Competitive Research Grant Recipients
Support for endodontic research lies at the heart of the Foundation for Endodontic's mission. Approximately $260,000 is allocated to research grants annually. Funding is awarded to both residents and faculty members. The Foundation continues to support the specialty’s research initiatives as one of its main priorities.
Below are names and institutions of funded researchers. Thank you to all applicants for submitting research that strengthens and advances the specialty of endodontics.
Spring 2026
Grantees Total: $85,435.98
| Sara Sutherland* | $43,000.00 | Ohio State University | A Mineralized Tissue-Targeting Approach to Enhance Reparative Dentinogenesis via Sema7a |
| Adam Sgro** | $2,000.00 | University of Toronto | Periapical Healing and Survival Rates and Predictive Variables of Non-Surgical Endodontic Retreatment: An Ambispective Cohort Study |
| Poorya Jalali | $13,786.00 | Texas A&M College of Dentistry | Exploring Laser Patency: A Micro-CT Study on Irrigant Penetration Beyond the Instrumented Canal |
| Monir Horriat | $17,149.00 | University of Toronto | Redefining Root Canal Disinfection in the Era of Minimally Invasive Endodontics: A Comparative Evaluation of Advanced Irrigant Activation Technologies |
| Jan Groth | $8,500.98 | University of Minnesota | Sequential vs Continuous Chelation: Effect on Biofilm Viability, Dissolution and Composition |
Fall 2025
Grantees Total: $94,610.40
| Ruiying Feng** | $43,238.00 | Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Elucidating the Effect of Neuronal Piezo2 in Immune Modulation, Neuromodulation, and Dental Pain |
| Ronald Ordinola Zapata* | $10,000.00 | University of Minnesota School of Dentistry | Host-microbe proteomics in symptomatic apical periodontitis |
| Luc de la Villefromoy | $32,450.00 | University of Minnesota School of Dentistry | Characterization of Early Healing of Periapical Disease Using Dental-Dedicated MRI |
| Danilo Ferraz | $2,686.40 | University of Pittsburgh | Smoking as a risk factor influencing the development of apical periodontitis |
| Gavin Raddall | $6,236.00 | University of Toronto | Efficacy of a novel sealer solvent and multisonic irrigation for calcium silicate-based sealer removal in endodontic retreatment |
*Indicates researchers who received $500 award for the highest scoring faculty proposal.
**Indicates researchers who received $500 award for the highest scoring resident proposal.