IGNITE Impact

Student Experience & Success

Our dental students are our greatest asset and are at the heart of our mission. An important way to support them is through scholarship giving. There are several scholarships available to support student success. The Fund for Excellence helps to defray those expenses not covered by State funds as well as to provide financial support for other unique faculty and student needs.  Our students are changing the future of oral health by learning and serving to improve care, and advance the profession. Your gift helps them make this critical impact while becoming experienced oral health professionals.

Make a Gift to Student Scholarships

  Video: How Scholarships Support Student Success

Research: Support Discovery of New Knowledge 

The UIC College of Dentistry has a research infrastructure inspiring courageous discovery of new knowledge to improve oral health care and the profession. Our research is focused in the areas with the biggest promise to change the future of oral health: cancer and inflammation biology, big data and bioinformatics management, novel biomaterials/bioengineering, along with wound healing, and tissue regeneration. Your support allows us to accelerate improvements in quality of life, critical to the University as a Carnegie 1 research institution. 

Make a Gift to Research 

Community-Based Service Learning & Public Health

We are addressing the oral health needs of vulnerable and underserved populations, and reducing the barriers to access to care through affordable patient care services, service-learning and community outreach efforts.  The College of Dentistry joins with the University in delivering real solutions to community disparities by expanding the power and reach of oral health care delivery and education. Your support will help us continue to expand our services and gain partners in the communities where we can have the greatest impact.

Make a Gift to the Service-Learning Fund