Future Research Initiatives (Concept Clearances)

Concepts represent early planning stages for initiatives in which NIDCR seeks to support research in an understudied and significant area of science. Council approval does not guarantee that a concept will become a program announcement (PA), request for applications (RFA), or request for proposals (RFP). NIDCR bases this determination on scientific and programmatic priorities balan​ced with the amount of funds available.

September 2018

• Rethinking Immune System Plasticity: Towards Robustness in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Health

• Oral and Dental Health in People Living with HIV and Additional Non-Communicable Diseases

• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Promote Adolescents’ Oral Health and Reduce Disparities

May 2018

• The Role of Dentistry in the Prevention of Opioid Drug Misuse and Abuse      

• Clinical Research Operations and Management Support (CROMS)

• Advancing Imaging, Device Production, and Clinical Capabilities in Digital Dentistry

• Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacomicrobiomics of Pain Management Across Pain States

• TMD: Identifying Pathways Involved in Chronic Pain and its Endogenous Resolution

January 2018

• Enabling Technologies to Accelerate Development of Oral Biodevices

September 2017

• Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Data Science Jumpstart for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases and Conditions
• Biological Factors Underlying Oral and Craniofacial Health Disparities
• Dental Practice-Based Research Network to Support the Conduct of Research in Clinical Practices
• Encouraging Novel Amelogenesis Models and Ex vivo cell Lines (ENAMEL) Development
• FaceBase 3
• Basic and Translational Research in Oral HIV/AIDS
• Precision Imaging of Oral Lesions
• Understanding Mechanisms of Gene-Environment Interaction in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases and Conditions

January 2017

• Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Promote Research in Oral Health and Aging

Past Concept Clearances

September 2016

• Neuroskeletal Biology of the Dental and Craniofacial Skeletal Systems
• NIDCR Dental Specialty/PhD Program (DSPP)
• Oral HIV Vaccine-induced Humoral Immunity and HIV Specific B Cell Ontongeny
• Oral HIV Pathogenesis, Muscosal Immunity, and Prophylactic Vaccines Modulation by Oral Microbiota

May 2016

• Targeting Head and Neck Cancers for Immunotherapy

January 2016

• Implementation Science and Oral Health 
• NIDCR-NCATS/CTSA Clinical and Translational Science Training Partnership Program

September 2015

• Biosensors in the Oral Cavity
• Dental, Oral and Craniofacial 3D Tissue Organ Models to Mimic Health and Disease
• Factors Underlying Differences in Female and Male Presentation for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases and Conditions
• Glycoprofiling HIV and Persisting AIDS-related Oral Pathogens under Antireroviral Therapy
• NIDCR Mentoring Networks for Underrepresented Postdoctoral and Early-Career Faculty Investigators
• Tailoring Dental Treatment Guidelines for Individuals with Systemic Diseases that Compromise Oral Health

January 2015

• NIDCR Award for Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research (SOAR; R35)

September 2014

• Effects of  E-Cigarette Aerosol Mixtures on Oral and Periodontal Epithelia
• Immune System Plasticity in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Complex Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases
• NIDCR Institutional Research Training Programs
• Novel or Enhanced Dental Restorative Materials for Class V Lesions
• Oral HIVacc: Oral Mucosal Immunizaton Approaches for HIV Prevention
• Pharmacogenomics of Orofacial Pain Management

May 2014

• Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration Consortium

January 2014

• Enhancing the Diversity of the NIDCR Research Workplace Pipeline