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AAP Foundation Educational Awards

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 2010 Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Kevin Guze.

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. Grants of $1,500 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 spend the majority of their time with the periodontics department students and faculty, the grant requires that the speaker present a formal program to the entire dental school on a subject of interest.

Recipient History A 2010 Finley Visiting Scholar Education Grant has been awarded to Creighton University for a presentation by Drs. Michael McGuire and Takashi Kumagai.

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 2010 Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowships have been awarded to Dr. Thiago Morelli Santos and Dr. Erik F. Sahl.

Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship

Application Deadline: May 1
The recipient of the Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship receives a $36,000 award ($12,000 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 2009 Tarrson Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Mohanad Al-Sabbagh.

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 2009 Kramer Scholar is Dr. Sarvenaz Angha.

AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care

More Information - No Fellowship Will Be Awarded in 2010
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 2008 AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care has been awarded to Dr. Ronan Allen.

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

Application Deadline: April 30
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 2009 Fellowships to the Institute for Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions Program were awarded to:

Paul Luepke, a full-time assistant professor in the perio department at Marquette University
Gustavo Avila, a graduating student at the University of Michigan
Patricia Miquez, a graduating student from the University of North Carolina
Alison Glascoe, a practicing periodontist from Maryland who teaches at Howard University

The Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship

Application Deadline: July 1
The $20,000 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship was created to address the retention of top periodontal clinical researchers and educators early in their careers. This Fellowship is intended to provide personal funding and support to those individuals who may be facing educational debt while striving to establish themselves in an academic role. The award was created by generous donors in honor of Myron Nevins, DDS, a leader in periodontal clinical research. Full-time periodontal educators who have been teaching at least two, and not more than five, full-time academic years at U.S. programs are eligible to apply.

Recipient History The 2009 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research fellow is Dr. Salvador Nares.

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 2009 AAP Teaching Fellowship recipient is Dr. Maria Geisinger.

AAP Educator Scholarship

Application Deadline: July 1
The $25,000 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 2009 AAP Educator Scholarship was awarded to Dr. Julio Carrion.

Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship

More Information - No Scholarships Will Be Awarded in 2009
Two scholarships are awarded 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 2008 Tarrson Regeneration Scholarships have been awarded to Drs. Akif Eskan and Satheesh Elangovan.

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.

Recipient History The 2008 E. Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery has been given to the paper "Coronally advanced flap: A modified surgical approach for isolated recession-type defects" by Giovanni Zucchelli and Massimo de Sanctis.