Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center Program (PCDFD) | HRSA 26 080

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The Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center Program (PCDFD) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary funding opportunity designed to create or support a national-style resource and training hub focused on strengthening the faculty workforce that teaches primary care dentistry. The core idea is to build teaching capacity and leadership in dental education while also pushing programs to take a broader, community- and population-health view of oral health. In practice, the funded center is expected to help dental faculty become stronger clinical educators, develop the skills needed to lead academic and training programs, and actively share effective approaches through dissemination activities such as publications and conference presentations.

A major emphasis of the program is faculty development that goes beyond day-to-day clinical instruction. The center is meant to improve how faculty teach clinical dentistry, while also building leadership competencies so that participants are prepared for roles such as course directors, program administrators, and other academic leadership positions. At the same time, the program expects the center to advance community and population-level strategies, meaning it should promote methods for assessing oral health needs in communities, designing interventions, and improving oral health outcomes in ways that can be measured and communicated. Dissemination is not treated as optional; the program explicitly calls for sharing results and best practices through scholarly and professional channels, which signals an expectation that the center will generate models or evidence that others can adopt.

This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically means HRSA anticipates substantial involvement with the awardee during the project period compared with a standard grant. While the specific structure of that involvement is not described in the provided text, cooperative agreements generally imply collaboration, oversight, or technical coordination between the agency and the recipient as the work is carried out.

Eligibility is broad but clearly tied to institutional capability and dental education accreditation. Applicants may include accredited schools of dentistry, public or nonprofit hospitals, and other public or private nonprofit entities that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines can carry out the grant. A key condition is accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) by September 1, 2026, which is a firm eligibility requirement stated in the notice. The eligible applicant types listed also include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status, as well as an “other” category, reflecting HRSA’s flexibility as long as the applicant meets the program’s capability and CODA-related requirements.

Administratively, the opportunity is identified as HRSA-26-080 under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 93.976, and it falls under the health funding activity category. The application deadline is July 8, 2026. The award ceiling is $1,000,000, and HRSA expects to make one award, indicating a competitive process where a single organization will likely be selected to operate as the center or hub for this initiative. The opportunity was created on June 5, 2026, which suggests a relatively short window between posting and closing, making early planning and readiness important for prospective applicants.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center Program (PCDFD)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.976.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-06-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-07-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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