The Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (MinnCResT) Program aims to train the next generation of independent investigators exploring questions in craniofacial, oral health and dental research. Supported by a major grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the MinnCResT Program scientific and career development programming and full fellowship support for graduate students, DDS/PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows wishing to begin, continue, or expand their research careers. The MinnCResT Program is putting into practice the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) road map by forming cross-disciplinary teams of trainees and mentors from such fields as biology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, immunology, engineering, psychology, dentistry, medicine, and other disciplines that contribute to its research training mission. The MinnCResT Program seeks the best and the brightest to contribute to cutting-edge craniofacial, dental and oral health research. MinnCResT Program fellows can look forward to multiple years of support, favorable employment prospects, and fascinating scientific challenges in a community that fosters interdisciplinary research.