Graduate Dentist Research Award (GDRA)

Description:

A research project completed during postgraduate program or residency program of the author. Submitted abstracts and manuscripts will be evaluated and the top 6 manuscripts will be the qualified as finalists and will be presented during the conference, 3 of which will be the winners: 1st Place, 2nd Place and 3rd Place. The allotted time of presentation will be 15 minutes for summary and 5 minutes for Q&A from the judges. Only submitting author will present and get a certificate. Non confirmation of author to present on the specified time will disqualify his/her nomination and will be replaced by the next ranking candidate.

Eligibility:

• Author must be SDS Active Member by January 2023
• Author must be currently enrolled in a Dental Specialty Training Program or just recently received a Postgraduate Certificate maximum 18 months prior to the GDRA submission deadline.
• Abstract/manuscript should be submitted with blinding of authors’ names and institutions
• Submitting the same abstract by two different authors will cause excluding of both
• Submitting the same abstract to two different award categories shall be omitted from the competition unless instructed by Awards’ committee to change the category
• Project previously submitted to other events or conferences is disqualified.
• Published research might be eligible for competition under special circumstances
• A plagiarized manuscript is disqualified.

Ethical Guidelines:

• Authorship – Submitted cases should be of the clinician’s original work, and properly documented.  Student or Resident Authors should have submitted cases approved by the Training Center Director and Case Supervisor/s.
• Ethical Approvals  (IRB)– Case Reports should be conducted in full accordance with ethical principles, evidence based guidelines, dental health code and abide with local laws and regulations