Research Resources

Students, residents, postdoctoral trainees and faculty at the UConn School of Dental Medicine (SDM) have access to a wide range of research resources through the School, UConn Health, and UConn Storrs campus.

Proposal Development Services

The SDM research community can access scientific editing and other proposal development services through arrangements at the School and University level. For scientific editing support, please contact Laura Didden at ldidden@uchc.edu. For additional proposal development services and proofreading services please see the Office of the Vice-President for Research (OVPR).

Grantwriting Training and Resources
Periodic training on grantwriting for various types of grants is offered by the OVPR. For details, please see: Grant Training and Resources

Statistical Support
For statistical support for dental residents in Master’s degree programs, please contact Dr. Chia-Ling Kuo at kuo@uchc.edu

For all other statistical support needs for SDM students, residents, and faculty, assistance is available through the UConn Statistical Consulting Services, through one of the following options:

1. Free Walk-In (Virtual): For quick questions about statistical issues that can be handled in a 20 minute consulting session.

2. Free Ask Online: Alternatively, you can submit questions online using the submission form

3. Fully Supported Project Engagement: If more in-depth assistance is needed, it will be supported by the SDM, if there is no funding available for the project. Please complete the form to request such assistance.

For any questions about support through UConn Statistical Consulting Services, please contact Dr. Timothy Moore at timothy.e.moore@uconn.edu


Internal Funding Opportunities
A variety of internal funding opportunities are open to SDM faculty including the Research Excellence Program, Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC) and the SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund. For details and deadlines, please see: https://ovpr.uchc.edu/services/research-development/funding/

Core Facilities
To see all the Core Facilities available to the SDM Research community, please visit https://core.uconn.edu/resources. This page allows you to choose to see all the Core resources at UConn Health, as well as at the Storrs and Avery Point campuses.

Sample Language describing UCH Core Facilities
https://medicine.uconn.edu/research/core-facilities/

Health Center Research Advisory Council (HCRAC) programs
• Research Equipment support (includes repair/replacement support and new capital equipment support)
• Emergency Grant Program
• Exploratory Project Transition Award
• Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
For information on the above programs, please see the HCRAC website.

Lincus
Looking for collaborators at UConn? Try Lincus, which tells you which faulty at UConn are working on topics of interest to you (UConn NETID required).

Technology Commercialization Services (TCS)

TCS helps the UConn research community move their research towards practical application. For details, please see https://innovation.uconn.edu/

Additional Information

For more information and resources, please see https://ovpr.uchc.edu/