Application Deadline: June 1

A $20,000 fellowship will be awarded annually to one or more individuals through a generous grant from Dr. Colin Richman. Fellowship applicants must be a periodontist resident, orthodontist resident or young faculty member with five or fewer years in academia at an accredited institution.

The 2021 recipients of the Dr. Colin Richman and Family Perio-Ortho Interface Award are:

• Vrushali Abhyankar, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Ayman Al Dayeh, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Guo-Hao Lin, University of California San Francisco
• Allison Jan, University of California San Francisco

Application Deadline: June 1
The recipient of the Patty & Paul Levi Research Award receives a $5,000 award. Eligibility is restricted to predoctoral students being mentored by a periodontal faculty member in a dental school where there is a postdoctoral periodontal program. Immediate family members of the AAP Foundation Board of Directors, officers, and selection committee members are not eligible to apply for the fellowship. 

Recipient History
The 2021 Patty and Paul Levi Research Award recipient is April G. Martinez, University of California, San Francisco.

Application Deadline: June 1
The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation supports resident research in the field of periodontology through the Robert S. Schoor Research Award Program, a $2,000 annual award for resident-written manuscript. A wide range of research subjects that are significant to the clinical practice of periodontology will be supported. The program is named in memory of Robert S. Schoor, DDS, a champion of periodontal education and students. He served as Director of the Advanced Program in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry, President of the American Academy of Periodontology, and Examiner of the American Board of Periodontology. He also served as a Captain in the United States Air Force.

Recipient History
The 2021 AAP Foundation Schoor Research Award recipient is Muhammad Saleh, University of Louisville.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $10,000 Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Award recognizes excellence in original research by a resident or recent graduate in the specialty of periodontics that advances clinical therapies in periodontal regeneration. The research may deal with any aspect of hard or soft tissue regeneration that advances or supports clinical therapies in the natural dentition or with dental implant use. Applicants must have completed original research in the field of periodontal regeneration, and have produced a manuscript that has been accepted for publication, if not already published. This award was created with a generous contribution by Dr. Jo Rummelhart, in honor of her mentor Dr. James T. Mellonig. 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.

Recipient History
The 2021 Dr. James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Award recipient is Linda Wang Lam, University of Rochester.

Application Deadline: June 1
The $20,000 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship was created to address the retention of top periodontal clinical researchers and educators early in their careers. This Fellowship is intended to provide personal funding and support to those individuals who may be facing educational debt while striving to establish themselves in an academic role. The award was created by generous donors in honor of Myron Nevins, DDS, a leader in periodontal clinical research. Full-time periodontal educators who have been teaching at least one, and not more than five, full-time academic years at US programs are eligible to apply. Applicants must be board certified in periodontology.

Through a generous gift from BioHorizons, a second Fellowship will be awarded; all of the application criteria will remain the same.

Recipient History The 2021 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship was awarded to Panagiotis Dragonas, Louisiana State University.

The 2021 Nevins Biohorizons Fellowship was awarded to HimaBindu Dukka, University of Louisville.