To expand opportunities for dental education among low-income and underrepresented minority students through the Dental Pipeline Project (DPP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the ADA Foundation has initiated a scholarship program that will amplify the DPP’s ability to support minority dental students. The ADA Foundation’s program funds ten 4-year scholarships to students at five dental schools.

Oluremi Ogunsanya appreciates the assistance his scholarship provides. His parents emigrated from Nigeria, and had high expectations for their U. S.-born son to achieve the American dream.  Because of his passion for dentistry, high grades and financial need, he was an ideal candidate for the additional funding provided by the new Foundation program.  Now a student at Howard University College of Dentistry, Ogunsanya finds that the scholarship helps relieve financial pressure so he can focus on his studies, and achieve his dream.