The University of Iowa College of Dentistry supports a vibrant research enterprise through both external and internal grant funding. In the 2023-2024 fiscal year, external grants came from a wide range of sources, including federal, state, and local agencies, industry partners, and private foundations, and our internal grant funding primarily supported pilot projects designed to attract future external funding.

External Funding

$ 8.2M +

in external grant awards

42

grants awarded

93

grant applications submitted
Table showing external grant funding for the College of Dentistry from FY2020-FY2024

In FY2024, researchers at the College of Dentistry submitted $20,339,707 in external grant applications. This surpassed FY2023, becoming a record year for requested funding.

Diverse Funding Sources

Our researchers received funding from a variety of sources, including the following:
  • American Association for Dental Research 
  • CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, Inc 
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company 
  • Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation 
  • Geistlich Pharma AG 
  • Iowa Department of Health & Human Services 
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Oral Mucosal Immunity Consortium 
  • Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust 
  • Tokuyama Dental Corporation 
  • US Department of Health and Human Services 
A pie chart that shows percentage of funding by source

Internal Grants

$ 155K +

Awarded to faculty through internal grant programs

6

New projects funded

5

different research areas

FY2024 Seed Grant Awardees

Sukirth Ganesan

Sukirth Ganesan

Associate Professor of Periodontics

Project Title: "Determining the Impact of Middle Chain Fatty Acids in Periodontal Health and Disease"
Co-Investigator: Liu Hong

Julie Reynolds

Julie Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Preventive and Community Dentistry

Project Title: "Impact of an Annual Benefit Maximum on dental utilization among adults in Connecticut Medicaid"

Ariene Leme-Kraus

Ariene Leme Kraus

Assistant Professor of Operative Dentistry

Project Title: "Dentin and enamel roles on the development and progression of noncarious cervical lesions"

Eric Van Otterloo

Eric Van Otterloo

Associate Professor of Periodontics

Project Title: "In vitro functional characterization of computationally filtered variants associated with orofacial clefting"
Co-Investigator: Azeez Butali

FY2024 CRISP Grant Awardees

Aline Petrin

Aline Petrin

Assistant Professor of Orthodontics

Project Title: Epigenomic analysis of mirror-twins with nonsyndromic cleft lip provide insight into role of DNA methylation in laterality defects

Thaigo Porto

Thiago Soares Porto

Assistant Professor of Operative Dentistry

Project Title: Characterization of hydroxyapatite particles carried with niobium nano-particles: An understanding of particles physicochemical properties

An Yi Ma

An Yi Ma

Clinical Assistant Professor

Project Title: Determining the most accurate and conservative method of fiber post removal