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 2024
Grantees Total: $84,249.72
| Maryam Ghaffari* | $25,867.00 | University of Toronto | Engineering a Biomimetic Microenvironment for the Maintenance of Quiescent Dental Pulp Stem Cells |
| Poorya Jalali | $16,764.00 | Texas A&M University | Evaluation of irrigant extrusion when using Er,Cr YSGG laser in a cadaver model |
| Bruno Cavalcanti | $5,364.00 | University of Michigan | Evaluation of intracanal medications on periapical inflammatory and bone metabolism cytokines in endodontic infections of healthy patients or patients treated with head and neck radiotherapy |
| Anibal Diogenes | $35,254.72 | University of Texas at San Antonio | Comparative evaluation of antigen removal from infected root canals by GentleWave or Laser-activated Irrigation |
Fall 2023
Grantees Total: $56,362.13
| Shivani Desai | $4,401.13 | University of Toronto | Factors Affecting the Time Lapse Between Restorations and Pulp Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Christopher Hawkins | $8,600.00 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Outcomes of Vital Pulp Therapy with Tricalcium Silicates in a Dental School Patient Population |
| Frederico Martinho** | $15,675.00 | University of Maryland | Piezoelectric Device and Dynamic Navigation System Integration for Bone-window Guided Surgery: A Cadaver Study |
| Ronald Ordinola-Zapata | $19,791.00 | University of Minnesota | Root Canal Microbiome Composition and Genes Encoding Toxins in Subjects with Periapical Bone Loss |
| Danielle Stein-Meyerson* | $7,895.00 | University of Toronto | Photomechanical Investigation on the Impact of Endodontic Cavity Design on the Biomechanical Response in Mandibular First Molar and Premolar Teeth |
*Indicates researchers who received $500 award for the highest scoring proposal.