A subcommittee from the ADEAGies Foundation Board of Trustees (BOT) will be charged with managing the review of submissions and presenting nominees to the full BOT for selection.

If no nominee meets the eligibility requirements or standards for an award, the award may not be given. Each finalist selected may be asked to provide additional information and must be willing to accept the award in person or virtually, if necessary.

Eligibility 

Individual educators, programs/institutions or public or private partners facilitating the creation, exchange, evolution and application of ideas that bring new value to our profession or industry and enhance oral health through oral health education.

Criteria

1. Advances collaborative integration of health education and care, which results in improvement in general health and oral health.
2. Creativity that meaningfully transforms oral health education, research or service.
3. Work demonstrates insight beyond the ordinary.
4. Sets a new standard in their area for new ways of improving oral health, oral health education or community service that is departure and beyond usual accomplishment.
5. Execution is beyond program extension.
6. Provides evidence of impact through outcomes.

Eligibility

Individual educators, programs/institutions or public or private partners reaching exemplary transformative achievement in oral health education providing evidence of outcomes for improvement in collaborative practice, reduced health disparities or inequities.

Criteria

1. Transformative accomplishment in an area of oral health education, community care or research that has broad impact on overall health.
2. Visible impact on people, places or communities related to oral health education.
3. Work sets a new standard.
4. Creates new opportunities for individuals, programs or institutions to be successful in reaching the goals of oral health education for individuals, programs or communities.
5. Achieving success in education while addressing health disparities.
6. Provides evidence of impact through outcomes.

Eligibility

Individual educators, programs/institutions or public or private partners articulating the pursuit of contemporary ideas or a set of ideals, perspectives or solutions to create broader meaning for the dental profession and effectively bridge the present to the future of oral health care.

Criteria

1. Insight into the future needs of oral health education, resulting in transformative change.
2. Widely recognized for leadership accomplishment.
3. Accomplishment is ahead of its time and shapes the future of oral health education, research or clinical/community service.
4. Systemic health care education change that promotes health equity.
5. Provides evidence of impact through outcomes.

Eligibility

Early- to mid-career full-time educators in a dental school. Faculty should have completed at least five years in an academic setting and are pre-tenure, if on a tenure track, and hold Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor ranks.

Criteria

1. Achieved sustainable innovation in teaching, learning, patient care or research.
2. Collaborative approaches to improving pedagogy, curriculum or comprehensive patient-centered care.
3. Advances workforce innovation, collaborative care and integration of team approaches to improve oral and systemic health care.
4. Provides evidence of accomplishment or impact through outcomes.

Eligibility

Early- to mid-career full-time educators in an allied oral health education program. Faculty should have completed at least five years in an academic setting and are pre-tenure, if on a tenure track, and hold Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor ranks.

Criteria

1. Achieved sustainable innovation in teaching, learning, patient care or research.
2. Collaborative approaches to improving pedagogy, curriculum, comprehensive patient-centered care.
3. Advances workforce innovation, collaborative care and integration of team approaches to improve oral and systemic health care.
4. Provides evidence of accomplishment or impact through outcomes.