Undergraduate Endowed Awards

Overview: 

Eligibility*: Students are permitted to hold only one undergraduate research endowment at a time. Refer to the Terms of Reference to review the eligibility for each category.

*Students can still receive tuition remission from the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry Undergraduate Research Initiative to top up the Internal MPSoD research awards to a maximum amount of $2,500.

*Award release will be contingent on the submission of a satisfactory closing report for the 2025 Undergraduate Research Initiative through eClass.

Application process: Download and submit the Application Form     

Deadline to apply: September 30, 2025

Submission: Submit your complete application, including attachments (merged into one PDF file) to dresadm@ualberta.ca.

Dr. Barry Zochodne Memorial Endowment Award for undergraduate research

Project 1: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Confounders in Motor Vehicle Accident Patients.

Awardee: Xiang (Max) Li

Supervisor(s): Reid Friesen and Camila Pacheco-Pereira

Gerald Stewart Radiology Undergraduate Research Endowment Award

Project 1: Association between TMJ-MRI Imaging and Anthroscopy in Temporomandibular Disorder

Awardee: Kareem Hassan

Supervisor(s): Fabiana Almeida and Clayton Davis

Project 2: Incidental Findings in CBCT Scans for Dental Implants Planning: An Educational Perspective

Awardee: Shrey Pandya

Supervisor: Camila Pacheco-Pereira

Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology Research Endowment Award

Project 1: Handheld Ultrasound Devices in evaluation of Masseter muscle: A Feasibility Study

Awardee: Nishant Kharidehal

Supervisor(s): Fabiana Almeida and Reid Friesen