Project Grant 00000D22HP00192

The Medical College of Georgia 3+ Program will provide an innovative postsecondary curriculum to improve health outcomes in Georgia through a $2.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. Funded under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program, the grant will support institutional reforms and innovative strategies at Augusta University from September 2022 through August 2025. As the awardee, Augusta University will...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant aims to "CULTIVATE SUCCESS: ENHANCED GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES" at the Escuela De Medicina San Juan Bautista, Inc., a private, non-profit Hispanic-serving educational institution located in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used by the institution to strengthen...

The Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education awarded a $500,000 project grant to Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp to support the Advocate Health Career Pipeline Program. The 3-year grant, awarded on June 1, 2023, will fund efforts to develop career pathways in the healthcare field and address community risk factors contributing to violence. As a not-for-profit health system, Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp will use the federal funding to construct...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,830,000.00 Project Grant to the Prime Healthcare Foundation - Southern Regional, LLC under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funding will support an Internal Medicine Residency Program at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, GA, in affiliation with the Morehouse School of Medicine. The award period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The Fund for the Improvement...

The University of Arizona (Arizona Board of Regents) was awarded a $3,930,144 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Medical Student Education (CFDA 93.680) program. The purpose of this grant is to increase the number of primary care physicians in Arizona through targeted interventions, including developing primary care and rural admissions tracks, expanding tribal/rural/community health center-based clinical...

This $958,187 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) supports a 3-year program at Franklin Pierce University to provide rural healthcare simulation training for physician assistant students. The program will deliver hands-on clinical simulation experiences to prepare these students for careers serving rural and underserved communities. This grant furthers the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. The 3-year grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will support the "CTSI 500 STARS Workforce Development Education and Training Pipeline Program" focused on building diversity in biomedical sciences, healthcare, and STEM careers. As a...

This Project Grant award of $745,738 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports a study titled "ADEPT: ASSESSING DIVERSITY EFFECTS POST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RESTRICTIONS IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS". The primary awardee is New York University School of Medicine. The study aims to determine the impact of recent Supreme Court restrictions on race-conscious admissions on diversity in MD and MD-PhD...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) provides $127,460 in funding to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) to transform their existing MD/PhD program into a Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (UNM LEAD MSTP). The key objectives of the UNM LEAD MSTP are to: 1) Recruit a more diverse student population reflective...

This $3,930,144 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Medical Student Education (CFDA 93.680) program will support Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine's "Pathways to Primary Care" program. The program aims to inspire 69 medical students to pursue primary care residencies and practice in rural and underserved areas of New Jersey, which is facing a significant shortage of...