The grants are assessed by the grants committee prior to the annual foundation meeting and then presented to the members for a final vote for approval. The grants are for dental and dentally related interests and need to be received via email and 2 paper copies sent by the deadline of October 15, 2025.
The Sherman prize helps fund undergrad students.
Applications are now open until June 30, 2024.
Please download the information and Application Criteria submit to
shermanprize@aofoundation.ca
by the due date above.
Please remember to include:
Download: Sherman Prize Information and Application Requirements
Each year, monies are set aside to fund the Research Project. Applications are solicited from Canadian Dental Schools and hospitals for the funding of research into dental and dentally repeated interests. The foundation is kept apprised of progress and suitable acknowledgement and recognition is given, in any publications or presentations made by the recipients. The grants committee is made up of 4 members: Guy Aboodi (Ontario), Riley Lewis (Ontario), and Jonathan Albilia (Quebec) reachable via grantapplication@aofoundation.ca.
For more information and if you wish to apply, please download the research grant application here.
Name |
School |
Research Title |
Wing Hei Wong |
UofT |
Identifying Regulatory Mechanisms that Control Gingival Overgrowth |
Sina Zargaran |
UofT |
Modulation of CD4+ T-Cell Cytotoxicity by Oral Pathogen-Derived Short Chain Fatty Acids and Its Impact on Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Recipients Post-Heart Transplant |
Dempsey Wood |
UofT |
The effects of periodontitis on oral antibiotic resistance genes |
Max Xia |
UofT |
Bacteriocin Production as a Novel Mechanism for the Colonization of Periodontal Pathogens |
Hetal Desai |
UofT |
Development of topical medicaments for caries arrest |
Leyla Desparois |
Laval |
Évaluation des performances antimicrobiennes et d'ostéointégration de la prochaine génération d'implants dentaires |
Elkin Florez |
USask |
The effect of dental procedures on biofilm changes in dental unit waterlines |
Wing Hei Wong |
UofT |
Identifying Regulatory Mechanisms that Control Gingival Overgrowth |
Sina Zargaran |
UofT |
Modulation of CD4+ T-Cell Cytotoxicity by Oral Pathogen-Derived Short Chain Fatty Acids and Its Impact on Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Recipients Post-Heart Transplant |
Click here for our Past Grant Recipients
The foundation supports the following initiatives in the last years:
2016
DVI
Yad LaKashish
Smiles Foundation
Baycrest Hospital Dental Clinic
Beit Issie Shapiro
2015
Montreal Jewish General Hospital
Yad LaKashish
Dentistry for All
Smiles Foundation
DVi
2014
Yad LaKashish
About Face
One Family Fund
DVI
Beit Issie Shapiro
Health Outreach
Smiles Foundation
2013
Luba Slome Dental Centre
One Family Fund
DVI
Beit Issie Shapiro
Yad LaKashish
2012
Beit Issie Shapiro
About Face
Dental Volunteers for Israel
Yad LaKashish
One Family Fund
Please send in requests via the Contact Form. At our annual meeting in October we disperse funds for dental related requests.
