Honours and Awards

Recognising excellence:
ADA NSW Awards nominations are now closed

Key dates:

Nominations for Awards open on:
Friday 4 August 2023

Nominations for Awards will close on:
Sunday 27 August 2023 at 5pm

About the Awards:

ADA NSW recognises the outstanding contributions made by its members to the profession, to oral health and to the community.

The ADA NSW also recognises the significant contributions made by non-dentists to the Branch and to the profession.

The Council has recognised these contributions by a system of awards to members of the Association and to persons, not members of the Association, who have given distinguished service to the Association.

The Council may seek advice and nominations from the members, or any committee established to consider nominations for the awards.

Award types:

Honorary Life Membership

The Association may on the recommendation of the Council at an Annual General Meeting elect as an Honorary Life Member of the Association any dentist, who is a financial member of the Association, and who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the dental profession, (in addition to any service to the Association) or to the art and science of dentistry.

Honorary Membership

The Association may on the recommendation of the Council at an Annual General Meeting elect as an Honorary Member:

Any person who has rendered distinguished service to the Association; and,
Has advanced the interests of the profession; or
Is a person distinguished in dental or allied sciences and not a member of the profession.
Honorary members will not have voting rights in any of the business of the Association.

Award of Merit. (Established 1988)

The Council may decide to award the Award of Merit to a member who has

Maintained fifteen years of membership and;
Made an outstanding contribution to the Association, or
Made a distinguished professional contribution to oral health, or
Made an outstanding contribution to the profession as a clinician, or an academic or an administrator.

Branch Service Medallion

The Council may decide to award the Branch Service Medallion to any member of the ADA NSW who has during their time of membership given distinguished service to the Association and

Is not a sitting member of the Council or the Board,
Is not at the time of the award a full-time employee of the Association;
Is not an Honorary Life Member or an Honorary Member of the Branch.

Recent Graduate Award

The Council may recommend that a dentist who has graduated with an original degree in dentistry within the previous 7 years to be awarded the Recent Graduate Award. The recent graduate award would be awarded to;

Recent graduates who have fulfilled service to the Branch and the profession and have demonstrated leadership in Branch, academic or professional activities, including dental research and leadership in activities involving dentistry and the community.
Who is a member of ADA for at least 3 years at the date of nomination.
Who is registered to practise in Australia and be resident and practise in NSW.

Kendal Binns’ Memorial Prize

The Council may recommend that a dentist who has shown exemplary achievement, conduct and service to the community through non-dental activities be recognised by the Association.

This award is to be called the Kendal Binns’ Memorial Award.

Dentists must be a current ADA NSW member and it is open to all members.

Nomination Guidelines:

Any member of ADA NSW can be nominated to an appropriate category of award.
A nomination for Honorary Membership need not be for a member of the Association.
All nominations are confidential and will be lodged with the CEO of ADA NSW.
All nominations will be referred by the CEO to the Association’s Honours and Awards Committee for consideration.
The nomination to be by a proposer, and supported by two referees and including a current CV of the nominee and nominators.
The nominee should not be informed of the nomination.
The nominators must be members of the ADA of at least five years standing.
The award would be determined by the Honours and Awards Committee, based upon the references provided by the nominators and any other information that the Committee determines as relevant.
The Honours and Awards Committee will make recommendations for the award of Honorary Life member and Honorary Member to the Council, who may make the recommendation to the Association at an Annual General Meeting or any other meeting of the Association as determined by the Council.
The Honours and Awards Committee will make recommendations to the Council for the awarding of the Award of Merit, Branch Service Medallion, Recent Graduate Award and Kendal Binns’ Memorial Prize to a member.

Award Determination:

The nominations may be made annually in a method and time frame to be determined by Council.
Not necessarily awarded annually.
May be awarded to a maximum of two members in each category per year.
Award to be in the form of a certificate or medallion (as appropriate) presented at the President’s Reception or otherwise as determined by the Council.