Advancing Equity Through Oral Health Fund
Advancing Equity Through Oral Health Fund supports community-led or informed organizations’ policy, care delivery, workforce, and research projects to build equitable, accessible oral health systems.
Funder: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
Due Dates: Rolling (Concept submissions) | November 9, 2026 (Concept) | January 4, 2027 (Invited proposal) | February 15, 2027 (Concept) | April 12, 2027 (Invited proposal) | November 8, 2027 (Concept)
Funding Amounts: Flexible funding based on scope and strategic alignment; awards last up to one year
Summary: Supports community-informed policy, care delivery, workforce, and research projects advancing equitable oral health systems.
Key Information: Applicants must be based in the 50 U.S. states or Washington, DC, with all funded activities conducted there.
Description
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s Advancing Equity Through Oral Health Fund supports work toward an oral health system that is just, equitable, and accessible to all. Priorities include federal and state oral health policy, innovative medical-dental integrated care models, and a strong, diverse integrated health care workforce. The fund also supports community capacity and voice, and research generating data and insights for oral health systems change.
Projects should be led by communities historically affected by oral health inequities or strongly informed through trusted relationships with them. CareQuest emphasizes health and racial equity, partnerships that strengthen capacity and infrastructure, engagement with communities closest to the problems, and local, state, or federal policy and systems change.
