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The Mission of the AAOF is to advance the orthodonotic specialty by supporting education and research.  Foundation funding ensures the future viability of the specialty by investing in the next generation of educators and researchers.

Since 1994, the AAO Foundation Awards Program has provided $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 Education

Support for Junior Faculty has resulted in:

  • Publications – over 100 articles and abstracts, most of which have been published in journals within orthodontics, but many in journals outside the specialty and the profession.
  • Lectures – scores of lectures at dental, orthodontic and at other scientific meetings as well.   
  • Professional advancement – to date at the 70 graduate orthodontic residency programs in the US and Canada there are:
    • 22 Department chairs and/or program directors funded while Junior Faculty
    • Numerous tenured, associate and full professor positions Nine NIH funding recipients
    • 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 some 250 peer-reviewed, funded proposals.

In addition to support of Junior Faculty, the Foundation has created the AAOF Craniofacial Growth Legacy Collection designed to preserve representative materials from the participating orthodontic collections.

 

Continued Commitment to the Specialty® - Two Options – (Choose either Pledge option or Century Club Option) 

  • Pledge Option – Either initial pledge or pledge increase. 

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  • Century Club Option - open-ended, ongoing commitment of a minimum of $100 minimum per month, either by bank authorization or credit card. 

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Participation– Support for a Continued Commitment to the Specialty® has come from Constituent and Component Societies, AAOF Corporate Partners, and Friends of the Specialty, but by far the vast majority of pledges have come from AAO members. AAO members, in fact have pledged 80 percent of all funds realized to date.

As of February 2010, Continued Commitment to the Specialty® has realized $33.7 million in pledges, of which $23.9 million has been redeemed. 

Regents, Fellows and Founders – Much of the credit for the campaign recent success can be attributed to those 517 individuals (as of 2/1/10) who have pledged at the Regent ($25,000) level or higher. Their combined pledges account for more than almost half of all pledges from individuals. 

 

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