IADR Hatton Competition and Awards
The IADR Hatton Competition is designed to provide an opportunity for the best junior investigators from all IADR Divisions and Sections to present their research at the annual IADR General Session. Of these international competitors, up to six (6) may receive monetary prizes and commemorative trophies in the junior and senior categories.
Each candidate who participates will receive prepaid IADR meeting registration, as well as monetary prizes awarded to the six (6) winners of the Competition. The Competition will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. IADR will funding pre-paid meeting registration, 4 nights hotel stay to be arranged by IADR, and $1,000 travel stipend to IADR Hatton Competitors.
- Each candidate who participates will receive prepaid IADR meeting registration
- as well as monetary prizes awarded to the six (6) winners of the Competition. First prize -$1,600 and a Trophy, Second prize - $800 and a Trophy
Applications Open:
Jul 14, 2025
Applications Closed:
Oct 22, 2025
Categories of Competition:
Junior:
Currently enrolled in a B.D.S./D.D.S. (Bachelor’s and/or dental degree). This competition will be limited to those candidates who have carried out their research as part of undergraduate/professional training (research undertaken as an undergraduate science student, as a dental student, or at a time of pursuing an intercalated science degree while in training as a dental student).
Senior:
Entrants must be enrolled in a post-dental, post-graduate, or Ph.D. program or have performed the research submitted to the competition within three (3) years of their earning the award of Ph.D. Entrants for this category would have carried out research as part of a higher degree, either a Masters, Ph.D., or M.D. with previous laboratory experience, or as part of specialty training, and post-doctorals. The Senior Category is divided into two sections:
- Clinical/Pre-clinical Research: Involving research on human subjects and/or epidemiologic studies.
- Basic Science Research: Involving laboratory or animal research.
All candidates must be a current member of or, at the time of submission, have made bona fide application to the IADR.
The Competition is open to the Divisions and Sections of the IADR, who will hold a local competition to select their competitors for the IADR Hatton Competition.
The number of competitors a Division may enter is determined by the following formula, based on Divisional Membership:
| Number of full IADR members in a Division (NOT including student or retired members)* | IADR Hatton entries per Division |
|---|---|
| 10-50 | 1 |
| 51-500 | 2 |
| 501-1000 | 3 |
| 1001-1500 | 4 |
| 1501-2000 | 5 |
| 2001 and up | 6 |
*Each IADR non-Divisional Section with 10 or more members may select one (1) candidate upon successful completion of a Section Competition.
Candidates may be divided between the three categories of competition as the Division/Section wishes.
2026 Recipients
Cicely Chau
GelMA Hydrogel Modulates Macrophage Polarization to Promote Tissue Regeneration
The University of Hong Kong
Southeast Asian Division
Jasmine Canlas
Engineered Small Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Antimicrobial Therapy for Periodontal Disease
Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University
American Division
Nicha Tokavanich
Salt-Inducible Kinases Inactivation Reverses Primary Failure of Eruption in Mice
University of California, San Francisco
American Division
Heliya Ziaei
Epigenetic Regulation of Mesenchymal BMP Signaling Directs Tooth Sensory Innervation
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
American Division
Claire Curtin
Oral Health and Care Practices in an Irish Residential Facility
University College Cork
Irish Division
Edward Kabubei
Dental Fluorosis and Oral-Health-Related-Quality-of-Life Among Adolescents in Naivasha, Kenya
Moi University
East & Southern Africa Division
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