A graduate student's, graduate program director's, and chairman's perspective of the Dentist Scientist Award program

The Dentist Scientist Award (DSA) program was introduced as an innovative mechanism of support and structure to meet the critical demand for the training of expert clinician scientists. This article presents an overview of the University of North Carolina's DSA program as it relates to the Department of Prosthodontics and the graduate program in prosthodontics. Recruitment of DSA candidates for the program and for faculty positions is described.