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Attention nonprofit organizations that provide oral health services to senior Americans (ages 62+)! Apply for an ADA Foundation Senior American Access to Care Grant. These grants of up to $18,500 are designed to help provide dental homes and/or continuity of care to underserved seniors. Deadline: August 2. https://tinyurl.com/y3eo7bew American Dental Hygienists' Association American Dental Assistants Association The American Geriatrics Society NNOHA - National Network for Oral Health Access American Association of Public Health Dentistry- AAPHD

Please share! Apply by May 31 for these ADA Foundation awards:

Dr. David Whiston Leadership Award: This program annually provides two $5,000 awards - the Dr. David Whiston Leadership Award and the Henry Schein Cares Dr. David Whiston Leadership Award - to dental students and early career dentists who have demonstrated leadership skills in efforts aimed at improving the oral health of the public. Read about the 2018 recipients, Dr. Eleanor Fleming and Dr. Aly Ricker: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/october/dental-epidemiologist-student-receive-whiston-awards

ADA Foundation Crest and Oral-B Promising Researcher Award: This $5,000 award recognizes excellence in oral health research to support promising researchers pursuing a career that advances preventive dentistry. Eligibility: Degree candidates who conduct oral health research in preventive dentistry while enrolled in one of the following programs: D.D.S. or D.M.D.; D.D.S./D.M.D. and Ph.D. dual degree; Ph.D. or equivalent; M.P.H., M.S. or equivalent. Read about the 2018 recipient, Dr. R. Frederick Lambert: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/october/harvard-student-receives-foundation-research-award

ADA Foundation Dentsply Sirona Research Award for Dual Degree (D.D.S./Ph.D. or D.M.D./Ph.D.) Candidates: This $10,000 award recognizes excellence in oral health research for a dual degree candidate who is interested in pursuing a career in research that advances the oral health of the public. A "dual degree candidate” is defined as an individual pursuing both a D.M.D./D.D.S. degree and a Ph.D. either simultaneously, or in sequence within a period of five years from the completion of the first degree and the start of the second. Read about the 2018 recipient, Dr. Drake Winslow Williams: https://news.dentsplysirona.com/en/corporate-news/2019/dr--drake-winslow-williams-receives-ada-foundation-dentsply-siro.html

Give Kids A Smile Community Leadership Development Institute (GKAS Ambassador program): This program provides select GKAS program coordinators with \ funding to subsidize travel and expenses associated with attending the GKAS Institute, where they gain the knowledge and resources to help them expand, enhance, or begin their GKAS program. Once GKAS program coordinators complete this training, they are eligible to become a GKAS Ambassador. The ADA Foundation provides a minimum of ten travel grants to a select group of applicants to enable them to attend a three-day training session in St. Louis, where Give Kids A Smile began. Read about the 2018 GKAS Institute: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/december/sharing-smiles

Visit www.ADAFoundation.org for complete information and eligibility requirements.

Read ADA Foundation Board member Dr. Rhonda Switzer-Nadasdi's "My View" column for ADA News: Embracing program integrity.

MyView: Embracing program integrity I love it when I see our new ADA vision statement "empowering dental professionals to achieve optimal health for all" being embraced.