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Research Awards and Grants

Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Grant

One $20,000 research grant is awarded annually to an individual or collaborative team conducting research related to regeneration.
Dr. James T. Mellonig
June 1
Application deadline
2016
Founded
About the award

Eligibility

The primary investigator or co-PI must be a periodontics resident or early-career periodontics faculty member with five or fewer years in academia at an accredited institution.
The award is to be used exclusively for regeneration research purposes and not to be used to replace support that would have normally been provided by the recipient’s institution. An individual may receive a maximum of two grants. Immediate family members of the AAP Foundation Board of Directors, officers, and selection committee members are not eligible to apply.

Additional program details

Grants are paid in three equal installments: 1/3 on selection, 1/3 on submission of a status report following data collection, and 1/3 following submission of a manuscript to the Journal of Periodontology or Clinical Advances in Periodontics, which have right of first refusal to publish.
Donor

Jo Rummelhart

Jo Rummelhart

The AAP Foundation is grateful to Dr. Jo Rummelhart for the transformative gift that made this award possible.

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.

Daniel Clark
“The support and recognition I received from the award was critical at the earliest parts of my career to motivate me in my academic career pursuits.”
Daniel Clark, University of California, San Francisco
2018 Recipient — Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Grant
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    Application & selection procedure

    Application deadline

    June 1

    Selection

    The recipient is selected by an award committee appointed by the AAP Foundation president.

    This award’s selection committee

    Mark Reynolds, Chair
    Paul Luepke
    James Fine
    Teri Brooks Lovelace

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    Recipients

    Recipients by year

    2026
    Jackson Sides, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    2025
    Joelle Foster McRee, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    2024
    Kaleb Clark Esplin, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    2022
    Jacob Zellner, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    2021
    Linda Wang Lam, University of Rochester
    2020
    Kevin Byrd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    2019
    Jennifer Chang, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    2018
    Daniel Clark, University of California, San Francisco
    2016
    Alberto Monje, University of Michigan
    Jackson Sides

    2026 recipient

    Jackson Sides

    University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio