Grant Opportunities and Fellowships


3M ESPE Preventative Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Up to three (3) pediatric dentistry postdoctoral students/residents are selected each year to receive a yearlong research fellowship. The Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children Committee on Scientific Affairs selects the recipients on a competitive basis from eligible submissions. Recipients receive complimentary Annual Session registration for themselves and one guest, travel expense reimbursement, a cash award and are honored at the Annual Session. 3M ESPE generously supports this program.

The 2009-10 recipients will present their research at the 64th Annual Session in New York, N.Y.

Please contact Foundation Coordinator Tracey N. Schilligo for more information. Proposals are due on March 5, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time via e-mail to tschilligo@aapd.org for presentation at the 2011 Annual Session.

Call for Applications

2008-09 OMNI Fellowship Recipients
2007-08 OMNI Fellowship Recipients
2006-07 OMNI Fellowship Recipients
2005-06 OMNI Fellowship Recipients
2004-05 OMNI Fellowship Recipients
2003-04 OMNI Fellowship Recipients

Samuel D. Harris Policy and Management Fellowship

Call for Applications

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children is accepting applications for the Samuel Harris Fellowship. Pediatric dental residents and individuals in their first five years post-residency are eligible to apply. The Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children and Paul S. Casamassimo created this opportunity for individuals to participate in governance and advocacy activities, AAPD and HSHC functions, and attend internal organizational and inter-professional meetings. Pediatric dental residents and individuals in their first five years post-residency are eligible to apply for the Samuel Harris Fellowship. Part of this fellowship will be completed at the AAPD headquarters in Chicago, Ill., and a deliverable project is required at the end of the Fellowship. A cash stipend and payment for travel to Chicago and other meeting locations is provided. HSHC and the selected applicant/program director will agree upon exact fellowship dates. Applications are due April 30, 2010 by e-mail only to tschilligo@aapd.org.

Goals of this fellowship are identified below:


  1. Familiarize AAPD members with the specialty, its governance and issues facing it in the 21st century.
  2. Expose new members to the administrative and membership functions of a dental specialty.
  3. Inform members of organizational strategies, advocacy and interprofessional relationships not commonly available to pediatric dentists in practice or academics.
  4. Better prepare members to assume leadership roles in dental specialty governance, particularly within the AAPD governance structure.
  5. Complete a relevant project in pediatric dentistry.
Click here to download the call for applications.

To receive more information, please contact Foundation Coordinator Tracey N. Schilligo at (312) 337-2169 ext. 22 or hshc@aapd.org.

Investigator-Initiated Research Grants

The Investigator-Initiated Research Grant occasionally provides, by way of announcement by the HSHC Board of Trustees, $30,000 ($15,000 per year for two years) to study a topic selected by the Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children Committee on Scientific Affairs. The current recipient of this grant, Dr. Kaaren Vargas, will present her research on the Influence of Parental Presence at the 2009 AAPD Annual Session in Honolulu, Hawaii. Please check back for updated information on this award.