Grantee: AAOF

Award: Max. of $25,000 for 1 year

Application Deadline: December 15, 2008

Web address: www.aaofoundation.net/Awards/index.cfm

Eligibility:

• U.S. and Canadian citizens
• Foreign nationals who possess a U.S. “green card” or its Canadian equivalent
• Those foreign nationals not yet in possession of a U.S. “green card” or its Canadian equivalent, as long as the applicant and the institution will stipulate that obtaining such status is applicant’s intention and where there is demonstrable evidence of this intent.
• Considered full-time faculty members by their institution.

Description:

Awards are designed for those individuals employed in an orthodontic department during years 3/5-10 of their academic careers. Furthermore, the AAOF will be most enthusiastic for those proposals where there is collaboration with more senior faculty who are established investigators. Evidence of institutional commitment to the project (e.g., in the form of a letter of support from an appropriate institutional official/officials) is required.

Normally, such awards will be restricted to those faculties who hold the Assistant Professor academic grade (i.e., “junior” faculty). Residents interested in an academic career or faculty in years 1-5 of their teaching careers are encouraged to apply for a Fellowship Award, rather than for the Biomedical Research Award. For the purposes of determining when full-time academic appointments began, this only includes full-time appointments at U.S. or Canadian institutions.

Uses/Restrictions/Conflicts:

Funds will not be available from the AAOF to support travel except that required to conduct the actual project. Funds are not available to support the production of illustrations for presentation or publication, to support publication costs, or to pay faculty salaries (for other than P.I. or Co-P.I.), student stipends, or student tuition. Non-student personnel can be supported, but justification must clearly equate the amount of work with amount of support requested. Salary support for the P.I. or Co-P.I. is allowed, but this must be justified with an appropriate explanation and, where appropriate, an indication of institutional commitment to the individual(s) making application.   Also, individuals may apply for a Post-doctoral Fellowship Award and also either an Orthodontic Faculty Development fellowship Award or a Biomedical Research Award, in the event that the Post-doctoral Fellowship Award is not approved.