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The AAOF has defined seven Award Program priority areas:
  • Biomedical research awards
  • Orthodontic faculty development fellowship awards
  • Center awards
  • Educational innovation awards
  • Program awards
  • Research aid awards
  • Gifts in support of orthodontic education

The funds necessary for these awards are the result of the Foundation's endowment fundraising campaign, Continued Commitment to the Specialty.®

2010 Awards Program
At the February Board meeting the Board of Directors made some difficult decisions due to the prevailing economic climate, which resulted in a funding program of only 10 Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Awards (OFDFA).

  • Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Awards
    • Zongyang Sun/The Ohio State University – Willie and Earl Shepherd Fellowship Award  Synopsis   Photo
    • Ki Beom Kim/Saint Louis University – Michael Matlof Memorial Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Manuel Oscar Lagravere Vich/University of Alberta – T.M. Graber Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Sean Shih-Yao Liu/Indiana University – Albert P. Westfall Memorial Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Padma Mukherjee/University of Connecticut – Subtelny, Baker, Eastman Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Tung Nguyen/University of North Carolina – Robert E. Gaylord Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • HeeSoo Oh, University of the Pacific – Anthony A. Gianelly Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Maria Orellana/University of California San Francisco – Robert M. Ricketts Sunflower Orthodontics Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Sundaralingam Premaraj/University of Nebraska – Eugene E. West Memorial Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
    • Ling Ye/University of Missouri Kansas City – Orhan C. Tuncay Teaching Fellowship Award   Synopsis   Photo
  • Continued support of the AAOF Craniofacial Growth Legacy Collection  Synopsis

The Shepard Award designation is given annually to the most meritorious Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Award.

Funding for 2011
For 2011, the Directors approved the following:

  • Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Awards awards (OFDFA) consisting of an aggretage of $150,000 to fund ten one-year ($15,000) awards, i.e., three-year funding option is not offered in 2011. 

  • Educational Education Innovation Award in 2011 funding the maximum amount of $30,000.

  • Funding for the existing Collections Project will continue, i.e., no new or additional proposals will be considered.

2011 Awards Materials are expected to be on the Web site by June 1st.

Jarabak Award
Annually, the AAOF BOD selects the recipient(s) of the Jarabak Award from nominations received from AAO Constituent Societies.  Nominations are requested no later than February 1 of the year preceding the year, i.e., nominations for the 2011 Jarabak Award are to be received by the AAOF by February 1, 2010. In years divisible by three (e.g., 2010) the Jarabak Award is given to citizens of countries other than the United States or Canada.  Click Here for Jarabak Award criteria.  Click Here for a listing of those persons selected as Jarabak Award recipients. 

 

Salzmann Lecture

Annually the AAOF Board determines the Salzmann Lecturer from the nomination(s) received by the individual who will serve as AAO President for that year's AAO Annual Session. The AAO Foundation President introduces the Salzmann Lecturer. Click Here for Salzmann Lecture Criteria.  Click Here for a listing of those persons selected as Salzmann Lecturers.


Planning and Awards Review Committee (PARC)

While keeping the ultimate fiduciary responsibility of the Awards Program, the Foundation Board has delegated to the Planning and Awards Review Committee (PARC) the responsibility of reviewing the various applications and recommending which are to be funded, as well as making recommendations about any alterations in the Foundation's Awards Program.

 

History of the AAOF Awards Program
Since 1994, the AAOF Awards Program has contributed the following to orthodontic education and research:

  • $6.9 million in funding, primarily in support of Junior Faculty, including:
  • 135 Fellowship Awards
  • 148 Research Awards
  • Over 1,000 Gifts in Support of orthodontic residencies.
    At the 70 graduate orthodontic residency programs in the US and Canada, there are 22 Department Chairs and/or Program Directors who have been directly supported by the AAOF early in their academic careers.
  • 80% of Junior Faculty supported by the AAOF remain in full-time academics after five years.
  •  On the AAOF web site, there are Final Reports from 250 peer-reviewed, funded proposals.

AAOF Awards Program
1994 - $108, 945
1995 - $221,208
1996 - $275,695
1997 - $396,785
1998 - $396,460
1999 - $562,578
2000 - $624,950
2001 - $723,660
2002 - $469,419
2003 - $122,000
2004 - $295,347
2005 - $337,231
2006* - $652,978
2007** - $712,801
2008*** - $594,911
2009**** - $120,000
2010 - $150,000
2011 - $180,000
TOTAL:  $6,944,968

* Includes $300,000 restricted gift from the AAO for AAO Internet II funding
** Includes $120,000 restricted gift from the AAO for AAOF Fellowship Awards for Junior Faculty
*** Includes $180,000 restricted gift from the AAO for AAOF Fellowship Awards for Junior Faculty; and $150,000 restricted gift from the AAO for the AAO Distance Learning Project

****Includes $40,000 restricted gift from AAO for Call for Proposals/Access to Care

Educators Endorse the AAOF

Foundation Named Awards

Awards Funded Since 1994

Awards Funded Since 1994 by Constituent

Summary of Award Results

AAOF Awards by School/Year