INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the application section below. Nominations will be reviewed by selected members of FDA leadership bodies. Recipients will be notified in November 2021 and can receive the physical award at the annual Awards Event held in conjunction with the 2022 Florida Dental Convention in June. NOTE: Members of the FDA Board of Trustees are not eligible to receive the leadership award.
PLEASE REVIEW THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA BELOW FOR YOUR NOMINEE; we cannot accept nominations that don't meet the criteria.
DEADLINE: All nominations must be received by Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.
AWARD CRITERIA:
Dental Team Member Award
Number Awarded: Up to 1
Eligibility: Any team member of a member dentist in good standing
Nominators: Any member dentist
Criteria: Demonstrates dedicated effort and outstanding accomplishments both within the dental team as well as public outreach and volunteerism
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Public Service Award
Number Awarded: Up to 3
Eligibility: Any individual, organization or corporation
Nominators: Any FDA member in good standing, district or affiliate
Criteria: Performed extraordinary acts of charitable service related to oral health that have left an indelible mark on the individuals, groups or communities it touched
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New Dental Leader
Number Awarded: Up to 1
Eligibility: Any FDA member in good standing who has been out of dental school for 10 years or less
Nominators: Any member in good standing
Criteria: Demonstrates outstanding leadership qualities and professional/ethical conduct; has held leadership position(s) and participated in volunteer activities in the community and/or organized dentistry
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Dental Student Award
Number Awarded: Up to 1
Eligibility: A third- or fourth-year ASDA member in good standing attending a Florida dental school
Nominators: Any FDA member in good standing, Florida dental school faculty/staff or dental association staff (FDA or component)
Criteria: Demonstrates exceptional leadership qualities, volunteerism, commitment, and involvement in organized dentistry
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Leadership Award
Number Awarded: Up to 2
Eligibility: Council/committee/task group members, Florida Delegation members, District and Affiliate Leadership
Nominators: Any member in good standing of an FDA leadership body
Criteria: Length and diversity of leadership service, remarkable development and implementation of new ideas and programs, demonstrated leadership skills, successful maintenance of ongoing efforts. NOTE: Members of the FDA Board of Trustees are not eligible to receive the leadership award.
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Dentist of the Year
Number Awarded: Up to 1
Eligibility: Any member in good standing
Nominators: Any member dentist
Criteria: Demonstrates outstanding service to the association, to the profession of dentistry, and/or to the community during the previous year as well as leadership and people-management skills
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J. Leon Schwartz Lifetime Service Award*
*FDA's highest level award
Number Awarded: Up to 1
Eligibility: Any FDA member in good standing
Nominators: District Dental Societies (through the District Executive Director - up to one nominee per district)
Nominee must belong to the district making the nomination
Criteria: Demonstrated dedicated effort and outstanding accomplishments in organized dentistry throughout the entire span of their career