Teaching Fellowships
The AAP Foundation Teaching Fellowship supports early-career periodontal educators in the U.S. by helping them manage educational debt so they can focus on teaching and advancing periodontology.
Funder: American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Teaching Fellowships)
Funding Amounts: $25,000 per fellowship; one-time award
Summary: Supports early-career periodontal educators at U.S. institutions with funding to relieve educational debt and promote academic careers in periodontology.
Key Information: Only faculty in their first three years of full-time teaching at a U.S. periodontal program are eligible.
Description
The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation (AAP Foundation) Teaching Fellowship is designed to encourage and support new periodontal educators in the early stages of their academic careers. The fellowship provides a $25,000 award intended to help recipients manage educational debt, enabling them to focus on academic and teaching responsibilities. The program aims to foster the next generation of leaders in periodontology education by making academic careers more accessible and sustainable for young faculty.
