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Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020, provides several ways that make it easier for US taxpayers to help charitable organizations like the International & American Associations for Dental Research. Perhaps the most significant incentive is for US taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions. Those taxpayers can now deduct contributions to public charities, like IADR and AADR, of up to $300 per taxpayer ($600 for a married couple). Your assistance can have a lasting impact on the mission of IADR and AADR and help strengthen the Associations for years to come.

For taxpayers who itemize, deductions for charitable contributions are typically subject to a limit of 50 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). However, the limits have been lifted for 2020 to up to 100 percent of AGI for giving to certain types of nonprofit organizations; importantly, donor-advised funds and many private foundations are excluded.

AADR is a member of the Association Foundation Group (AFG) which has additional resources for donors:

Please visit the AFG COVID-19 Resources for additional Cares Act links.

Please consult your tax advisor for additional guidance.

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Dental research created a profession. In the early decades of the last century, investments in dental research moved a trade to a profession. From the fluoridation of public water supplies – a crowning public health achievement of the 20 ^th Century – to high-speed handpieces, dental composites and ceramic restorations, periodontal diagnostics and therapeutics, and more biologic approaches to replacing lost tissues, it was the investments in dental research that defined us as a profession.

Despite these advances, challenges remain.

Only with your help . . .

AADR moves Research into Action. AADR is the only professional organization positioned to support and represent the oral health research community, provide scientific career development, increase opportunities for scientific exchange, advance research in all sciences related to oral health, facilitate the application of research findings, and advocate for oral health research.

Your support:

Provides student fellowships to stimulate interest in craniofacial, oral, and dental research careers and ensure an adequate pipeline of future scientists,
Assists AADR in fostering and developing junior scientists,
Allows AADR to amplify its dialog with policy makers, under the Friends of NIDCR umbrella, to increase funding for biomedical research,
Enables AADR to publish the highest quality articles in the Journal of Dental Research and JDR Clinical & Translational Research, and,
Facilitates the application of research findings into practice and shortens the time lag from discovery to chair-side and to curb-side.

We are on the cusp of a scientific revolution in oral health care. With your investment, AADR will match or exceed the strides of the last Century and cultivate the scientific workforce of the future.

Let’s move research into action!

Donate now towards the General Session Fund

Donations will be used to offset the cancellation of the IADR Centennial – 2020 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition

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AADR Legacy Society

This society consists of individuals who have committed future assets, through estate and planned giving, to AADR, thereby ensuring support for future initiatives and growth of the Association.

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Annual Support

Support of the AADR Mission

Donate now towards AADR's Mission.
The AADR is the only professional organization positioned to support and represent the oral health research community, provide scientific career development, increase opportunities for scientific exchange, advance research in all sciences related to oral health, facilitate the application of research findings, and advocate for oral health research. Help AADR to advance these initiatives with your donation.

AADR Government Affairs Advocacy Contribution

Donate now to support AADR Advocacy.
The AADR Government Affairs Committee (GAC) promotes policies and programs that strive to make oral health research a national priority. Your contribution will be used to support AADR's efforts of studying national affairs and advising leadership on developments that might affect dental research. Learn more here.

AADR Student Research Fellowship Contributions

Donate now towards the AADR Student Research Fellowship Program.
Open to AADR/IADR members who are pre-doctoral students enrolled in an accredited DDS/DMD or hygiene program within the USA. The Fellowship allows students to develop and conduct a research project under the guidance of a mentor. Learn more here.

Endowment Campaign

(Your contribution is matched up to $1 million by AADR!)

Gifts made to and held in these Board-designated funds will establish and activate a restricted endowment upon meeting the minimum funding amount through outright gifts. No fellowships will be awarded until the year following the fund reaching the prescribed minimum amount. When the endowment fund activates, the original funds and any additional principal cannot be withdrawn, expended, or otherwise exhausted.

AADR Endowment – Anne D. Haffajee Fellowship

Donate Now to the Anne D. Haffajee Fellowship
This Fellowship was created in recognition of Dr. Haffajee’s many contributions to clinical research in Periodontology and Oral Biology and her prominence as a female leader and role model in the field. The immediate goal of this fellowship is to support women researchers at the early stages of their scientific careers.

This Fellowship reached an important endowment milestone in 2016, which enabled the first fellowship to be awarded in 2017! Donations continue to be solicited so that the fellowship award amount can keep pace with inflation, be increased, and/or that additional fellowships be awarded. Learn more here.

AADR Endowment – William Butler Fellowship

Donate Now to the William Butler Fellowship
The William (Bill) Butler Fellowship was created in recognition of Dr. Butler’s many contributions to research in mineralized tissues and his prominence as a leading mentor and role model in the field. The immediate goal of this fellowship is to support researchers at the early stages of their scientific careers. The long term objective of this fellowship is to increase the representation of mineralized tissue researchers at the higher ranks in science and academia and who will serve as the future mentors in this field. Learn more here.

AADR Endowment – AADR New Investigator Grant Program

Donate Now to the AADR New Investigator Grant Program
This grant will recognize original research by new investigators and is designed to stimulate basic research in all dental research disciplines. One grant per year will be awarded in the amount of $10,000 that must be put towards the candidate’s post-doctoral research, establishment of their laboratories, the completion of a research project or preparing research for publication. Learn more here.

AADR General Operating Endowment

Donate Now to the AADR General Operating Endowment
These funds would be used as general AADR operating support to offset the day-to-day operating costs and to further the mission of the AADR. This important endowment will help keep the Association’s membership dues at a low level. No funds will be spent from these contributions until the endowment is activated at $100,000, and will follow the AADR Endowment Spending Policy and will be subject to the AADR Gift Acceptance Policy.

For more information about supporting AADR please contact:

Sheri S. Herren, Assistant Director of Strategic Programs
International & American Associations for Dental Research
1619 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3406, USA
T: +1.703.299.8094 | F: +1.703.548.1883 | E: sherren@aadr.org

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