NYSDA Awards Guidelines and Applications for 2022

The Council encourages participation in the nominating process, and looks forward to receiving many worthy resumes in consideration of NYSDA’s most prestigious awards.  The awards criteria and guidelines are below. 

If you wish to nominate an individual for either of these awards please complete the Nomination form, include his or her resume and a brief background statement justifying your selection, and remit to:  

New York State Dental Association
20 Corporate Woods Blvd., Ste. 602
Albany, New York 12211
ATTN:  Dr. John Liang, Council on Awards Chair

Or submit via email: jbell@nysdental.org

Nominations must be submitted no later than Monday, November 29 to allow timely distribution to the Council on Awards for its consideration. The Council will meet in December to vote. 

Criteria, guidelines and application for the Distinguished Service Award
Criteria, guidelines and application for the Jarvie Burkhart Award

The New York State Dental Association Hallmarks of Excellence Award recognizes outstanding local district programs in two areas:

• Membership Enhancement: Outreach programs coordinated by component districts and members that recruit or help retain existing members.
• Education/Community Service: Courses and publications that enhance membership and encourage an exchange of information among members. As well as programs that put a “public face” on dentistry by providing education and/or services at schools, health fairs, libraries and other community locations.

All nominations must include commentary and supporting documents for the following areas:

• Need for the program
• How the program was implemented
• Groups/individuals involved in the program
• Budget
• Results and how they were measured
• How was the program innovative
• Obstacles faced
• Recommendations for improvements

The NYSDA Council on Membership & Communications will award one winner of each category $250 and the recipient will be recognized at the NYSDA House of Delegates meeting in June of each year.

The NYS Dental Foundation is accepting applications, due April 1, 2022, for the 2023 Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) awards, which will award up to $5,000 to organizations which have proven capacity to expand or enhance education and/or access to oral health care for children. Once-a-year activities are NOT eligible for consideration.

ALL nominations must include a statement indicating why, besides financial need, the nominator has chosen to seek funding from the Foundation.

To apply, go to https://www.nysdentalfoundation.org/nys-give-kids-a-smile.html. 

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