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HRSA-25-075: Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry

Closed Closed March 18, 2025 Opportunity HRSA-25-075

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2024.

Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $450,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 27 awards worth $12.5 million in total. Applications closed on March 18, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed December 19, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedDecember 19, 2024
DeadlineMarch 18, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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 masters degree in public health to dental students, residents, and dental hygiene students. Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

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 community-based 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. • Underserved populations. • A dental public health residency program.

Category: Health.

Who has won Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry (93.059) awarded $110 million across 108 grant awards, an average of $1.0 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioTexas4$5.1 million
Trustees of Boston UniversityMassachusetts3$5.0 million
East Carolina UniversityNorth Carolina3$4.9 million
Texas a & M University System Health Science CenterTexas3$4.6 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York2$4.3 million

Top states: New York ($17.0 million), California ($13.8 million), Massachusetts ($12.0 million), Texas ($10.7 million), Pennsylvania ($8.5 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HRSA-25-075 still open?

No. It closed on March 18, 2025.

Who can apply for Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry?

Closed March 18, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $450,000 each. About $12.5 million in total across about 27 awards.

Who has won Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Trustees of Boston University, East Carolina University. The program made 108 awards worth $110 million in that time.

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