This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program provides $454,056 over 3 years to the Universidad Central Del Caribe, Inc. in Puerto Rico. The purpose of the UCC-PCSS-U program is to train graduate-level medical students to effectively prevent, identify, diagnose, and treat substance use disorders (SUD) and opioid use...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) provides $553,756 to Yale University to develop and implement a comprehensive curriculum for medical and physician assistant students on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and education. The key objectives are to: 1) Train 140 first-year students annually on...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) provides $600,000 in funding to Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Alabama (UAB) to implement a comprehensive addiction medicine education curriculum for medical students. The overarching goal is to provide robust education on the clinical, social,...
This $300,000 Project Grant award, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), will fund the development and implementation of the TEACH-SUD curriculum at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Over a 3-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, the TEACH-SUD program will train over 1,500 medical students,...
This $600,000 Project Grant award was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will fund an interdisciplinary program at Idaho State University (ISU) focused on educating Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), public health, and counseling students on evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, assessment, and...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will support Bay Path University's "Part of the Solution" initiative. The project aims to develop a comprehensive didactic and clinical curriculum in substance use disorder (SUD) for 210 physician assistant trainees over 3 years. Key components include...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The funding supports UC Riverside's implementation of the Promoting Access to Treatment and Health Equity (PATH) for Substance Use Care curriculum. This 3-year initiative aims to train 720 medical...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program provides $501,215 to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to deliver substance use disorder (SUD) education and training. The key objectives of the three-year "Substance Use Education in the Interprofessional Setting...
The University of Utah was awarded a $277,778 project grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant, titled "The Utah Collaborate Project (Collectively Arranging and Bringing Optimized Recovery and Addiction Training and Education to the University of Utah)", aims to bolster interdisciplinary education on substance...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to The University of Iowa (UI) Addiction and Recovery Collaborative (UI ARC) within the Department of Psychiatry. The grant, titled "The Substance Use Disorder Training Expansion to Advance Multidisciplinary Services in Iowa (SUD-TEAMS-IA)", will fund the...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Howard University. The grant, titled "Howard University Provider's Clinical Support System (HU-PCSS)", will implement a 3-year initiative to enhance education and training about substance use disorders (SUDs) and SUD treatment for Howard University's medical, nursing, and physician assistant students. Key program activities include:
Providing training in motivational interviewing, SBIRT, and overdose prevention for medical, nursing, and PA students starting in Year 1
Ensuring all students complete an 8-hour training on opioid/SUD, safe opioid prescribing, and pain management
Developing and integrating a SUD curricular "thread" across preclinical and clinical curricula
Providing clinical placements in trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services for graduate health professions students
The grant aims to train a minimum of 135 graduate health professions students annually, and 405 students over the 3-year award period, ensuring sustainability of the SUD training beyond the grant period.