Clinicians and basic scientists can apply twice a year for research grants for their projects. The Osteology Foundation offers, besides its established Advanced Researcher Grants, a program for young researchers, the Young Researcher Grants, to promote their academic careers.
Study types and topics
The Osteology Foundation funds clinical and translational research. “Translational” refers here to pre-clinical and/or in vitro research that links basic findings from laboratory work to clinical science.
Financial support may be granted for in vitro studies that take clinical findings and/or community needs back to the laboratory bench to create innovative research hypotheses, driving new discoveries.
Research topics falling within the scope of the Osteology Foundation:
- - Hard and soft tissue biology: clinical aspects
- - Novel bone and soft tissue substitute materials
- - Local factors affecting oral tissue regeneration
- - Systemic diseases with an impact on oral tissue regeneration
- - Pharmacological aspects of oral tissue regeneration
- - Inflammatory conditions, e.g. periodontitis or peri-implantitis
The application process consists of two stages.
Stage 1
Applicants can submit an abstract of their proposed project by 15 June and 1 December. The Science Committee of the Osteology Foundation selects projects which then progress to the second stage.
Stage 2
Applicants are invited to submit their full application. Submission deadlines are 15 October and 15 April.