The goal of this program is to increase research capacity, research participation, and grant submissions at the School of Dentistry. This program provides funding requests for up to $8,000 to support and promote eight research areas under the minor grant funding program. 

Both generic and specific Terms of Reference have been developed for the minor funds, and when there are differences between the terms in this document and the terms in Specific Terms of Reference, the terms associated with the Specific Terms of Reference will prevail. The managing and adjudicating of these research/endowment funds will be overseen by different adjudication committees. Each endowment fund may identify the governing allocation committee that oversees the adjudication of their applications. 

Overview

• Generic Terms of Reference

• Specific Terms of Reference: See individual funds below

• Download the application form for minor grants and submit it to dresadm@ualberta.ca.

• Eligibility: Faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students

• You will receive a confirmation email for your submission within 5 business days.

• Annual call for minor grants will be announced in the Spring. Special calls may be announced in the Fall (subject to fund availability).

• The 8 Minor grants are listed below.  Please click the funds to read more.

Special Call - Fall 2024

Closed until Spring 2025

Endodontics Endowment Fund (EEF)

Project 1: Analyzing the contributing factors to post- operative flare-ups in endodontics using machine learning techniques

Awardee(s): Les Campbell, Hollis Lai, Nazila Ameli, Sara Sang

Fund for Dentistry (FFD)

Project 1: When can healing complications following dental trauma be diagnosed?

Awardee(s): Liran Levin, Eva Lauridsen

Project 2: The effect of Rapid Maxillary Expansion on the nostrils: a 3D study

Awardee(s): Camila Pereira, Manuel Lagravere, Sharmin Kadkhodayan

Gerald Stewart Radiology Endowment Fund (GSREF)

Project 1: Automated TMJ identification in MRI with machine learning

Awardee(s): Fabiana Almeida, Jacob Jaremko, Abhilash Hareendranathan, Roxana Azma

Project 2: Evaluating the accuracy and reliability of different methods of mandibular canal tracing using cone beam computed tomography

Awardee(s): Camila Pereira, Maryam Amin, Swarna Math

Oral Pathology Endowed Fund (Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology Grant)

Project 1: Diagnostic yield of artificial intelligence in the identification of Candida albicans in oral cytologic smears

Awardee(s): Pallavi Parashar, Hollis Lai

School of Dentistry Education Research Fund (SDERF)

Project 1: Active Learning in Online Dental Education: A Scoping Review

Awardee(s): Zuzanna Apel, Arnaldo Perez, Nazlee Sharmin, Ranata Grazziotin

Project 2: Augmented Reality (AR)-based Cellphone Application to Facilitate the Learning of Oral Histology

Awardee(s): Nazlee Sharmin, Ava Chow

Project 3: Dental Trauma Education among North American Dental Schools: Survey of Dental Trauma Educators

Awardee(s): Liran Levin, Yuli Berlin-Broner, Zanib Kiani