Emerging Global Leader Award

Provides salary and research support to early career research scientists from low- or middle-income countries (LMIC) who holds a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution, as defined by the World Bank. NIDCR is interested in applications with a research focus on dental, oral, or craniofacial conditions that occur more frequently in the LMIC or are of a high public health burden; and research addressing health disparities in dental, oral, or craniofacial conditions and research to achieve national or regional goals in oral and dental health such as those articulated by the World Health Organization. Examples include but are not limited to: working with local communities to establish the best means of delivering preventive oral health care; establishing successful approaches to deliver fluoride to a local population, particularly in areas without potable water; studying oral pre-malignant lesions associated with betel nut use; and studying the interplay of genes and environment in dental, oral, or craniofacial health by leveraging environments specific to the country.