Awards & Grants Program

In keeping with our mission to provide a means for the interchange of ideas reflecting the complete scope of clinical practice in fixed, removable and implant prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, restorative dentistry and dental technology, the Editorial Council of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, through it Awards and Grants program, makes funds available to eligible organizations. These funds are awarded to support activities that foster manuscript publication in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry or enhance communication and cooperation among dental communities through the World Wide Web.

Funding Criteria

Proposals for funding submitted to the Editorial Council should be designed to:

1. Satisfy the priorities of the Editorial Council
2. Further the goals and missions of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry;
3. Expand and disseminate the body of knowledge in prosthodontic research, education and patient services, or improve the health care and well-being of the public,
4. Promote The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry nationally and internationally and
5. Acknowledge excellence in advancing the discipline of prosthetic dentistry.

Funding Priorities

Activities under the auspices of Founding or Sponsoring Organizations that promote the following missions will be considered:

1. Improve the well-being of the public;
2. Improve the care of elderly, disabled (handicapped) and medically compromised patients;
3. Provide strategies to aid patients with special needs in obtaining appropriate dental care;
4. Promote the legal and ethical guidelines for prosthodontic practice;
5. Add to the body of knowledge in prosthodontics, and distribute this information to the academic and practicing communities;
6. Improve strategies for teaching prosthodontics to pre- and post-doctoral students;
7. Assist dental and prosthodontic organizations in the advancement of the specialty and discipline of prosthodontics;
8. Develop strategies to determine the future prosthodontic needs of the public and how to meet those needs.
9. Improve communication within professional organizations through their website or
10. Honor exceptional individuals for scholarship contributions or with Life Achievement Awards in the dental/prosthodontic field

Special Projects

1. The preparation, publication and distribution of manuscripts that will expand the body of knowledge in prosthodontics for the professional and/or the lay public;
2. Facilitate communication among, and distribution of information to dental communities through the World Wide Web; or
3. Directly aid dental healthcare and awareness within the public sector.

Protocol for Application Review

Applications for funding will be reviewed by the Awards and Grants Committee. Members of the committee will rank the applications on a scale of 1 to 5 using the funding criteria and priority statements above to establish a priority score. The committee may, during the review of the proposal, request the assistance of external consultants with expertise in the subject relevant to the application.

Statements of the quality, significance and contributions of the funding request to the mission statement of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, and to prosthodontics in general, and the appropriateness of the budget for each will be presented in the form of a report prepared by the committee. The chair of the Editorial Council will receive the report and submit its recommendations to the members of the Editorial Council at its annual meeting. The members of the Council will review the report and recommendations by the Awards and Grants Committees as a basis for approval or rejection. All approved applications will be funded based on availability of funds.

Applications need to be received by December 1 or July 1 in preparation for a decision by the Editorial Council of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry which meets in January and August.