ICD Australasian Section VIII Oral Health Projects
Australasian Section VIII Grant Applications
This page summarises the ICD grants that have been awarded for 2017. The Australasian Section supports many worthwhile oral health related projects throughout Australasia and the Asia-Pacific Region. This is core to our identity. Our Section seeks to support those projects which are most likely to achieve a sustainable improvement in oral health in under-served communities with the greatest need. The grants provided by ICD only partially fund any program. Most of the funding is provided by other organisations as well as by the Fellows who lead and participate in the projects. The success of these projects depends on volunteers who dedicate many hours of their time.
As would be expected, an increasing number of grant applications are being submitted to the Board. Although individual applications are modest in the level of funding requested, collectively the applications are now exceeding the financial means of the Section. For that reason, when the Board met in Melbourne in May, no funding was approved beyond 2017. Where appropriate, the Section VIII Board is seeking support for applications submitted for 2017 projects through the ICD Global Visionary Fund.
The Board is currently reviewing the criteria used to prioritize grant applications and the approval process to ensure our Region is gaining maximum benefit from projects supported by the Australasian Section. The Board will next consider grant applications for 2018 and beyond when the Board meets in Sydney in March 2018. The revised guidelines and application form for Section VIII ICD grants will be posted on the Publications page of this website in due course. The revised application form will be sent to all Fellows who submitted applications for 2017 grants.
2016 ICD Grant for Fiji Disaster Relief
A special ICD grant of $10,000 was approved by the Board in 2016 for Fiji disaster relief following the devastation of cyclone Winston in February 2016. Thanks to the efforts of David Crum and Jenny Smyth AM, consumables and minor dental equipment were purchased with the ICD grant, partially in 2016 and completed in 2017. Jonathan Cole was instrumental in shipping the goods to Fiji in “Smiles for the Pacific” containers. Ivoclar New Zealand generously donated additional equipment for this cause. Allocation of funds from the ICD grant was coordinated with the Fijian Ministry of Health.
ICD Section VIII Fellows continue to generously support oral health projects in under privileged communities within our region by donating with their membership renewals. Fellows donated almost $12,000 towards oral health projects with their membership renewals in 2016. At this time, our Section is supporting the projects listed below.
To view a global interactive map of projects sponsored by all Sections of the International College of Dentists, CLICK HERE.
To view a global interactive map of projects sponsored by the Australasian Section of the International College of Dentists, CLICK HERE.
Guidelines and application forms for Section VIII grants can be requested from the Administrative Officer, Dr Kavita Lobo (email: [email protected]).
This page summarises the ICD grants that have been awarded for 2017. The Australasian Section supports many worthwhile oral health related projects throughout Australasia and the Asia-Pacific Region. This is core to our identity. Our Section seeks to support those projects which are most likely to achieve a sustainable improvement in oral health in under-served communities with the greatest need. The grants provided by ICD only partially fund any program. Most of the funding is provided by other organisations as well as by the Fellows who lead and participate in the projects. The success of these projects depends on volunteers who dedicate many hours of their time.
As would be expected, an increasing number of grant applications are being submitted to the Board. Although individual applications are modest in the level of funding requested, collectively the applications are now exceeding the financial means of the Section. For that reason, when the Board met in Melbourne in May, no funding was approved beyond 2017. Where appropriate, the Section VIII Board is seeking support for applications submitted for 2017 projects through the ICD Global Visionary Fund.
The Board is currently reviewing the criteria used to prioritize grant applications and the approval process to ensure our Region is gaining maximum benefit from projects supported by the Australasian Section. The Board will next consider grant applications for 2018 and beyond when the Board meets in Sydney in March 2018. The revised guidelines and application form for Section VIII ICD grants will be posted on the Publications page of this website in due course. The revised application form will be sent to all Fellows who submitted applications for 2017 grants.
2016 ICD Grant for Fiji Disaster Relief
A special ICD grant of $10,000 was approved by the Board in 2016 for Fiji disaster relief following the devastation of cyclone Winston in February 2016. Thanks to the efforts of David Crum and Jenny Smyth AM, consumables and minor dental equipment were purchased with the ICD grant, partially in 2016 and completed in 2017. Jonathan Cole was instrumental in shipping the goods to Fiji in “Smiles for the Pacific” containers. Ivoclar New Zealand generously donated additional equipment for this cause. Allocation of funds from the ICD grant was coordinated with the Fijian Ministry of Health.
ICD Section VIII Fellows continue to generously support oral health projects in under privileged communities within our region by donating with their membership renewals. Fellows donated almost $12,000 towards oral health projects with their membership renewals in 2016. At this time, our Section is supporting the projects listed below.
- Kimberley Dental Team (KDT) (John Owen)
- Community Outreach Dental Program (University of Adelaide)
- Smiles for the Pacific Dental Project (SFTP) in Fiji (Jonathan Cole)
- Timor Leste Dental Training
- Australian Dental Research Foundation (ADRF)
- New Zealand Dental Research Foundation (NZDRF)
- Program Yeti, Nepal
- Honiara National Hospital Dental Department. Solomon Islands (David Goldsmith)
- Healthy Kids, Cambodia (Callum Durward)
- PNG Dental School & Dental Association
- Village School Oral Health Program, Nepal (Sandra Meihubers)
- Long Tan Dental Project, Vietnam Preschool Children & Oral Health Education (Colin Twelftree)
- National Oral Health Survey, Vanuatu
- M'Lop Tapang, Cambodia (Petrina Bowden)
- OMFS Visits, Ho Chi Minh City
- Children’s Health Aid Team (CHAT), Vietnam
To view a global interactive map of projects sponsored by all Sections of the International College of Dentists, CLICK HERE.
To view a global interactive map of projects sponsored by the Australasian Section of the International College of Dentists, CLICK HERE.
Guidelines and application forms for Section VIII grants can be requested from the Administrative Officer, Dr Kavita Lobo (email: [email protected]).
