AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant - Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section The American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial (AADOCR) Bloc Travel Grant program aims to attract a cross section of dental, oral, and craniofacial researchers at the early stages of their scientific careers, by providing travel and meeting support to the most promising U.S. dental and PhD students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows to attend the AADOCR Annual Meeting – the national multi-disciplinary scientific meeting featuring cutting-edge dental, oral, and craniofacial research, innovations in clinical care, and state-of-the-art technology - to present their own research, participate in career development programming, and network with established scientists in the field. The significance and impact of scientific conferences are enriched when contributions come from all areas of expertise. AADOCR is committed to providing a welcoming environment for all. AADOCR plans to provide travel support to U.S. dental and Ph.D. students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows based on objective assessments of merit and achievement, and those not currently receiving NIH funding. AADOCR is requesting support for the AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant program for three years for U.S. students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows to attend the AADOCR Annual Meeting & Exhibition scheduled in the following locales: New Orleans, Louisiana (2024); New York, New York (2025), and San Diego, California (2026). The objectives of the AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant program are: to provide financial registration and travel support to enable students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows to present their research in a welcoming public scientific forum; to expose U.S. dental, oral, and craniofacial research students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows to research conducted at institutions across the United States and globally, and to enhance the opportunities for networking, collaboration, and cross-institution mentorship; to provide support to encourage investigators at a very early stage of their career to further pursue dental, oral, and craniofacial research as a long-term career; and to provide a means by which U.S. dental, oral, and craniofacial research students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows may obtain information on the most current methodologies employed in the latest dental, oral, and craniofacial investigations. Consistent with NIH Notice NOT-OD-25-090, the AADOCR does not add any DEI, DEIA, or discriminatory equity ideology programming, in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws, to the Annual Meeting scientific program.
