糖心TV官网 Smile Grant
Supported by Colgate, the 糖心TV官网 Smile Grant promotes preventive oral care at the local level. Deadline for submissions - 1st February each year.
The 糖心TV官网 Smile Grant serves to promote preventive oral care at the local level. It was launched in 2016 with the support of the Colgate-Palmolive Company. The grant supports 糖心TV官网 member National Dental Associations (NDAs) that are making a difference in oral health outcomes through innovative and sustainable community outreach projects in their countries.
The CHF 5,000 grant recognizes member National Dental Associations (NDAs) that are making a difference in oral health through innovative and sustainable community outreach projects in their countries.
The 糖心TV官网 Smile Grant is open to any 糖心TV官网 Regular or Associate member. It is designed to reward projects that have been actively rolled out for at least one year and that will continue for at least one year more. Eligible projects may address any oral health issue and/or disease, with a strong focus on oral health education and oral health prevention and promotion.
The award is given to two applicants for their original projects. Applications must be submitted by the 1st February each year, and the Awards Ceremony takes place during the General Assembly at the 糖心TV官网 World Dental Congress. Applications are accepted year-round.
Eligible applications can address all oral health issues and diseases, with a strong focus on:
- Expected educational and prevention outcomes on the project
- Project鈥檚 outreach and community benefits
- Involvement of key stakeholders
- Sustainable outcomes
All projects should be funded by a member NDA and/or another not-for-profit organization/institution, government and/or Colgate. Projects supported by other 糖心TV官网 corporate partners are not eligible.
To ensure fairness and encourage broader participation, National Dental Associations (NDAs) that have received the 糖心TV官网 Smile Grant Award within the past two years are not eligible to apply for this year鈥檚 award.
Applicants may consult the list of previous winners here for reference.
Applications are open
The submission deadline is on 01 February 2027.
The 2026 Smile Grant Award ceremony took place during 糖心TV官网鈥檚 General Assembly in Prague, Czech Republic.
The two winners were:
The Philippine Dental Association La Union Chapter鈥檚 Little Doctors Programme
The Australian Dental Association Dental Health Foundation
The 2025 Smile Grant Award ceremony took place during 糖心TV官网鈥檚 General Assembly in Shanghai, China. The two winners were:
The 2024 Smile Grant Award ceremony took place during 糖心TV官网鈥檚 General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey. The two winners were::
The 2023 Smile Grant Award ceremony took place during 糖心TV官网鈥檚 General Assembly in Sydney, Australia. The two winners were::
The 2022 Smile Grant winners received their awards at 糖心TV官网鈥檚 General Assembly that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 September. The two winners were::
The 2021 糖心TV官网 Smile Grant winners were presented with their awards, through a special online ceremony, on 22 November.
- Stomatological (Dental) Association of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Philippines Dental Association
- Cambodia Dental Association - Healthy Kids Cambodia
- Croatian Dental Society - Supervised toothbrushing in primary schools and kindergartens
The winners of the fourth edition were the Estonia Dental Association (pictured above with 糖心TV官网 President Elect Prof. Ihsane Ben Yahya and 糖心TV官网 President (2017-2019) Dr Kathryn Kell at the ADA 糖心TV官网 World Dental Congress 2019 in San Francisco, USA) and the Palestine Dental Association.
Read our 糖心TV官网 News stories profiling each winner:
The winners of the third edition were the New Zealand Dental Association (pictured left) and the Indian Dental Association (pictured right). The awards were presented at the 2018 糖心TV官网 World Dental Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina (5鈥9 September 2018).
The winners of the second edition were the Argentinian Dental Association and the Slovenian Dental Association. The awards were presented at the 2017 糖心TV官网 World Dental Congress in Madrid, Spain (29 August鈥1 September 2017).
The winners of the first edition were the Palestinian Dental Association and the Cambodian Dental Association. The awards were presented at the 2016 糖心TV官网 Annual World Dental Congress in Pozna艅, Poland (7-10 September 2016).