IADR Cariology Research Group Travel Award

1. Researchers in the field of caries, erosion or related subjects are welcome to apply for this award.
2. Candidates must be affiliated with institutions located in countries designated as lower middle income or below according to the World Bank classification (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income).
3. Candidates must submit an abstract for presentation at an IADR scientific meeting, selecting “oral presentation” as the preferred format, identifying Cariology Research as the scientific group to which the abstract should be submitted for review, and selecting this award under “Competitions” indicating they wish to be considered for the award.
4. Candidates must be the presenting author.
5. Candidates who have received this award in the past may not apply again.
6. Candidates MUST be an IADR member and member of the IADR Cariology Research Group.

All researchers, regardless of position (e.g. under-, post-graduate, post-doc, faculty etc.), from all parts of the world who are working in the field of cariology, erosion or related subjects, meeting the criteria outlined above, submitting an abstract for intended oral presentation at the annual IADR scientific meeting, identifying the Cariology scientific group as that which should review the submission, and indicating that they wish to be considered for the award, may be entered into the competition.

The application should include:

1. the submitted abstract
2. a curriculum vitae
3. a letter of recommendation from a fellow IADR member
4. a two-page summary of the research to be presented
5. a one-page description of the applicant’s present position and current research work.

All documents above should be grouped into one pdf file and e-mailed to Marilia Buzalaf.

Abstracts submitted for the Cariology Group Travel Award will be peer-reviewed by three members of the cariology scientific group with the appropriate expertise to evaluate the submissions. These reviewers will normally be appointed by the president of the CRG. Each submission will be evaluated for:

1. Meeting the author eligibility criteria outlined above
2. The relevance of the subject to the fields of cariology and erosion
3. The innovativeness of the subject matter to the fields of cariology and erosion
4. The clarity of the aims
5. The appropriateness of the methodology
6. An overall evaluation of the quality of the abstract

Abstracts will be scored and ranked independently by each of the reviewers. Where disagreement occurs, discussion among members of the executive will resolve any differences. The reviewers will agree to a final ranking of the top abstract.

The awardee will be notified after the pre-registration deadline. Registration to the meeting is required to be able to qualify for the award.

1. To attend the general IADR meeting and Caries Research Group-related activities, including the annual business meeting where the awardee will be announced.
2. To acknowledge in the study presentation (and possible future publications) the receipt of the Caries Research Group Travel Award.

The Cariology Group of IADR reserves the right not to give the award in the event no eligible entries are received or in case submissions are not of a sufficiently high standard as determined by the reviewers.

2021 Recipient
Samuel Raj Srinivasan, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, India

2020 Recipient
Ahmed Bakry, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt

2019 Recipient
Sekar Mahalaxmi, SRM Dental College, Chennai, India

2018 Recipient
Nandita Kshetrimayum
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur

2017 Recipient
Aline de Almeida Neves Coutinho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Dr. Sherif Helal, from Alexandria Dental Research Center, Egypt; and Dr. Akhmedova Zaira, from Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Russia.

2015 Recipient
Esther Vzamere, University of Benin Teaching Hospital