The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is pleased to announce the 2024 Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grants.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Grant Duration: 1 year 5 months
Details:
Clinical training is a requirement for dental professionals to become licensed, but opportunities to receive clinical training are limited. Under the authority of Minnesota, the Commissioner of Health is authorized to award grants to sponsoring institutions and clinical dental training sites for projects that increase dental access for underserved populations and promote innovative clinical dental education or clinical training programs. Individual providers applying alone are not eligible for grants, nor are clinical training sites or institutions outside of Minnesota.
Potential uses of grant funds include expanding existing clinical training programs that have demonstrated success in providing dental services to underserved populations and in developing or implementing new programs designed to improve access for underserved populations. Programs must use dental occupations residents or students in dental professional training programs. Grants must be used to fund costs directly related to the established or ongoing operation of an accredited clinical dental education program or to establish or expand an accredited clinical dental training program at a Medicaid-eligible site. Examples of potential uses of funds include, but are not limited to:
- development of curricula for new dental-only or interdisciplinary programs,
- training programs for new dental professions such as dental therapy,
- outreach to potential patients and trainees through tele-dentistry systems,
- recruitment of volunteer or paid preceptors, and/or
- other expenses related to establishing new clinical training sites or expanding services at existing sites.
Program Priorities
- Areas of the state where the number of dental providers is not sufficient to meet the needs of public program recipients, uninsured individuals, or other underserved populations;
- Applicants that demonstrate the potential for sustaining access to underserved populations in the long term;
- Applicants that use innovative clinical training models to achieve improved access while offering instructional content;
- Applicants that address unmet dental workforce needs.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant Approx. $1,100,000
- Estimated Award Maximum Approx. $150,000
- Estimated Award Minimum Approx. $30,000
Grant Duration
Grant projects will be approved for the period January 2024 through June 2025.
Eligible Projects
While project eligibility is broad, proposed projects must result in a direct and quantifiable benefit. Eligible projects under this program may include:
- Establishing or expanding a dental professional clinical training program;
- Providing dental services to underserved population(s);
- Building or renovating clinic space;
- Establishing, updating or improving information, data collection or billing systems, including electronic health records systems:
- Procuring, modernizing or replacing equipment used in the delivery of direct dental care at a clinic:
- Providing improvements for care delivery, such as increased translation and interpretation services;
- Improving the applicant’s ability to provide dental care to the vulnerable populations they serve.
Eligible Expenses
- Salaries
- Fringe Benefits
- Contracted Services
- Travel
- Related training expenses
- Supplies
- Equipment
- Capital Improvements
- Accredited educational institution fees related to clinical training
- Other related expenses (must be clearly defined by the applicant)
- Indirect Costs
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include teaching institutions that train dental professionals and clinical training sites that increase dental access for underserved populations and promote innovative clinical training of dental professionals. The teaching institution or the clinical training site must provide accredited clinical training.
For more information, visit MDH.
