IADR Smile Train Cleft Research Award

This award has been discontinued. IADR will not be accepting applications.

The IADR Smile Train Cleft Research Award is jointly sponsored by the International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) and Smile Train, with funding provided exclusively by Smile Train.
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms of essential care. Over the last 20+ years, Smile Train has supported safe and quality cleft care for 1.5+ million children and will continue to do so until every child in need with a cleft has access to the care they deserve.
IADR and Smile Train recognize the need for investigators to produce cleft-related research that can be applied in clinical practice and be used to maintain and improve the cleft patient’s oral health and quality of life. The Award is intended to help investigators pursue innovative and novel research that involves the oral health of cleft patients.