EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS
Research Grants
The European Orthodontic Society (EOS) has two Research Grant Programmes:
The European Orthodontic Society (EOS) has two Research Grant Programmes: EOS Research Grants and W J B Houston Memorial Research Scholarship.
All EOS Research Grants are awarded on the basis of scientific merit of the proposed research and the relevance to orthodontics.
EOS Research Grants are allocated for postdoctoral and senior researchers. The funds are not available for studies on doctoral theses. The Applicant must be a member of EOS. The EOS awards are biased towards junior investigators with new laboratories and projects, or more established investigators with particularly innovative projects.
It is understood that more senior investigators will have other funding in related areas of research, but the application to the EOS should not be used to simply subsidize these other efforts or to compensate for grant cutbacks. Therefore, the applicant is advised to focus on a specific project that can be addressed in terms of a hypothesis and two or three specific aims. The proposed project should be distinct from other investigations and grant awards.
The EOS prefers to fund proposals for which there are few alternative sources of funding, and to support the ability of investigators to generate the data needed to receive governmental or other third-party funding after the expiration of the EOS award.
The maximum grant available is £20,000.00.
The grant can cover materials, accommodation, travel and living expenses incurred whilst actively implementing the research protocol. Salaries of laboratory assistants/technicians and support staff will be considered but the EOS does will not fund the salary of the applicant. The EOS does not fund institutional overheads nor large items of capital equipment. The EOS will not fund proposals for which duplicate funding has been awarded and accepted, and will not fund portions of grants that are superfluous, irrelevant, or inconsistent with EOS policies.
Resubmission of a non-funded proposal in the next review cycle is permissible. Applicants choosing to resubmit may submit an additional single page summary of responses to prior reviewer critiques (if any were supplied) and a description of any difference between the original submission and the resubmission.
EOS Research grants are announced annually. The closing date for applications is 31 December.
W J B Houston Memorial Research Scholarship
The W J B Houston Memorial Research Scholarships are one-year fellowships for visiting a research department. The age limit of applicants is 40 years. The Applicant must be a member of EOS.
The maximum award is £60,000.00 i.e. £20,000.00 per annum payable for a period of three years.
The Houston Memorial Research Scholarship is announced biannually and the next closing date is the 31 December.
Aplication procedure
The Application, Budget and Terms and Conditions forms can be filled in electronically. The forms should be printed and signed. The Instructions for the Research Plan must be followed when writing the research plan.
The completed forms and research plan should be submitted as an e-mail attached document to: eoslondon@aol.com
Grant Review Procedures and Criteria
The EOS recruits and maintains a Scientific Review Committee comprised of established investigators with the appropriate expertise to provide constructive and equitable evaluations of grant applications. The Committee may assign the proposals to external reviewers based on the expertise of the reviewers and the research area(s) of the proposal. Reviewers are required to keep the information presented in grant applications and the deliberations of the Scientific Review Committee strictly confidential.
The following criteria are taken into consideration when reviewing grants:
1. Scientific merit. Does the investigator have a clear hypothesis and specific aims? Are the hypothesis and specific aims reasonable in the light of current knowledge? Will the experimental design allow the investigator to achieve the specific aims and test the hypothesis? Are the methods clearly explained and appropriate? Has the investigator addressed satisfactorily issues or concerns regarding the rights of human subjects and/or the appropriate care and treatment of laboratory animals? Can the research proposed be accomplished in the time period of the grant?
2. Relevance. Will the proposed research contribute significantly to current knowledge.
3. Appropriateness of the budget. Is the total amount requested reasonable for the research proposed (i.e. neither too high nor too low)? Are the amounts requested for each budget category reasonable? Has the investigator clearly justified the budget requests?
4. Expertise and experience of the applicant. Does the applicant and/or co-investigator(s) have the appropriate expertise and experience to perform the proposed research? Has the applicant identified appropriate individuals as key personnel, collaborators, or consultants? Has the applicant documented the willingness of collaborators or consultants to participate in the research.
Awards
The EOS has awards in honour of the following people:
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| Ernest Sheldon Friel (1887-1970) |
William (Bill) John Ballantyne Houston (1938-1991) |
Beni Solow (1934-2000) |
Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecture
This honour is awarded by the Council of the EOS to a person who is an orthodontist, or who has interests associated with orthodontics, as recognition of past scientific achievement, and who is still active in this field.
An honorarium of £2,500 is payable on publication of the lecture in the European Journal of Orthodontics.
Houston Oral and Poster Research Awards
The following awards were instigated by the European Orthodontic Society in memory of William J B Houston:
Every year, the interest from a trust, incorporating some of the Society's reserves, is available to finance two awards, one for the bet research paper and the other for the best poster, presenting the result of original, unpublished research, of a topic of orthodontic interest at the annual Congress. The winners will receive an inscribed certificate and a prize of £1,000.00 (€1,500.00
Beni Solow Award
Following the death of Beni Solow, an award was instigated to honour his outstanding work for the European Journal of Orthodontics as a member of the editorial board, referee and author. All papers published in the EJO during the preceding year are eligible. The Editorial Board of the EJO undertakes selection and the winner is announced at the annual Congress.
The award is for £2,500 (approximately €3,750) together with an inscribed certificate.
Evaluation of articles
All members of the editorial board (excluding the Editor and Associate Editors) select 10 articles that should be considered for the award. The Editorial Board are not permitted to select any article in which they are listed as an author.
The marks are collated and the 10 articles that receive the most with the most marks are then rescored under the following categories:
- relevance
- originality
- methodology
- presentation of results
- discussion
- impact
EOS poster awards
Three awards each with a value of £500.00 (approximately €750.00), together with an inscribed certificate, are available for the three posters presented at the annual Congress on any topic displaying the best information, presentation and research. NOTE: Posters entered for the Houston Research Award are not eligible for these awards. These three poster awards only are open to non-members of the Society.
Distinguished Teacher Award
The Distinguished Teacher Award is given by the EOS, annually, to a well known speaker/teacher in the orthodontic field to undertake four one-day lectures in different areas of Europe. By organising this award, the EOS aims to contribute to the quality of the postgraduate programmes in Europe. Travel, hotel accommodation and subsistence for the lecturer is paid by the EOS. The EOS will also refund to the host university a sum up to €1,000 to cover the cost of any expenses in arranging the meeting.