This page describes how the FDCS was funded and what awards have been made for its contributions to the scientific literature.

How the FDCS was funded:
The FDCS was funded by eight grants from the National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD  20892-2290. The NIDR changed its name in November 1998 to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

· NIDR N01-DE-12587, "Biomedical and psychosocial risk factors for tooth loss in older Americans",1991-1997; $717,585.  (the first one and one-half years were spent in the federal Office of Management and Budget clearance process)

· NIDR R01-DE-11020, "Longitudinal oral health outcomes in high-risk dentate adults", 1995-1999; $1,558,471.

· NIDR K02-DE-00392, "Independent Scientist Award", 1996-2001; $423,925.

· NIDR R01-DE-12457, "Effect of dental care on outcomes important to patients", 1998-2001 (no-cost

extension during the last year); $215,050.

· NIDR R01-DE-11020, competing renewal of "Longitudinal oral health outcomes in high-risk dentate

adults", 1999-2002; $962,793.

· NIDCR K24-DE-14164, "Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research", 2001-2006; $613,081.

· NIDCR R01-DE-11020, 2nd competing renewal of "Longitudinal oral health outcomes in high-risk

dentate adults", 2002-2005 (no-cost extension during the last year); $472,654.

· NIDCR-R03-DE-16947, “Selection bias in studies of treatment effectiveness”, 2005-2007; $290,000. This grant supports statistical methodologic research using FDCS data regarding the role of selection bias in quantifying treatment effectiveness in observational studies. Dr. Mark Litaker, Director of Biostatistics at the UAB School of Dentistry, serves as Principal Investigator for this R03 grant.

Awards made for FDCS contributions to the scientific literature

Largely because of the outstanding success of the FDCS, in March 1999 Dr. Gilbert was awarded the University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award as recognition for superior research accomplishments in the previous five-year period.  For an article about this award, click here . 

On March 6, 2002, Dr. Gilbert received the Distinguished Scientist Award for Geriatric Oral Research from the International Association for Dental Research at its annual meeting, which in 2002 was held in San Diego, California.  Sponsored by Biotene-Oral Balance Oral Care Products, this award is designed to stimulate, encourage, and recognize outstanding research accomplishments in the field of geriatric oral research.  The recipient must have conducted original and important investigations in any of the basic, clinical, or epidemiologic sciences (including health services research and behavioral sciences) associated with geriatric oral research.  The award is based upon the recipient's contributions  to the scientific community, the impact of the research, publications in refereed journals, and other scholarly activities.

On March 11, 2004, we received the “Giddon Award for Distinguished Research in the Behavioral Sciences”, presented by the Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research. This was presented at its annual meeting, which in 2004 was held in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This was a “Best Paper” award for our FDCS article “Gilbert GH, Duncan RP, Shelton BJ. Social determinants of tooth loss. Health Services Research 2003; 38(6, Part II): 1843-1862.”

On May 4, 2004, we received the “Best Paper Award” from the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. This is awarded annually to the article in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry judged by the awarding committee to be the best in terms of scientific rigor and impact on the field. This was for our FDCS article “Chavers LS, Gilbert GH, Shelton BJ. Racial and socioeconomic disparities in oral disadvantage, a measure of oral health-related quality of life: 24-month incidence. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2002; 62(3): 140-147.” Click here to see an Adobe pdf file of the acceptance of the award by Dr. Chavers.