Awards

The American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology offers 2 awards: The Dental Student Travel Award and the Gorlin Award (see table below for easy reference information).

The Dental Student Travel Awards are for recognition of outstanding dental students who have conducted research in the field of Oral Pathology.  The abstracts are judged prior to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.  An award of $1,000 is provided to the students that are selected.  The award helps to offset expenses for these students to attend the annual meeting of the AAOMP to present their research findings.  The student must present their research findings at the meeting in order to receive the award however.

The Gorlin Award is a similar award, in the amount of $500.  It is available to dentists that are enrolled in a graduate residency training program in any of the specialties of dentistry.  The research area of interest must be relevant to oral and maxillofacial pathology however.  Residents competing for this award must present their findings as an oral abstract presentation at the annual meeting.  The Awards Committee will judge the presentation on site to determine the awardee.

To apply for an award, you must submit an abstract of your research. You may, of course, list other authors who mentored or assisted you.  Abstract submission should be accomplished using this on-line submission system.  Dental students and residents that wish to compete for these awards should be sure to indicate their status and their intent to compete in the designated areas during the submission process.  Research topics include basic pathobiology, oral pathology and clinical oral pathology.

For guidance, examples of abstracts from previous Essay Programs can be found here. Scroll past the first table below to see the guidelines for submission of abstracts.

All presenters must register for the meeting and pay the registration fee by the registration deadline.  Residents and dental students are eligible for a reduced registration fee.