Deadline: 18-Mar-2025
The Health Resources and Services Administration invites applications for Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry (PDD) program to improve access to and delivery of oral health care services in rural and underserved communities.
Purpose
- The purpose of the Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry (PDD) program is to improve access to and delivery of oral health care services in rural and underserved communities. If you receive this grant, you will support innovative postdoctoral dental residency and fellowship training programs at community-based organizations (CBOs) to prepare general, pediatric, and public health dentists to practice and lead new models of oral health care delivery. A communitybased organization is a community-based, ambulatory patient care center that operates a primary care dentistry training program. Funded grant training activities must start by the beginning of the second budget period, July 1, 2026. You must conduct your project in one or more of the following three focus areas:
- Rural training sites.
- You’ll prepare dentists to provide care in rural communities by developing and implementing new training and delivery models in CBOs or enhancing existing ones.
- Underserved populations.
- You’ll prepare dentists to provide care to underserved communities by developing and implementing new training and delivery models in CBOs or enhancing existing ones. This should include an emphasis on serving people with complex oral health needs.
- A dental public health residency program.
- You’ll develop and test new or enhanced training in dental public health residency programs, including didactic and experiential training to provide dentists with the skills to manage oral health programs, evaluate systems of care, and design surveillance systems to measure oral health status.
- Rural training sites.
Objectives
- To increase the number of postdoctoral trained primary care dentists (general, pediatric, and public health dentists) who choose to practice in rural or underserved areas in community-based organizations.
- To prepare dentists to address the oral health needs of people from disadvantaged backgrounds with complex dental conditions.
- To increase the number of dentists trained to manage oral health programs, evaluate systems of care, and design surveillance systems to measure oral health status.
Funding Information
- Expected total available funding in FY 2025: $12,500,000
- Funding range per award: Up to $450,000 to fund awards in five 12-month budget periods for a total five-year period of performance from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2030.
Who can apply?
- You can apply if you are an entity that has:
- An accredited dental or dental hygiene program or
- An approved residency or advanced education program in general, pediatric, or public health dentistry.
- If you are eligible, you may partner with a school of public health to provide a master’s degree in public health to dental students, residents, and dental hygiene students.
- Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.
- Trainee eligibility
- To receive support under this program, a trainee must be one of the following:
- A U.S. citizen or noncitizen national.
- A U.S. permanent resident.
- Additionally, the trainee must:
- Demonstrate need for support, and
- Plan to work in the practice of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, or dental public health.
- To receive support under this program, a trainee must be one of the following:
For more information, visit Grants.gov.