The ANZSPD-Colgate Postgraduate Research Award is a biannual accolade presented by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD) in collaboration with Colgate-Palmolive.
Postgraduate Students who are currently enrolled in a Master’s Degree, Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry (or equivalent), or PhD program at a university in Australia or New Zealand, or who have completed one of these programs since the last ANZSPD Biennial Congress, may enter for the award to be judged on an oral presentation at the ANZSPD Biennial Congress.
The research must be completed for presentation and must be related to Paediatric Dentistry. Entrants will need to be ANZSPD members.
The award consists of support from Colgate Oral Care to attend an international paediatric dentistry meeting as determined by the Federal Council of ANZSPD. The award will comprise a return economy class airfare and a AUD$750.00 cash prize to assist in the payment of registration and accommodation.
Applications for the award must be made at least three calendar months prior to the ANZSPD Biennial Congress. The Closing Date for 2026 Applications is Friday, 30 January 2026. Applications are to be emailed to the Federal Secretary of ANZSPD (fed.secretary@anzspd.org.au). Applications must be accompanied by a supporting letter from the supervisor of the applicant to ensure compliance with the Award Protocol. Nominations will only be accepted when accompanied by an abstract. The abstract should be structured and include the following sections: Objectives, Design, Setting (where relevant), Sample and Methods (where relevant), Results and Conclusions. The abstract should not exceed 300 words.
Abstracts will be provided to the judges prior to the meeting where possible, and if the
abstract does not comply, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to rewrite the abstract.
If the abstract still does not comply, the applicant may be excluded.
No previous applicant will be eligible to compete again.
The judging panel shall be:
Members of ANZSPD who have had some supervisory role in any of the research being presented shall be exempt from the judging panel.
The criteria used to determine the recipient of the award shall be:
| Judging Criteria | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | 10% | |
| Presentation | Organisation of material | 10% |
| Quality of audio-visual material | 10% | |
| Manner of presentation | 10% | |
| Answering of questions | 10% | |
| Research | Methodology/protocol | 10% |
| Interpretation/statistics | 10% | |
| Conclusions | 10% | |
| Value | Value of research to Paediatric Dentistry | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
The order of presentation will be determined by a draw from a hat, to be conducted by the Chairperson. Presentations will be of 10 minutes duration, with a bell sounding at this time and also 2 minutes before this time (ie at 8 minutes). Presentations will be followed by a 5-minute question period, with the judges having first right of question, followed by questions from the floor.
