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Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center Program (PCDFD)

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance Listings: 93.976 -- Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Clinician Educator Career Development Awards

Last Updated: March 9, 2026

Description

​​The Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center serves as a resource and training hub to:

  • ​Support the development of faculty who teach primary care dentistry. 
  • ​Advance community and population-level approaches to assess and improve oral health outcomes. 
  • ​Prepare dental faculty for roles in program leadership. 
  • ​Faculty development will include: increasing the ability to teach clinical dentistry, developing leadership competencies, and dissemination including publishing and presentations.​ 

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
  • Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

​​You can apply if​ ​you are an accredited school of dentistry, public or nonprofit hospital, or public or private nonprofit entity which the Secretary of Health and Human Services deems capable of carrying out this grant. ​ You must be accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) before September 1, 2026.

Grantor contact information

Description

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Email

jungard@hrsa.gov

jungard@hrsa.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

March 31, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

May 15, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

September 1, 2026

Estimated Project Start Date:

September 1, 2026

Fiscal Year:

2026

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$1,000,000

Program Funding

1

Expected awards

$500,000

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

HRSA-26-080

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Forecast posted date:

March 9, 2026

Archive date:

April 8, 2026

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