Funding-Limited Submission - HRSA Partnership for Oral Health Leadership Cooperative Agreement (HRSA-10-210); June 29, 2010

The purpose of this program is to support national membership organization efforts focused on maternal and child oral health to assist their members to improve public oral health programs for women and children and the delivery of maternal and child oral health care services at the national, state and local levels. More specifically, funding support will allow these organizations to develop and disseminate new information about maternal and child health in a format most useful to policy and decision makers concerned with developing MCH policies and programs in the public and private sectors at local, State and national levels; to gather information from their membership about issues of concern relating to maternal and child oral health; to assist members to work together and with staff from other service programs to solve maternal and child oral health problems; and, to more clearly articulate the particular needs of women, children and their families in the nation at large. Strategies will be utilized that are focused on innovative and effective fundamental approaches to prevention, diagnosis, early intervention and treatment of oral disease, with focus on school-based comprehensive oral health access to services.

The Partnerships in Oral Health Leadership Cooperative Agreement program will support the following four (4) categorical efforts under this announcement:

1. Build capacity to train medical students in oral health;
2. Represent State oral health programs;
3. Represent oral health financing of State Medicaid and CHIPPRA programs; and,
4. Fund oral health programs through foundations.

Program Information and Solicitation: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=8A8525ED-3E0C-4D3F-B19C-460C69B2C264&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup

Because HRSA limits the number of proposals to one per institution, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program should send a pre-proposal with the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, June 29, 2010:

Program Name - HRSA Partnership for Oral Health Leadership Cooperative Agreement
Names and departments of the Project Director and key personnel
Brief abstract of project (1-2 p. max) including goals and activities.
If you have received funding for a similar program in the past, please include a statement to this effect and the dates of the project period

HRSA Deadline: July 14, 2010

Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.)