10-Year Anniversary Grant supports endodontic educators with an award recognizing a decade of full-time teaching, honoring sustained commitment to education and its role in the specialty’s future.
Funder: American Association of Endodontists Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (apply within your 10th anniversary year)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 per eligible educator
Summary: Recognizes endodontic educators who have completed 10 consecutive years of full-time teaching.
Key Information: Applicants must be AAE members teaching full-time in an accredited U.S. or Canadian dental school or medical center.
The Foundation for Endodontics offers this grant to recognize educators’ sustained commitment to full-time endodontic teaching. It provides $10,000 to eligible educators who have taught full-time for 10 consecutive years, with the award made during the educator’s 10th anniversary year. The grant recognizes a teaching milestone rather than supporting a particular research topic or project.
The program is part of the Foundation’s broader educator funding opportunities, which support professional development, continuing education, and the development of scientific skills. Its emphasis reflects the Foundation’s view that endodontic education drives the specialty forward and that continued teaching by endodontists is critical to its future.