Awards, Essay Prizes and Grants

• Dental Student Essay Prize

• Dental Nurse Essay Prize

• Drummond Jackson Essay Prize

• Research Grants

• SAAD Funding for PhD in Paediatric Sedation

Essay Prizes

SAAD awards several prizes for essays on any subject related to Conscious Sedation, General Anaesthesia or Analgesia in dentistry.

Student and Nurse Essay Prizes 

Every year a prize is awarded for the best essay written by a dental student and one for the best essay by a dental nurse. Entries are accepted from any dental student or dental nurse from anywhere in the world and the prize for each is £300.00 which is presented at the annual study day. The essays may be published in the SAAD Digest for the benefit of the SAAD membership. Entries must be received by the 31^st March for the relevant year.

All entries must be in English, double spaced on A4 size paper and also formatted on disc as a Microsoft word document. The dental student essay should not exceed 3,000 words and the dental nurses should not exceed 2,500 words.

Drummond-Jackson Essay Prize - £1000.00

Every three years the Drummond-Jackson Essay prize is awarded in memory of the founder of SAAD Dr Stanley Drummond-Jackson for an essay on any of the subjects above. The essay prize is open to graduates and undergraduates of both dentistry and medicine from anywhere in the world and should be an original publication. Entries should be received by 31^st December 2012  and the winner will be announced by the following March. SAAD reserve the right to publish the winning paper and the winner may be asked to present the paper at a SAAD scientific meeting.

The essay should be in English, double spaced on A4 size paper and also formatted on disc as a Microsoft word document. The essay should not exceed 5,000 words.

Entries, accompanied by full details of name, address, e-mail contact (if available) and qualifications and specifying which essay prize they are entered for, should be sent to :-

Research Grants

SAAD offers a research grant to aid research in pain and anxiety control in dentistry. The award is open to all postgraduates with an interest in pain and anxiety control in dentistry. Individual applications for sums up to £5,000 will be considered. There is the possibility of funding more than one project up to the annual limit. Consideration will be given to applications for pump-priming funds to enable more major projects to be commenced, as well as completely funding projects as appropriate. Priority will be given to research (rather than audit projects). Ethical approval (if available) and indications of support from other interested parties such as drug companies or Health Trusts should be included. If funding is sought prior to the obtaining of ethical approval, SAAD’s support will be contingent on this being obtained.

In the first instance, interest in applying for the grant should be registered with the Executive Secretary at SAADoffice@btinternet.com. Please include your name and contact details along with a summary of your proposal. Applicants may find SAAD's Research Toolkit useful.  A more detailed protocol will be requested after initial consideration.

SAAD Funding for PhD in Paediatric Dental Sedation

SAAD invites applications for PhD funding in the area of paediatric dental sedation from UK academic departments of paediatric dentistry.

The decision to fund a research post follows publication of the NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) clinical guideline: ‘Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and young people’ which recognised the need for high quality research in this area.  The NICE recommendations can be found in appendix G pages 85-92 (also listed below) but applications are not restricted to these subject areas. 

The studentship may be part of an academic training programme or stand-alone. SAAD will cover tuition fees, bench fees and reasonable living expenses to an agreed yearly maximum.

Interested parties should send enquiries and proposals to: Fiona Wraith, SAAD Executive Secretary. 

Applications should include:

• research topic
• research protocol
• brief CV of the potential supervisor(s),
• timeline for the project
• detailed costings
• other sources of funding applied for/granted

A sub committee of SAAD Board will consider applications. Funding will be awarded to the successful bid subject to the following conditions:

• The supervisor supplies a report on student progress to SAAD Board meetings (three each year).
• SAAD is acknowledged and our logo included in any presentations/research material.
• At an appropriate point in the studentship, results are presented at the
• SAAD Autumn Symposium and published in SAAD Digest.

The employing university will take responsibility for pastoral care, CRB checks, clinical contract and financial administration. This funding has been awarded.