Awards

IADR/AADOCR William J. Gies Award

The William J. Gies Award is given for the best paper published in the Journal of Dental Research during the preceding year. Nominations are made by individuals, by the Gies Award Committee, and by the Editor of the JDR. Most IADR/AADOCR awards are restricted to certain disciplines of research, but the JDR Gies Award is one of the few open to anyone who publishes in the Journal of Dental Research.

Award Prize/Recognition

$1,000 and plaque

Key Dates

Applications Open:

Jul 14, 2025

Applications Closed:

Oct 01, 2025

Eligibility

Nominations are accepted for any papers published in the Journal of Dental Research.

Supported by J. Morita Corporation

Award
The Gies Award consists of a $1,000 monetary prize and a plaque which will be presented at the Opening Ceremonies of either the AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition and the IADR General Session & Exhibition.

Nomination
IADR/AADOCR members are invited to send nominations for outstanding papers published in the JDR between July 2024 and June 2025. Email nomination to Assistant Manager, Awards, Fellowships, & Grants.

2026 Recipients

Biological Research

Aggregatibacteraphrophilus T6SS Effectors in Host–Bacterial Interactions

K. Bao, J. Oscarsson, P. Gehring, J. Grossmann, G.N. Belibasakis, N. Bostanci.

J Dent Res. 104(13):1487-1494, 2025

Biomaterials & Bioengineering

Engineered 3D Periodontal Ligament Model with Magnetic Tensile Loading

P. Mulimani, N.A. Mazzawi, A.J. Goldstein, et al.

J Dent Res. 103(10):1008-1016, 2024

Clinical Research

Distinctive Amelogenesis Imperfecta in Loeys–Dietz Syndrome Type II

O. Duverger, S.K. Wang, Q.N. Liu, et al.

J Dent Res.104(8):840-850, 2025

2025 C. Tsutsumi-Arai et al.
2025 X. Gao et al.
2025 X. Cai et al.
2024 A. Jin et al.
2024 Y. Yao et al.
2024 H. Larvin et al.
2023 Y. Xie et al.
2023 B. Chang et al.
2023 P.Y.F. Wen et al.
2022 Xue Yuan et al.
2022 Jingou Liang et al.
2022 D.W. McNeil et al.
2021 Mohammed Zahedul Nizami et al.
2021 Mark Payne et al.
2020 Nigel Hammond et al.
Elizabeth Smith et al.
Olivia Urquhart et al.
2019 vor Chestnutt et al.
2019 Shihai Jiaet al.
2019 Kihoon Nam et al.
2018 Yukano FukushimNakayama et al.
2018 Nicholas Kassebaum et al.
2018 Liu Yang et al.
2017 Yan Jing et al.
2017 Brian Howe et al.
2017 Yupeng Li et al.
2016 Waruna Dissanayaka et al.
2016 Keita Asai et al.
2016 Thomas Van Dyke et al.
2015 Maiko Suzuki et al.
2015 Dean Ho et al.
2015 Moritz Kebschull et al.
2014 Marja Laine et al.
2014 Yashuhiro Yoshida et al.
2014 Richard Darveau et al.
2013 John R. Shaffer et al.
2013 Lei Cheng et al.
2013 Catherine Poh et al.
2012 Lisha Gu et al.
2012 Shinya Murakami et al.
2012 Naritaka Tamaoki et al.
2011 Rui Chen et al.
2011 Xiaoli Gao et al.
2011 Luciano Casagrande et al.
2010 Marta Miyazawa et al.
2010 Takahiro Ogawa et al.
2010 Carol Bassim et al.
2009 Erica Scheller et al.
2009 Anne Sanders et al.
2009 Sebastian Paris et al.
2008 Carolyn Gibson et al.
2008 Marcela Carrilho et al.
2008 Gregory Essick et al.
2007 Bing Hu et al.
2007 Darnell Kaigler et al.
2007 Adriana Modesto Vieira et al.
2006 Xiu-Ping Wang et al.
2006 Alexandre Viera et al.
2005 Jian Feng et al.
2005 William L. Murphy et al.
2005 Jung-Wook Kim et al.
2004 Kazuhiro Kohama et al.
2004 Courtney Young et al.
2004 Mari Onozuka et al.
2003 Eben Alsberg et al.
2003 Kailash Bhol et al.
2003 Shuo Chen et al.
2002 D.B. Ravassipour et al.
2001 J. Simmer et al.
2000 Paul Allison et al.
1999 Michael Paine et al.
1998 M.A. Moon & N.P.P. Ryba et al.
1997 Gary Wise et al.
1996 Yutaka Matsuki

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2026 Recipients

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