Prizes and Grants
CALL FOR PAPERS!
DSTG Annual Symposium
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Preston
We invite you to submit an abstract of a paper to be presented at the 2026 DSTG Symposium.
Oral Presentations
Prizes will be available for the oral presentation judged to be the best at the Symposium.
1st prize: £150 plus complimentary registration
2nd prize: £100 plus complimentary registration
3rd prize: £50 plus complimentary registration
The number of presentation slots will be limited and so please make sure that you submit your abstract before 5pm on Monday 23 March
Poster Presentations
A prize of £150 will be available for the poster presentation judged to be the best at the Symposium.
The number of presentation boards will be limited and so please make sure that you submit your abstract before 5pm on Monday 23 March 2026.
Submission deadline: 5pm on Monday 23 March 2026 (receipt will be acknowledged)
Your abstract should be a Word document emailed to
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Acceptance decision: Monday 6 April
The Dental Sedation Teachers Group would like to invite members to apply for a grant, of up to £3,000, to produce a sedation related teaching resource. The resource can be online, videos, computer assisted learning, traditional printed media or a new innovative idea. It should be related to clinical conscious sedation or anxiety management and be a useful teaching resource. Resources aimed at training or CPD for Sedation Teachers/local supervisors (i.e. train the trainer) will also be considered. Simple cannulation videos are unlikely to be accepted and priority will be given to innovative or sound educational theory based applications.
There may be multiple awards of smaller budget grants so applications of small medium and larger projects are welcome.Final projects will be made available to DSTG members and DSTG will hold any copyright associated. Patients should not be used unless there is a clear indication of why this is necessary and how GDPR will be followed.
Applicants should write a protocol detailing:The educational aims and objectives
Details of those people who will be involved
What currently is available and how this project will be useful
How will this project specifically benefit students/sedation teachers
How assessments (if used) will be quality assured (and be both reliable and valid)
How the finished project will be distributed and promoted
Timelines (up to 6 months)
Funding and budget management responsibilities.
Deadline: 28 February 2026
For further information please email
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Please email proposals to
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