Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program

Link

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/funding/apply-grant/teaching-health-center-graduate-medical-education

Additional Links

Fact Sheet
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov) - HRSA-25-077
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov) - HRSA-25-091

Deadline

Application Deadline: Sep 5, 2024

Sponsor

Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW)

Purpose

Provides funding to support new and existing teaching health centers, or community-based, ambulatory patient care centers, in order to strengthen the healthcare workforce and address health professional shortages across the nation. Supports medical and dental residency training programs that educate and prepare residents to offer high-quality healthcare to diverse populations, especially rural and underserved communities.

This opportunity offers 2 award types:

1. Expansion awards for an increased number of resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions at existing HRSA THCGME Programs
2. New awards to support new resident FTE positions at new Teaching Health Centers (THCs), which are residency programs that have never received payment through the THCGME program

In fiscal year (FY) 2024, there are 2 THCGME funding opportunities available:

• HRSA-25-09 - will support residents starting in academic year 2024-2025
• HRSA-25-077 - will support residents starting in academic year 2025-2026

Amount of Funding

Estimated award amount: Award amounts are formula-based and are calculated from the number of awarded resident FTEs.
Project period: 4 years

Estimated number of awards:

• 6 awards under HRSA-25-091
• 41 awards under HRSA-25-077

Estimated total program funding:

• $10,000,000 for HRSA-25-091
• $80,000,000 for HRSA-25-077

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants are community-based ambulatory patient care centers that:

• Operate an accredited primary care residency program, or
• Have formed a graduate medical education (GME) consortium that operates an accredited primary care residency program

Eligible outpatient settings include, but are not limited to:

• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
• Community mental health centers
• Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
• Health centers operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS), an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization
• A community-based entity receiving funds under Title X of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act

Primary care residency programs must provide training in 1 or more of the following specialties:

• Family medicine
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics
• Internal medicine-pediatrics
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Psychiatry
• General dentistry
• Pediatric dentistry
• Geriatrics

Teaching hospitals and academic institutions are not eligible under this opportunity. However, they may be part of an eligible GME consortium to assist with academic and administrative responsibilities.

Applicants can receive funding preference under 1 or more of the following priorities:

1. Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) priority for applicants whose main training site is located in a Primary Care, Dental Health, or Mental Health HPSA. Use the Find Shortage Areas by Address tool to determine if a site is located in a HPSA.
2. Medically Underserved Community priority for applicants whose main training site serves a medically underserved community as defined in section 799B of the PHS Act. Use the MUA Find tool to determine if a site is located in a medically underserved community.
3. Rural priority for applicants whose main training site is located in a rural area as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Training Providers

Application Process

Application requirements, instructions, and other relevant information can be found in the funding announcement.

Application deadlines are as follows:

• September 5, 2024 for HRSA-25-091
• September 20, 2024 for HRSA-25-077

HRSA-25-091applicant webinar
August 8, 2024
2:00 p.m. Eastern

HRSA-25-077 applicant webinar
August 12, 2024
2:00 p.m. Eastern

Contact

For additional information or technical assistance regarding business, administrative, or fiscal issues:
Kim Ross
301-443-2353
kross@hrsa.gov

For programmatic or technical questions:
Angela Aldrich, DDS
301-594-3731
aaldrich@hrsa.gov

Rural Awards

Past awards communities received in FY 2023 can be found on the program website.

Rural communities who have received funding include:

• East Central Mississippi Health Network in Decatur, Mississippi
• Tahlequah Medical Group in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
• Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority in Talihina, Oklahoma
• Cornerstone Care, Inc. in Greensboro, Pennsylvania

Topics This Program Addresses

Education and Training • Healthcare Facilities • Healthcare Workforce