The ODA Foundation has awarded $227,520 in grants since 1995. All have impacted dental education for dental and dental auxiliary students, as well as community education programs. Recent grantees are listed below.

Areas of the applications below can now be filled in online and printed out. Please note, you cannot save the application with the information on it. Be sure to print out each page as it is completed so you do not lose the data that was entered.

The ODAF project grant application process is now open and is open to qualified Ohio oral health projects. Specific criteria and examples of qualified projects are outlined in the 2010 Program Grant Application. Click here for the 2010 Grant Application.

The ODA Foundation has a new grant opportunity in 2010 for a research program through which up to $7,500 will be awarded. Eligible applications must be for a clinical or laboratory research project to be conducted by dental students at OSU or CWRU, or by residents in an ADA-accredited Ohio general practice dentistry or pediatric dentistry residency program. Click here for an application.

2009

• $2,500 "Dental Care and Education for the Uninsured in Wayne Co.," Viola Startzman Free Dental Clinic
• $1,000 "The Bricks and Mortar of the Dental Home," the OSU College of Dentistry
• $1,000 "Oral Hygiene Kits for Kids," Hannah's Treasure Chest

2008

• Xylitol for Caries Prevention in Inner City Children, $5,000, CWRU School of Dental Medicine
• Pack A Smile, $3,000, statewide educational program for Give Kids A Smile! Day events
• Student Leadership Development Program, $6,000, CWRU School of Dental Medicine
• Dr. Milton Rubin Oral Health Education Program (Akron) $5,000, Beacon Journal Charity
• Reading for Smiles, $1,000, Dayton

2007

• Akron Summa Hospital Residency Program — $15,000
• OSU Geriatric Dentistry Nursing Home Education Program — $5,000
• Case School of Dental Medicine Student Leadership Initiative — $4,000
• Choffin School of Accredited Dental Assisting — $4,000
• Dr. Milton Rubin Oral Health Education Program — $2,000

2006

• Mercy Medical Center in Canton Dental Residency Program — $10,000
• Case School of Dental Medicine EFDA Program — $10,000

2005

• University Hospital of Cincinnati Dental Residency Program — $10,000
• Beacon Journal Charity Fund elementary school education program — $3,000
• OSU College of Dentistry — $50,000
• Alliance of the American Dental Association — $1,000

2004

• Case School of Dental Medicine — $50,000