AAP Foundation oversees a number of annual scholarships and fellowships in the field of periodontics...

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AAP Foundation oversees a number of annual scholarships and fellowships in the field of periodontics.

Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship in Advanced Implant Surgery

Application Deadline: February 1
The $50,000 Lazzara Fellowship is intended to provide educational and clinical experiences that reflect the most current techniques in implant dentistry by providing a stipend for the Fellow as well as funds to offset the hosting institution's overhead and administrative costs. Application for the 12-month Fellowship is made jointly by a third year student in an accredited U.S. periodontal post-doctoral training program and by the student's program director.

Recipient History   The 2007 Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Jacob Kobi Stern.

Charles W. Finley Visiting Scholar Education Grant

Application Deadline: February 14
The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation established Finley Visiting Scholar Education Grants to honor the memory of Dr. Charles W. Finley and all of the great periodontal leaders of the past, present, and future. $1,500 grants are awarded to accredited U.S. periodontal programs to offset honoraria, travel, promotion, and seminars by speakers in periodontology. The grants must be matched by funds from each department or institution. Though the speakers will spend the majority of their time with the periodontics department, both students and faculty, the grant requires that the speaker present a formal program to the faculty and students of the institution on a subject of interest to the entire dental institution.

Recipient History   Finley Visiting Scholar Education Grants have been awarded for the following programs in 2007:

Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship

Application Deadline: April 15
Created to encourage periodontal students to enter teaching, the Chasens Fellowship annually provides funding for two $15,000 fellowships awarded to students who have a stated career goal of periodontal education within the U.S. and who are in their third year of a non-military accredited periodontal post-graduate training program.

Recipient History   The 2007 Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowships have been awarded to Dr. Karim El Kholy and Dr. Bertina Yuen.

Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship

Application Deadline: May 1
The recipient of the Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship receives a $30,000 award ($10,000 per year for up to three years). Candidates must be either a full-time faculty member at the instructor or assistant level or a part-time faculty member at a U.S. training institution and must be nominated by their periodontal program director. Applications are mailed to all periodontal program directors and deans in March.

Recipient History   The 2007 Tarrson Fellow is Dr. Tae-Ju Oh.

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Kramer Scholar Award for Excellence

Application Deadline: May 15
The recipient of the Kramer Scholar Award for Excellence receives $10,000. Applicants for the Kramer Award must be third-year full-time periodontal students at accredited U.S. periodontal programs and nominated by their periodontal program director.

Recipient History   The 2007 Kramer Scholar is Dr. Eric Kerr.

AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care

Application Deadline: May 31
This $15,000 Education Fellowship funded by OMNI Preventive Care, a 3M ESPE Company, encourages and rewards interest in periodontal research. The award is provided directly to the student and is intended to be a supplement to, and not a replacement for, any remuneration he/she may otherwise receive. The successful applicant is chosen based, in part, on a research proposal that should examine prevention of periodontitis and/or gingivitis. Other factors in the selection include the applicant’s academic standing and passion for education and research. AAP Student members in their first or second year of a U.S. periodontal postdoctoral program may apply for the fellowship.

Recipient History   The 2007 AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care was awarded to Dr. Melanie Campese.

AAP Foundation Fellowship to the ADEA/AAL Institute for Teaching & Learning in the Health Professions

Application Deadline: April 30
Six AAP Foundation Fellowships are available to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)/Academy for Academic Leadership (AAL) Institute for Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions. Each $4,950 Fellowship will cover the full tuition for the Institute's Program for Dental School Faculty.

Recipient History   2007 Fellowships to the Institute for Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions Program were awarded to:

AAP Teaching Fellowship

Application Deadline: July 1
The $50,000 AAP Teaching Fellowship is intended to support the young periodontal educator's commitment to a career in academia by providing debt relief to a qualified applicant. The fellowships are given to qualified faculty members within their first three years of teaching at a U.S. periodontal training institution. The Fellowships also include a mentoring component that provides the academic and personal support so vital to full development as a periodontal educator.

Recipient History   The 2007 AAP Teaching Fellowship recipients are Dr. Mark Lucas and Dr. Dana Wolf.

AAP Educator Scholarship

Application Deadline: July 1
The $50,000 AAP Educator Scholarship provides financial relief to a student intending to pursue a career as a full-time teacher at a U.S. periodontal program upon graduation from a U.S. periodontal postdoctoral training program. The scholarship is intended to provide help with tuition and living expenses during the training period and may also be used for debt reduction. The Educator Scholar must commit to spending one year as a full-time periodontal educator at a U.S. program for each year he/she receives the award.

Recipient History   The 2007 AAP Educator Scholarships were awarded to Dr. Flavia Pirih and Dr. Meggan Wehmeyer.

Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship

Application Deadline: July 15, 2008
The next Tarrson Regeneration Scholarships will be awarded in 2008. Two scholarships will be awarded, each in the amount of $37,000 per year for each year of the scholar's three-year periodontal training program. The Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship is intended to encourage research in regeneration. Since scholars must commit to spending one year in full-time teaching for each year they receive the award, the scholarship also addresses the shortage of periodontal educators. Applicants must be students who have been accepted into accredited U.S. periodontal postdoctoral training programs, or they must be in the first six months of their periodontal postdoctoral training program.

Recipient History   The 2005 Tarrson Regeneration Scholarships have been awarded to Drs. Jill Bashutski and Isabel Gay.

E. Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery

No Application Required
The Tarrson Research Award was created to support and encourage periodontal research in oral plastic surgery. This is a $1,000 award for the best paper on clinical oral plastic surgery published in a peer-reviewed journal. At least one of the paper's researchers must be a periodontist or a periodontal postgraduate student. A preliminary list of candidates is being prepared from a review of all literature in the field published between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007.

Recipient History   The 2007 E. Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery has been given to the paper "Gingival Recession Treatment with Connective Tissue Grafts in Smokers and Non-Smokers" by Kenneth Erley, Gary Swiec, Robert Herold, Frederick Bisch, and Mark Peacock.

American Academy of Periodontology Student Scholarship

The AAP Student Scholarship program has been discontinued.
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Partners in Clinical Research Program

The AAP Foundation has discontinued this program.
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