Bloc Travel Grant for Dental Students and NIDCR-Supported Trainees

描述（由申请人提供）：美国牙科研究协会（AADR）集团旅行补助金的目的是为美国牙科学生和nidcr支持的学员提供一个机会，参加国际牙科研究协会（IADR）的大会和展览，在接下来的四年中：波士顿，马萨诸塞州（2015），首尔，韩国（2016），旧金山，加利福尼亚（2017）；英国伦敦（2018年）。本次会议计划通过为最有前途的美国牙科学生和nidcr资助的学员提供旅行和会议支持来参加IADR大会-世界上最杰出的国际牙科研究会议，目标是牙科，口腔和颅面研究人员的管道。该提案的目标是：1)提供差旅资助，使青年研究人员能够在全球科学平台上展示他们的研究；2)让美国牙科学生和nidcr支持的学员了解世界各地机构进行的研究，并增加建立网络、合作和跨机构指导的机会；3)提供支持，鼓励一群年轻的研究人员在他们的职业生涯的早期，进一步追求口腔，牙齿和颅面研究作为一个长期的职业生涯；4)让美国牙科学生和nidcr支持的学员学习写作技巧；5)为美国牙科学生和nidcr支持的学员提供一种途径，使他们能够获得世界范围内最新的牙科调查和方法的信息。AADR的目标是进一步增加健康和疾病中颅面、口腔和牙科生物过程的知识库，并促进将报告的研究成果转化为预防、减轻或纠正美国牙科和颅面疾病的新思路和新方法

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Bloc Travel Grant is to provide an opportunity for U.S. dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to attend the General Sessions & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), for the next four years in the following locales: Boston, Massachusetts (2015), Seoul, Korea (2016), San Francisco, California (2017); and London, England (2018). This conference plan targets the pipeline of the dental, oral, and craniofacial research workforce by providing travel and meeting support to the most promising U.S. dental students and NIDCR-funded trainees to attend the IADR General Session - the preeminent international dental research meeting in the world. The objectives of this proposal are: 1) to provide financial travel support to enable young researchers to present their research on a global scientific platform; 2) to expose U.S. dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to research conducted at institutions around the world and to enhance the opportunities for networking, collaboration and cross-institution mentorship; 3) to provide support to encourage a group of young investigators at a very early stage of their career to further pursue oral, denta, and craniofacial research as a long-term career; 4) to expose U.S. dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to grant writing skills, and; 5) to provide a means by which U.S. dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees may obtain information on the most current dental investigations and methodologies being conducted worldwide. The AADR aims is to further increase the knowledge base of craniofacial, oral, and dental biologic processes in health and disease, and to facilitate the transfer of the results of the reported research into new ideas and approaches in the prevention, alleviation, or correction of dental and craniofacial diseases in the United States and throughout the world. United States dental students enrolled in accredited U.S. dental schools, who are citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, and NIDCR-supported trainees will be eligible to apply for this program. Women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities will be actively encouraged to apply. An evaluation process already in place will analyze the short and long-term benefits of the grantee's participation in the IADR General Session.