Aae foundation Opportunity Grants

Opportunity grants are open to applicants whose requests fall outside the guidelines of the Foundation’s current grant-making programs. Current programs are: Endodontic Research Grants including requests for proposals, the Endodontic Educator Fellowship Award and the Annual Session Grant for Educators.

Through its grant-making, the Foundation seeks to:

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   Inspire and support research and the genesis of new knowledge in endodontics
   
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   Enhance the experience of endodontic therapy for patients and clinicians
   
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   Increase the number of endodontic educators and facilitate their ability to excel as academicians
   
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   Improve the quality of endodontic education for predoctoral and postgraduate students via the curriculum and clinical experience within the endodontic program
   
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   Support new programs for “nontraditional” educators with unique requirements
   

Applicants must submit a one page letter of intent. The letter should describe purpose of the request, the applicant’s credentials and state the amount of funding requested. The deadlines for letters of intent are August 1 and December 30. Applications will be reviewed by the Foundation’s Executive Committee. If the request fits the Foundation’s current priorities, applicants may be asked to submit a full proposal to the Board of Trustees.

The guidelines for submitting a proposal are outlined below. This document, including the proposal cover sheet can be downloaded from the AAE website. The deadlines for proposals are October 1 and February 1. Proposals are reviewed at the interim and annual meetings of the Foundation Board of Trustees. Applicants will be notified of their status following the meeting. On occasion, applicants may be invited to present their request to the Board.

Proposals must be submitted electronically, either via e-mail at proposals@aae.org or by postal mail on a CD or DVD. The following items must be included:

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   Proposal cover sheet
   
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   Two letters of support from individuals who are involved with the project. If the proposal will be conducted in cooperation with an academic department, these letters must be from the dean of the dental school and the head of the department.
   
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   An itemized budget and budget justification. If the applicant is receiving funds from other sources, those sources should be included in the revenue section of the budget. An explanation of the other funding sources should be provided in the budget justification.
   
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   A proposal of not more than five pages. Please cover the following topics in the order they appear below.
   

b. An explanation of how this request relates to the Foundation’s goals, which goal and area of support it addresses, and how the proposal will advance the specialty in this area

c. The specific goals and objectives of the project

d. The timeline and implementation plan, if applicable

e. Experience or background information that demonstrates that the applicant has the ability to meet the stated goals and objectives

f. A explanation of how the success of this project will be evaluated

g. If applicable, relevant statistics and analysis
To ensure consideration, each of these topics must be addressed.
October 16, 2003

Revised August 2005

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