The ADEA Distinguished Service Award recognizes significant contributions to ADEA and its members through teaching, research and service.

The Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors presents these citations to leaders who have demonstrated exceptional service to the Association and the dental education community.

Under the leadership of Enid A. Neidle, ADEA President from 1985-6, the Association adopted its policy of promoting the advancement of women in dental education. The program offers a unique opportunity for a dental educator to concentrate on issues affecting women faculty.

Learn more about the ADEA Enid A. Neidle Scholar-in-Residence Program for Women.

ADEA/Colgate-Palmolive Co./National Dental Association Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford Scholar in the ADEA Leadership Institute

The Sinkford scholarship provides the opportunity for a dental educator who is closely aligned with the promotion of equity, diversity and inclusion to participate in the ADEA Leadership Institute. Jeanne C. Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D., was the first woman to become a dean of a U.S. dental school (Howard University College of Dentistry) and a renowned scholar and champion of the advancement of women in dental education, the dental profession and the medical sciences.

Learn more about the ADEA/Colgate-Palmolive Co./National Dental Association Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford Scholarship in the ADEA Leadership Institute.

ADEA Leadership Institute Alumni Association Award to Honor Jack Bresch

This ADEA Leadership Institute Alumni Association (LIAA) award honors the memory of John Edward “Jack” Bresch and the role he played for ADEA and its members, both in advocacy and leadership.

Learn more about the ADEA LIAA Award to Honor Jack Bresch.

ADEA Leadership Institute Phase V Leadership Development Tuition Scholarship - ADEA Emerging Leaders Program

This scholarship was created to enable a junior faculty member (up to three years of experience) to participate in the ADEA Emerging Leaders Program. The awardee was nominated by an ADEA Leadership Institute alumnus or alumna.  

Learn more about the ADEA Leadership Institute Phase V Leadership Development Tuition Scholarship: ADEA Emerging Leaders Program. 

This award provides support to educators to enhance teaching efforts. It is supported by an educational grant from the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Learn more about the ADEA/ADEA Council of Students, Residents, and Fellows/Colgate-Palmolive Co. Junior Faculty Award.

This scholarship supports professional development activities for faculty of color in dental and allied dental education in the early stages of their careers.  

Learn more about the ADEA Faculty of Color Tuition Scholarships for Professional Development: ADEA Emerging Leaders Program. 

ADEA/GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Preventive Dentistry Scholarships support predoctoral dental students who have demonstrated academic excellence in preventive dentistry. 

Learn more about the ADEA/GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Preventive Dentistry Scholarships.

These scholarships support dental hygiene students who are pursuing education beyond an associate’s degree and who have an interest in an academic career.

Learn more about the  ADEA/Crest Oral-B Scholarships for Dental Hygiene Students Pursuing Academic Careers.

These scholarships support dental students who demonstrate firm commitments to becoming dental educators.

Learn more about the ADEA/Crest Oral-B Scholarships for Predoctoral Dental Students Pursuing Academic Careers. 

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA)/Sigma Phi Alpha Linda DeVore Scholarship recognizes the memory and the 30-year dental education career of Linda Rubinstein DeVore. Professor DeVore was active in dental hygiene education, scholarship and public service. She served as President of the American Association of Dental Schools (now ADEA) in 1994, and President of the Supreme Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha, the national honorary society of the dental hygiene profession, from 1997–98.

Learn more about the ADEA/Sigma Phi Alpha Linda DeVore Scholarship. 

This award provides support to educators to enhance teaching efforts. It is supported by an educational grant from the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Learn more about the ADEA Colgate-Palmolive Co. Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Learn more about the  ADEA/AADR/Colgate-Palmolive Co./Dr. Dominick P. DePaola Scholarship in the ADEA Leadership Institute.

Learn more about the  ADEA/American Association of Endodontists Foundation Scholarship in the ADEA Leadership Institute.

Learn more about the ADEA/MouthWatch Patti DiGangi Scholarship for Dental Hygiene Innovation.

Learn more about the ADEA/American College of Dentists Dr. Jerome Bright Miller Scholar in the ADEA Leadership Institute.

Learn more about the ADEA/MouthWatch Predoctoral Dental Student Scholarship for Innovation.