Aim 1:
To foster talent development and enhance training experience.
CATAPULT: Canadian Oral Health Academy Program for Universal Virtual Training
CATAPULT is a virtual research academy training program. This free cohort is designed to enhance research-training experience, expose students and faculty members to the latest research developments.
The training will include virtual sessions with specific objectives and will be delivered across three sessions (Fall, Winter, and Summer).
Please stay tuned for more details!
Short Training Internship Awards: Supporting Research Training
NCOHR sponsors training internships to offer hands-on experience and opportunities to apply knowledge gained from the classroom to a real-world setting. Post-doctoral fellows, doctoral candidates, and master’s students are eligible to apply.
Ten $1,000 Short Training Internship Awards will be offered per year.
The program is being delivered with the support of the Association for Canadian Faculties of Dentistry (ACFD).
Student Research Awards: Mobilizing Knowledge to Advance Oral Health
The CADR-NCOHR student research awards allow trainees to participate in the American/Canadian Association of Dental Research annual meeting and scientific session (held alternate years with the international meeting). Since 2015, CADR and NCOHR have collaborated to jointly sponsor the CADR-NCOHR Student Research Awards.
Announcements of CADR-NCOHR Student Research Awards
2022-2023; 2023-2024; 2024-2025; 2025-2026
2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022
2016-2017; 2017-2018; 2018-2019
2014-2015; 2015-2016
Student Research Groups: Fostering Talent Development
NCOHR and the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) support the development of a Student Research Group (SRG) at each of the ten Canadian dental schools.
Annual funds are available ($1,000 per for SRG) to hold activities that showcase excellence in oral health research among undergraduates, graduate, and post-graduate trainees at one of the 10 Canadian dental schools.
For information on each local Student Research Group, visit:
School of Dentistry, University of Alberta
Summer Research Institutes: Building Research Capacity
The Summer Research Institute (SRI) program supports a team of researchers and trainees to organize and host a summer institute focused on providing research methodology and skills training to junior and mid-career dental/oral health researchers.
2024 Summer Institute Program – Dr. Hollis Lai, School of Dentistry, University of Alberta led the organization and hosting of the Applied AI in Oral Health Summer Institute. See link to announcement.
2025 Summer Institute Program – Dr. Tarek El-Bialy led a workshop on Innovative Regenerative Approaches in Orthodontics. See link to announcement.
2026 SRI Program (Launched March 4, 2026) Proposal Call. Deadline – 11:59 pm AST, Wednesday April 29, 2026. (open)
