New round of research grant applications launched

Dental academics and clinicians are invited to apply for research grants from Foundation Nakao. This is the second round of funding made available by this foundation since its launch in

2018, supporting clinical trials and research into important subjects such as minimum intervention dentistry and oral health of the elderly. Successful applications will receive fully funded

projects of CHF 50,000 [about £42,000] per project in addition to wide exposure among dental professionals, the dental industry as well as the general public, of each study's outcomes

and achievements. The Foundation's first round of grant applications took place in September 2019 and six studies were awarded the honour of being accepted out of a huge number of

submissions. Applicants represented the categories: government organisation, non-government organisation, university, research institution or other. Foundation Nakao supports academic

research and clinical studies contributing to its founding goal, which is the improvement of oral health and subsequent raised quality of life of all people around the world. Key oral health

research areas address minimum intervention dentistry, oral health in ageing populations and the 8020 movement, tooth function, the prevention of oral frailty and dental IQ. Foundation

Nakao for Worldwide Oral Health was launched on 21 September 2018 in Luzern, Switzerland. It was made possible by Mr Makoto Nakao, former Chairman of the GC Corporation, who after 42 years

at the helm of the company donated his privately-owned company shares to support this initiative. The Foundation's management board boasts a team of distinguished dental professionals

from four continents: Europe, America, Australia and Asia. They are Professor Reinhart Hickel, Professor Clark Stanford, Professor Macro Ferrari, Professor Eric Reynolds, Professor Keiichi

Sasaki and Dr Kiyotaka Nakao. Grant applications are open until 11 December 2020 via the application form on the Nakao Foundation website www.foundation-nakao.com/applications. RIGHTS AND

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