Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program (DFLRP)
Key Facts
Status: Open
Posted date: February 26, 2026
Archive date: April 22, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361375
Opportunity number: HRSA-26-066
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency code: HHS-HRSA
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $100,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Health
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- 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
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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- category_of_funding_activity:health
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
Description
The purpose of the Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program is to increase the number of dental and dental hygiene faculty in the workforce by assisting dental and dental hygiene training programs to attract and retain full-time faculty through loan repayment.