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The Friends of NIDCR - the organization with one message:
Advancing Oral Health Research for a Better Quality of Life

The Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (FNIDCR), a non-profit 501C3 organization, was established in 1998, for the 50th Anniversary of the NIDCR. The Friends is a broad-based coalition of individuals, academic institutions, dental schools, patient advocate organizations, dental societies and corporations who understand the critical importance of dental, oral and craniofacial research to the health and well-being of people in the U.S. and globally.

For over a decade, The Friends of NIDCR has been committed to supporting the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a unique institute in the world that supports research and research training. Our mission is to educate the public and key decision makers about the importance of investing in the NIDCR.

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What's New

  • [July 22, 2010] Read our July e-news – Funding, Research & more.

  • [July 22, 2010] See where NIDCR applied ARRA Funding.

  • [Apr 16, 2010] Stimulus Progress in Jeopardy Warns FNIDCR: President Donoff Testimony Calls for Increased Investment in NIDCR to Maintain Jobs, Confront Projected Budget Reductions
    Read the Testimony (pdf). Read the funding update.

  • [Feb 4, 2010] President Obama Releases FY2011 Budget: Increases Requested for NIH, NIDCR; However Stimulus Progress in Jeopardy Warns FNIDCR

  • [Jan 6, 2009] First Symposium on NIDCR-Funded Research with Annual Gala a Success! See article & photos.

  • [Dec 22, 2009] NIDCR 2010 Funding Increases by $10.5 Million (2.6%).

  • [Dec 17, 2009] Dr. Julio Frenck gives the 2009 Barmes Global Health lecture at NIH. Read it.

  • [Oct 30, 2009] Read our Oral Health Research fall issue.

  • [Oct 29, 2009] Oral Health Caucus Grows to 14 – biggest ever with addition of Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)!

  • [Oct 15, 2009] Congressional Caucus on Oral Health welcomes Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)

  • [July 21, 2009] Read the NIDCR Strategic Plan 2009-13

  • [July 10, 2009] NIH has announced several new ARRA funding opportunities

  • [June 23, 2009] FNIDCR Award Winner Advocates for Oral Health in Washington Post.
    Read writer Mary Otto’s article “Putting Teeth in Health-Care Reform.”

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