Iowa, Iowa City2021
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