• Submit an abstract to the CED/PER-IADR congress (see congress) via the online abstract submission site and check the box representing the respective award category you wish to compete in (see below the categories junior/senior).
• Follow the additional submission instructions on the abstract submission website.

• Once the notification of abstract acceptance is communicated to the presenters, the Jury will make a pre-selection out of all abstracts submitted to the competition. 
• All applicants will be informed by email of the pre-selection results. 

• Candidates pre-selected for the CED-IADR Robert Frank competition will have to present their abstract orally using 4 slides (no animations and no movies) during a separate and closed session in front of a 'CED-IADR Robert Frank Award' jury. 
• The CED-IADR Robert Frank winning abstracts/presentations will be displayed throughout the congress in an electronic poster session. 

The competition usually takes place on the Wednesday afternoon during the CED/PER-IADR congress. 

Usually, the CED-IADR competition jury consists of 3 members (from which at least 1 is a CED-IADR Board Member) specialised in different scientific fields. The CED-IADR Secretariat ensures that the jury members have no conflict of interest with any of the competitors. 

Each jury member receives an individual score sheet, which they are to complete individually and independently. Upon completion, the score sheets are collected by the CED-IADR Secretariat, who will calculate the average score of the 3 jury members. In the next stage, the award winners are selected.

Judging Criteria (equally rated):

• Overall study impact
• Materials & methods
• Presentation/poster design
• Presentation skills
• Discussion and question responses

For each category, up to two prizes are awarded. 

Prizes consist of:   

• first prize: 1.000 EUR + 1 year free membership
• second prize: 500 EUR + 1 year free membership

Please be informed that CED-IADR award competitors are obliged to attend the Congress Opening Ceremony & CED-IADR General Assembly (GA) for the official announcement of the winners during the Congress Opening Ceremony (registration is required) and CED-IADR General Assembly (usually on Friday during lunch).” 

Note: If a winner is not present at the Opening Ceremony & CED-IADR General Assembly, the prize will not be paid. 

Payment of the monetary prize will be by wire transfer shortly after the meeting.

in 2022 (PER-IADR Congress in Marseille) 

• Senior Basic Science Research (7 competitors)

  • 1^st prize (€ 1,000 + 1 year free membership): Foteini Machla (Greece): ‘Dentin-Pulp Complex Regeneration: Towards a Paradigm Shift for Dental Practice’
  • 2^nd prize (€ 500 + 1 year free membership): Tadej Mirt (Slovenia): ‘Effect of air-particle abrasion on reliability of additively-manufactured zirconia ceramics’
  • 2^nd prize (€ 500 +1 year free membership) Line Etiennot (Belgium): ‘Properties of Dental Composite with Bisguaiacol-based Monomer Replacing BisGMA’

• Senior Clinical Research (7 competitors)

  • 1^st prize (€ 1,000 + 1 year free membership): Crystal Marruganti (Italy): ‘The physical activity paradox and periodontitis: a population-based study’
  • 2^nd prize (€ 500 + 1 year free membership): Hilde Bronkhorst (the Netherlands): ‘5-Year Tooth-Wear Progression in Severe Tooth-Wear Patients using 3D-Measurements’
  • 2^nd prize (€ 500 + 1 year free membership): Tine Malgaj (Slovenia): ‘A Novel Method for Pretreating Zirconia Resin-Bonded Fixed Dental Prostheses’

In 2021 (online competition):

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Lara Hemeryck (Leuven, Belgium) “Dental Organoids – a New Approach Towards Human Tooth Regeneration?“
• 2^nd prize: Manuel Toledano-Osorio (Granada, Spain)“Bone-forming Genes Expression of Osteoblasts Cultured on Polymeric Nanosctructured Membranes."
• 2^nd prize: Anna Ockerman (Leuven, Belgium)“L-PRF Membranes from Patients on Anticoagulants Differ from Controls”

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Athina Christina Georgiou (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) “The microbiome of endodontic infections and its association with clinical features“
• 2^nd prize: Catalina Moreno Rabie (Leuven, Belgium) "Radiographic Predictors of MRONJ in Patients Undergoing Tooth Extraction"

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Mehmet Ali Soylu (Konya, Turkey) “Interfacial Characteristics of BIOfactor MTA and Biodentine with Dentin"

In 2020 (online competition):

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Matthias Widbiller (Regensburg, Germany)      “Dentin Matrix Proteins – A Tool for Dental Pulp Regeneration“
• 2^nd prize: Chloé Lefournis (Marseille, France)“Pulp fibroblasts affect macrophage differentiation and regulatepulp inflammation”

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Madeline Kosho (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) “Cardiovascular risk assessment in periodontitis patients”
• 2^nd prize: Stephanie van Leeuwen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
  “The salivary proteome in relation to oral mucositis“

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Nicolas Obtel (Paris, France) “Post-eruptive changes of porcine tooth enamel properties”
• 2^nd prize: Ahmet Aydogdu (Konya, Turkey) “Cementoblasts Proliferation & Attachment on the Nicotine
  Treated Dentin“

In 2019:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Mohammed H. Ahmed (Leuven, Belgium); Abstract title: "Multi-parameter Evaluation of Acrylamide HEMA-alternative Monomers in 2-Step Adhesives.”
• 2^nd prize: Andrea Alonso Español (Madrid, Spain); Abstract title: "Activity of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Against Oral Pathogenic Bacteria." 

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Marije Kaan (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Abstract title: “Feasibility of home sampling by mothers in infants for microbiota analysis of multiple oral niches”
• 2^nd prize: Dono Kahharova (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Abstract title: "Salivary Microbiome in Infants Three Years Prior the Clinical Diagnosis of ECC."

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Beatriz Ferreira Fernandes (Lisbon, Portugal); Abstract title: "The Influence of a Laser Modified Zirconia Implant Surface on Human Osteoblast In-vitro Behavior"

In 2018:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Maria Bousnaki  (Thessaloníki, Greece)
• 2^nd prize: Xin Lie (Leuven, Belgium)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Benedikt Luka (Freiburg, Germany)
• 2^nd prize: Neshka Manchorova-Veleva (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Marina Miteva (Sofia, Bulgaria)
• 1^st prize: Sophiko Gingichashvili (Jerusalem, Israel)

In 2017:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Marco Tatullo (Crotone, Italy)
• 2^nd prize: Herman Agis (Vienna, Austria)
• 2^nd prize: Christina Hadjichristou (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Florian Beck (Vienna, Austria)
• 2^nd prize: Eduardo Montero Solis (Madrid, Spain)

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Ruza Bjelovucic (Zagreb, Croatia)

In 2016:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Mariano N. Pedano (Leuven, Belgium)
• 2^nd prize: Stevan Cokic (Leuven, Belgium)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Eva Klaric Sever (Zagreb, Croatia)

In 2015:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Fabio Rodriguez (Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain)

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize:  Richard Miron (Bern, Switzerland)
• 2^nd prize: Michael Wolf (Bonn, Germany)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize:   Aliye Akcali (Izmir, Turkey)
• 2^nd prize:   Yvonne Jockel-Schneider (Würzburg, Germany)

In 2014:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Idan Redenski (Jerusalem, Israel)

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Masanao Inokoshi (Leuven, Belgium)
• 2^nd prize: Zuzanna Oruba (Krakow, Poland)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Ana Badovinac (Zagreb, Croatia)
• 2^nd prize: Ivan Salaric (Zagreb, Crotia)

In 2013:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Michael Wolf (Bonn, Germany)
• 2^nd prize: Andreij Ionescu (Milan, Italy)
• 2^nd priize: Ivana Nedeljkovic (Leuven, Belgium)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Ilknur Ozenci (Istanbul, Turkey)
• 2^nd prize: Domenico Dalessandri (Brecia, Italy)

In 2012:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Ashvin Babbar (London, UK)
• 2^nd prize: Sadhvik Vijay (London, UK)

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Sasha Dimitrova-Nakov (Paris, France)
• 2^nd prize: Danijela Marovic (Zagreb, Croatia)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Martin Schimmel (Geneva, Switzerland)

In 2011:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Clementine Ribeyron (Lyon, France)

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Guavri Caliaperoumal (Paris, France)
• 2^nd prize: Susanne Proksch (Freiburg, Germany)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Peter Stiedl (Budapest, Hungary)

In 2010:

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Orsolya Hegyesi (Budapest, Hungary)
• 1^st prize: Aline de Ameida Neves (Leuven, Belgium)
• 2^nd prize: Azine Azari (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Wijnand Teeuw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

In 2009:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Maria Patrizia De Caprio (Naples, Italy)

Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Athina Bakopoulou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
• 1^st prize: Yu-Chih Chiang (Munich, Germany)

Senior Clinical Science:

• 1^st prize: Kerstin Bitter (Berlin, Germany)
• 1^st prize: Florian Beuer (Munich, Germany)

In 2008:

Junior Robert Frank Award:

• 1^st prize: Annelies van Ende (Leuven, Belgium)
   

• Senior Basic Science:

• 1^st prize: Nora Heng (Berlin, Germany)
• 2^nd prize: Vincenzo D'Anto (Naples, Italy)

Want to be our next CED-IADR winner? To apply, see the regulations above.

In order to apply for a CED-IADR Robert Frank – JUNIOR Award, you have to meet the following conditions: 

• Candidates must be a current CED-IADR member (at the time of the application).

• Candidates must have their affiliation in the CED-IADR area.

• Candidates may not be older than 35 years (at the time of application).

• Candidates must submit an abstract before the congress abstract-submission deadline.

• Research may not have been published or presented before at any major scientific meeting.

• Candidates must be the first author and presenter of the abstract 

• Candidates can only apply for ONE award within a single IADR division per year. (Exception: candidates can additionally apply for the CED-IADR Travel Award/Attendance Award and/or the CED-IADR Visiting Scholar Grant).

• This award is reserved for undergraduate students/studying for their first university degree. Those studying for their second university degree and who have already obtained a dental or other (medical) university degree before application do not qualify for this category).

• The JUNIOR CED-IADR Robert Frank Award can only be received once.
  

NOTE: The competition usually takes place on the Wednesday afternoon during the CED/PER-IADR congress. 

In order to apply for a CED-IADR Robert Frank – SENIOR / Basic Science Research Award, you have to meet the following conditions:

• Candidates must be a current CED-IADR member (at the time of application).

• Candidates must have their affiliation in the CED-IADR area.

• Candidates may not be older than 35 years (at the time of application).

• Candidates must have submitted an abstract before the abstract-submission deadline.

• Research may not have been published or presented before at any major scientific meeting.

• Candidates need to be the first author and presenter of the abstract.

• Candidates must be enrolled in a post-dental/medical, post-graduate or Ph.D. programme or have obtained a Ph.D. degree within the last 3 years (max. 3 years PostDoc at the time of application).

• Candidates can only apply for ONE award within a single IADR division per year. (Exception: candidates can additionally apply for the CED-IADR Travel Award/Attendance Award and/or the CED-IADR Visiting Scholar Grant).

• The SENIOR CED-IADR Robert Frank Award can only be received once. (If you have won the CED-IADR Robert Frank Award Category JUNIOR, you can still participate in the category SENIOR).
  

NOTE: The competition usually takes place on the Wednesday afternoon during the CED/PER-IADR congress.

In order to apply for a CED-IADR Robert Frank – SENIOR / Clinical Research Award, you have to meet the following conditions:

• Candidates must be a current CED-IADR member (at the time of application). 

• Candidates must have their affiliation in the CED-IADR area.

• Candidates may not be older than 35 years at the time of application.

• Candidates must have submitted an abstract before the abstract-submission deadline.

• Research may not have been published or presented before at any major scientific meeting.

• Candidates must to be the first author and presenter of the abstract.

• Candidates must be enrolled in a post-dental/medical, post-graduate or Ph.D. programme or have obtained a Ph.D. degree within the last 3 years (max. 3 years PostDoc at the time of application).

• Candidates can only apply for ONE award of one IADR division. (Exception: candidates may apply additionally for the CED-IADR Travel Award/Attendance Award and/or the CED-IADR Visiting Scholar Grant).

• The SENIOR CED-IADR Robert Frank Award can only be received once. (If you have won the CED-IADR Robert Frank Award Category JUNIOR, you can still participate in the category SENIOR).

NOTE: The competition usually takes place on the Wednesday afternoon during the CED/PER-IADR congress.