Application Deadline: June 1
In February 2019, periodontology lost one of its greats - Dr. Mark Setter. Dr. Setter was well-loved, and contributed to the field in many ways. He practiced for 30+ years, lectured, and mentored many dentists, periodontists, and students. To honor Dr. Setter's memory, Mrs. Susan Setter and Drs. Jason Souyias, Jason Stoner, Mitch Godat worked with the AAP Foundation to establish the Dr. Mark K. Setter Leadership in Periodontology and Dental Implantology Award. This annual $10,000 award will recognize a periodontal resident who exemplifies the leadership qualities that Dr. Setter lived and encouraged throughout his lifetime. Special thanks to BioHorizons, Salvin Denal Specialties, Inc., and the North American Society of Periodontists for their generous support of this award.

Recipient History

The 2021 Dr. Mark K. Setter Leadership in Periodontology and Dental Implantology award was given to Janet Zalucha, University of Michigan.

Application Deadline: March 1
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 $2,000 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. One Finley award is generously sponsored by Glustitch, Inc.

Recipient History 2020 Finley Visiting Scholar Education Grants have been awarded to:

• Indiana University
• Mid-America Interinstitutional Meeting (Boston University)
• University of Washington

Application Deadline: April 30
AAP Foundation Fellowships are available to the Academy for Academic Leadership (AAL) Institute for Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions. Each $3,500 Fellowship will cover the full tuition for the Institute's Program for Dental School Faculty.

Recipient History 2021 Fellowships to the Institute for Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions were awarded to:

• Mohamed R. Abdelrasoul, Batterjee Medical College

• Beatriz Bezerra, University of California, Los Angeles

• Francesca Bonino, Tufts University

• Erin Breen, Boston University

• Kai-Chiao Joe Chang, University of Southern California

• Guo-Liang Cheng, University of Louisville

• Eswar Kandaswamy, Louisiana State University

• Adam D. Lietzan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Archana Palakkal Meethil, Creighton University

• Karin C. Schey, University of Florida

• David P. Semeniuk, Temple University

• Stavros J. Sofos, Nova Southeastern Univeristy

• Yu-Ting Yeh, Indiana University

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.

Recipient History The 2020 Tarrson Fellowship has been awarded to Vrisiis Kofina, Marquette University.

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 as of the application deadline at accredited U.S. periodontal programs and nominated by their periodontal program director.

Recipient History The 2021 Kramer Scholar is Amanda B. Morris, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $10,000 Cohen Award, sponsored in part by Carestream Dental, is intended to assist third-year periodontal residents in launching their careers as educators. The award is not to be used to replace support that would have normally been provided by the recipient's institution. Award candidates must intend to pursue a career in full-time periodontal teaching and research in the United States.

Recipient History The 2021 Cohen Teaching Award recipient is Chiho Ahn, Boston University.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $50,000 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.

Recipient History The 2021 Teaching Fellowship recipients are Ahmed Refaat El-Awady, Augusta University and Megumi A. Williamson, University of Iowa.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $25,000 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 2021 Educator Scholarships were awarded to Mohamed M. Meghil, Augusta University and Andrea Ravidà, University of Michigan.

Application Deadline: June 1

A $20,000 fellowship will be awarded annually to one or more individuals through a generous grant from Dr. Colin Richman. Fellowship applicants must be a periodontist resident, orthodontist resident or young faculty member with five or fewer years in academia at an accredited institution.

The 2021 recipients of the Dr. Colin Richman and Family Perio-Ortho Interface Award are:

• Vrushali Abhyankar, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Ayman Al Dayeh, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Guo-Hao Lin, University of California San Francisco
• Allison Jan, University of California San Francisco

Application Deadline: June 1
The recipient of the Patty & Paul Levi Research Award receives a $5,000 award. Eligibility is restricted to predoctoral students being mentored by a periodontal faculty member in a dental school where there is a postdoctoral periodontal program. Immediate family members of the AAP Foundation Board of Directors, officers, and selection committee members are not eligible to apply for the fellowship. 

Recipient History
The 2021 Patty and Paul Levi Research Award recipient is April G. Martinez, University of California, San Francisco.

Application Deadline: June 1
The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation supports resident research in the field of periodontology through the Robert S. Schoor Research Award Program, a $2,000 annual award for resident-written manuscript. A wide range of research subjects that are significant to the clinical practice of periodontology will be supported. The program is named in memory of Robert S. Schoor, DDS, a champion of periodontal education and students. He served as Director of the Advanced Program in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry, President of the American Academy of Periodontology, and Examiner of the American Board of Periodontology. He also served as a Captain in the United States Air Force.

Recipient History
The 2021 AAP Foundation Schoor Research Award recipient is Muhammad Saleh, University of Louisville.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $10,000 Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Award recognizes excellence in original research by a resident or recent graduate in the specialty of periodontics that advances clinical therapies in periodontal regeneration. The research may deal with any aspect of hard or soft tissue regeneration that advances or supports clinical therapies in the natural dentition or with dental implant use. Applicants must have completed original research in the field of periodontal regeneration, and have produced a manuscript that has been accepted for publication, if not already published. This award was created with a generous contribution by Dr. Jo Rummelhart, in honor of her mentor Dr. James T. Mellonig. Dr. Mellonig served in the US Navy for 20 years, directed the Navy's Advanced Educational Program in Periodontics and is professor emeritus of dentistry and former director of the Advanced Education Program in Periodontics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Recipient History
The 2021 Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Award recipient is Linda Wang Lam, University of Rochester.

Application Deadline: June 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 one, and not more than five, full-time academic years at US programs are eligible to apply. Applicants must be board certified in periodontology.

Through a generous gift from BioHorizons, a second Fellowship will be awarded; all of the application criteria will remain the same.

Recipient History The 2021 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship was awarded to Panagiotis Dragonas, Louisiana State University.

The 2021 Nevins Biohorizons Fellowship was awarded to HimaBindu Dukka, University of Louisville.