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We are thrilled to announce the call for proposals for the next Dentathon on February 10, 2025! The event will take place at at Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada, 1003 Décarie Boulevard, room 2.30. 

The topic of the proposal can be on anything related to our faculty’s research clusters. 

Proposal requirements:

1. Maximum of two projects per person and only one project as PI.
2. Include a list of team members (at least one clinician and at least one current MSc, PhD or DMD student in the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences).
3. Include the title, research question, and study outline (no more than one page).
4. Projects should be feasible to be completed within a one-year period.
5. Projects should allow for the collection of preliminary data for a larger grant.

Proposals must be submitted to research2.dentistry [at] mcgill.ca by January 20, 2025.

The list of submitted projects will be emailed to all faculty members and students, two weeks prior to the Dentathon.

On the day of the Dentathon, researchers will deliver a five-minute (5 slides maximum) elevator pitch at the beginning of the event. Faculty and students attending the event will have the opportunity to provide feedback to applicants. Each team will then work on developing the project for three hours. Teams will present their final projects to the faculty and students present at the event (who will all serve as judges), to decide which projects will be funded and how much to allocate to each project.

Teams that receive funding will be required to submit interim reports. The project must be completed within 18 months, after which the funds will revert to the faculty. Results should be presented at Research Day 2026. 

The entire Faculty community is now invited to reach out to team members and begin conversations about the proposed projects.