To apply for an ITI Research grant you must create a free ITI Research user account. Click on the "Start/continue application" button and create your account under "First Login".

The application process is fully online, therefore we do not accept any other or additional documents. 

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• After submitting your application, you will receive an automatically generated email confirming receipt of your application.
• Within 2-3 weeks you will be informed if your application has been accepted for evaluation by the ITI Research Committee based on its compliance with the ITI Terms & Conditions and ITI Research Grant Application Guidelines 
• The decisions of the ITI Research Committee are communicated to the applicant in May/June for the February deadline and Nov/December for the August deadline 

The First Applicant is the primary contact for all correspondence. 
 

• Grants are only awarded to applicants who are affiliated with an academic institution. Independent applicants are requested to get in touch with ITI Headquarters before submitting their application. 
• Once a grant has been awarded, the First Applicant is barred from making any further grant application for a period of three years.
• First applicants are restricted to one application per application deadline.
• Once a grant has been awarded, no additional funding will be awarded to the grant recipient for the same study at a later point in time. 
• Research proposals that comprise two or more consecutive, interdependent work packages (e.g., a laboratory study followed by an animal study) cannot be funded if the second experiment (i.e., the animal study) can only be designed based on the results of the first experiment (i.e., the laboratory study).
   

The following criteria apply when reviewing the applications:

1. Relevance to current clinical issues in implant dentistry
2. Originality of the hypothesis
3. Suitability of methodology proposed
4. Experience of the applying researchers/academic affiliation and research conditions/environment
5. Transparent and realistically formulated budget

The ITI aims for a responsible and restricted use of animal models and expects a clear argumentation from the researcher. While the ITI recognizes that preclinical in-vivo studies are a critical component of the research&development process, especially in the medical device realm, we ensure that we support animal models within these studies when necessary, for the logical continuation of a scientific project.

1. Acceptance of the project as submitted
2. Minor revision according to given criteria (no need for re-application)
3. Rejection of the project (general feedback is provided)