The John Zamet Memorial Prize

Background

The John Zamet Memorial Prize has been established to recognise and commemorate the significant contribution made to clinical periodontology by the late John Zamet.

John was an honorary consultant and senior research fellow at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, a past president and honorary member of the British Society of Periodontology and the founder chairman and a trustee of the Alpha Omega London Chapter and Charitable Trust.

Protocol

Applications are open to all UK-based postgraduate dental students studying for a masters degree or PhD who are undertaking or who have recently completed original research associated with clinical periodontology.

The prize will be awarded biennially with a value of £2,000.

Applicants should submit a covering letter and an abstract not exceeding 1,000 words which should, at least, cover the following areas:

1. Background to project

2. Aims

3. Methods

4. Relevance to clinical periodontology

5. Start and completion dates (estimated completion date will suffice if ongoing)