Funder: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
Due Dates: November 9, 2026 (Concept) | January 4, 2027 (Proposal) | February 15, 2027 (Concept) | April 12, 2027 (Proposal) | November 8, 2027 (Concept)
Funding Amounts: Requests considered by scope and priority alignment; awards last at most one year
Summary: Supports oral health systems change through policy, community voice, care delivery, research, and emergent or relief needs.
Key Information: All applicants must submit a concept; full proposals are accepted by invitation only.
Description
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health funds partners working to transform oral health systems and advance health equity. Its grantmaking supports policy and advocacy, community capacity and voice, care delivery, and research. Priorities include protecting or expanding publicly funded dental benefits, engaging historically underserved communities in decisions affecting their health, testing person-centered care models, and addressing workforce shortages.
Research funding emphasizes community-based, participatory work that generates evidence for systems change. Areas of interest include oral health inequities, population oral health, medical-dental integration, classification and prediction of outcomes, teledentistry and minimally invasive care, intervention costs, and value-based care. The Institute also supports time-sensitive opportunities, disaster relief, urgent organizational needs, and sponsorships promoting shared learning in oral health.
