Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging - Research Opportunities and Funding

Research Opportunities and Funding

• NIDCR/Clinical Research to Improve the Oral Health of Older Adults (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed); PAR-19-239 (Companion Funding Opportunity: PAR-19-240, R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research to address gaps in our knowledge related to the risk factors, access to care barriers, oral health promotion and disease prevention strategies, and clinical management of dental, oral, and craniofacial diseases more commonly experienced by older adults. This FOA defines “older adults” as those individuals age 65 years and older. This FOA will not support studies that meet the NIH Definition of a Clinical Trial. Investigators proposing clinical trials must use NIDCR’s UG3/UH3 mechanism. Click for information about NIDCR’s clinical trials program.
• Health Disparities and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01). Please refer to the Notice of NIDCR’s Participation in PAR-15-349 for important details related to research proposing to study oral health disparities in cohorts of patients with dementia.
• Emerging Directions for Addressing Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease (R03). Please refer to the Notice of NIDCR’s Participation in PAR-15-350 for important details related to research proposing to study oral health disparities in cohorts of patients with dementia.