b'YOUR MEMBERSHIPNominations for the 2021LEAD program now acceptedDo you know an up-and-coming leader in periodontics who has demonstrated an interest in guiding and influencing the specialty? If so, nominate them for the 2021 Leadership, Engagement, Action, and Development (LEAD) Program!LEAD is an exclusive two-day program designed to identify future leaders in periodontics, cultivate the necessary skills to ensure success, and inspire a commitment to advance the profession. Topics to be covered in the LEAD Program include: Opportunities within organized dentistry Clinical, practice, and scientific leadership Effective community outreach Personal roadmap developmentThis years program is scheduled for Oct. 1-3, 2021 in Chicago. Air travel, hotel accommodations,ground transportation, and meals will be provided for selected participants.To be eligible for the 2021 LEAD Program, nominees must: Be an Active AAP member in good standing who has been in practice ten years or less Have demonstrated a previous aptitude for leadership during residency, within periodontal practice, or in another setting Have shown an interest in playing a role in moving the specialty forward through clinical, scientific, or organizational leadershipThe nomination deadline is Friday, April 9, 2021. For more information or to access the nomination form,visit perio.org/members/lead-program-nomination. The LEAD program is sponsored by theAAP Foundation and Nobel Biocare. Annual Meeting scholarshipsStudent members and periodontists who have graduated within theStraumann New Periodontist Scholarshipspast two years are eligible to apply for scholarships to help defray theThrough the generous support of Straumann, the costs of attending this years Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Florida.AAP will award 19 $500 scholarships to U.S. and Nobel Biocare Student Scholarships Canadian periodontists new to practice in order for them to attend this years Annual Meeting. The AAP, through the generous support of Nobel Biocare, will award 10Scholarship recipients must have graduated from $500 scholarships to be used toward Annual Meeting expenses. Studentan accredited periodontal residency program within members who are currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. or Canadian- the past two years and maintained continuous based periodontal residency program are encouraged to apply.membership with the AAP since graduation. Please visit perio.org/meetings/Nobel-Biocarescholarship Please visit perio.org/meetings/Straumann-for more information or to apply. scholarship for more information or to apply.For more information about the 2021 Annual Meeting,visit am2021.perio.org.AAP Periospectives| 34102378_AAOP.indd34 3/18/212:36 PM'