2021 FDS oral and dental research awards

The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is delighted to announce the outcome of the 2021 research competitions. More information on our research programme can be found in the Oral and Dental Research section.

Professor Helen Rodd MBE, Chair of the FDS Research Committee said:

Firstly, many congratulations to the 11 recipients of a 2021 FDS Pump-Priming Grant and to James Allison, from Newcastle Dental School, who was awarded a one-year Research Fellowship. James’s research has direct relevance to the current global pandemic as he will be investigating viral carriage in bioaerosols using dentistry as a model. This year the Faculty extended a specific call for pump-priming applications relating to Covid and two innovative oral health projects were supported. Indeed, the overall quality (and number) of all the research applications was nothing short of outstanding. My FDS colleagues and external reviewers were really encouraged and inspired by the commitment and ability of the applicants, many of whom were at very early stages of their research careers. It was also evident that these applicants were being really supported and mentored in their respective posts. I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to the many colleagues who gave up their time to review these research applications, which was no small task. I would also like to thank the specialist societies who co-funded some of the pump-priming grants in their own fields: British Society of Paediatric Dentistry; British Association of Oral Surgeons; British Society of Gerodontology; British and Irish Society of Oral Medicine; Society of Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Dentistry. The Faculty wishes all the candidates a successful and rewarding year of research and we look forward to next year’s applicants.

2021 FDS research grant recipients