The Oral Health Promotion Research Group (Irish Link) Dental Health Foundation Bursary

The Oral Health Promotion Research Group (Irish Link) is pleased to extend a bursary of 1500 euro for 2008/9. This bursary has been sponsored by the Dental health Foundation (Ireland). The intention is that the successful candidate/s will use the award to implement the proposal submitted by them.
The bursary may be awarded in full to one project or may be divided amongst a number of smaller projects.  The bursary may also be withheld. These decisions will be made at the discretion of the judges.

The applicant must be a current member of the Oral Health Promotion Research Group (Irish Link). A team working together on a project may submit proposals. It is a requirement that the work should not have been presented elsewhere nor have been awarded a prize previously.
Applicants should submit a proposal to carry out an oral health project, which should if selected be implemented and evaluated over a 6 month period.

The proposal that is submitted should include a designated person who will be responsible for accepting any monies for the implementation of the project.  All monies to be used in the implementation of the project will have to be accounted for within the proposal and again at the close of the project.

Applicants must have the permission of their line manager to submit the proposal and carry out the project and the submission must bear the signature of the line manager.
Applicants should submit 6 copies of their proposed project to the Chair of the group by 1st November  2008

The successful candidate will be notified by the 31st January  2009.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the project and evaluate it by the end of March 2009.
The successful candidate will be required to present the completed project to the annual conference of the Oral Health Promotion Research Group (Irish Link) in April 2009.

The submission should follow the usual guidelines.

Protocol:
Hypothesis/Question
Background
Rationale for study
Brief Literature review
Aims and Objectives
Methodology
Evaluation
Cost of the programme

Abstract
Title/Introduction
Background
Aims and objectives
Material and method
Results
Discussion and conclusion
Acknowledgements 
Costs

Examples of the type of proposal and project that as likely to be successful are:
Oral health promotion projects that are innovative in the way they are delivered, where there is shown to be a high need, interdisciplinary and/or intersectoral working.

The panel of judges will consist of the Committee of the Oral Health Promotion Research Group (Irish Link).  The decision of the panel of judges is final and will be communicated by 31st January 2009. Please forward completed submissions to Dr Nader Farvardin,Dental Department,St Conal’s Hospital,Letterkenny,CoDonegal. 074 9125591 nader.farvardin@hse.ie