Published: 05-10-2022 17:38 | Updated: 05-10-2022 18:05

Five million euros from Horizon Europe grant programme for innovations to improve oral health

Picture of a smiling Nagihan on one of the bridges between KI's dental clinics and the research labs.
Professor Nagihan Bostanci. Photo: Yuezhen Huang

The Horizon Europe grant programme for innovations has awarded the consortium DELIVER (DELiberative ImproVEment of oRal care quality five million euros to improve oral health.

With successful funding from the Horizon Europe program, Prof Nagihan Bostanci, at the Department for Dental Medicine, will work with academic partners across seven countries to map an innovative oral healthcare model which optimizes oral health and overall wellbeing in vulnerable populations.

The DELIVER (DELiberative ImproVEment of oRal care quality) project is coordinated by Radboud University in Netherlands and involves partners from the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, England, Malta, Portugal, UK and Sweden. The DELIVER project will lead to more collaborative problem solving, better access to affordable oral care for all, and more attention to effective prevention.