IADR Innovation in Oral Care Awards
Funding Amount
$50,000 USD per award
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Awards recognizing innovative research and development in oral care technologies and solutions.
Funding Source: Unrestricted grant from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), administered by IADR. GSK has contributed more than $3 million USD to the program over 18 years of support.
Focus Areas:
- New innovative oral care technologies
- Research that will impact the public and enable people to maintain and improve oral health
- Research that improves quality of life
Award Process: Rigorous peer-review process administered by IADR
Geographic Scope: International
Recent Examples of Award Recipients (2021):
- Biosensing technologies for pathogen detection
- Functional oligonucleotide-eluting nanoscale films for oral candidiasis management
- Electrochemical biosensors for periodontitis monitoring
Contact Information:
- IADR Headquarters
- 1619 Duke Street
- Alexandria, VA 22314-3406 USA
- Phone: +1.703.548.0066
- Fax: +1.703.548.1883
- Website: iadr.org
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from International Association for Dental Research's IRS filings)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2023
$50K
St Loma Linda, CA · 2023
$25K
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
$50K
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · 2021
$50K
Chicago, IL · 2021
$50K
8 grants in International Association for Dental Research's 2020–2023 filings reference “IADR Innovation in Oral Care Awards” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What International Association for Dental Research actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
International Association for Dental Research reported $506K in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2023, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2023
- 3
- Total given
- $109K
- Median grant
- $34K
- Range
- $25K–$50K
- By dollars: Illinois 46%, North Carolina 31%, California 23%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Chapel Hill, NC; St Loma Linda, CA.
Example grants
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL
Iadr innovation in oral care awards
$50K
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC
Iadr osteo-new investigator award
$34K
Loma Linda University · St Loma Linda, CA
Iadr innovation in oral care awards 2020
$25K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Dental health
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