Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program

Forecasted Federal grant Posted

Opportunity number
HRSA-27-084
Agency
Applications expected due
Award size
$160,000 to $960,000

Opportunity facts

Expected posting
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Health
Eligible applicants
  • Other
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Unrestricted
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
Points of contact

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is forecasting applications for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program, which funds primary care and dental residency training in community-based ambulatory care settings, with no application deadline specified in this forecast.

Eligible applicants are community-based ambulatory patient care centers that operate accredited primary care residency programs, including federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, rural health clinics, Indian Health Service facilities, and Title X–funded entities. Applicants must be listed as institutional sponsors by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or Council on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Eligible primary care residency specialties include Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, General Dentistry, and Pediatric Dentistry. Federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American organizations may apply if otherwise eligible.

HRSA provides an interim payment rate of $160,000 per resident full-time equivalent (FTE). New Teaching Health Centers may apply for establishment awards to support initial resident FTE positions, followed by future maintenance or expansion awards. All requested resident FTEs must exceed the program's baseline and must not exceed the number approved by or awaiting approval from the relevant accrediting body.

Award periods are annual, with annual reconciliation based on resident FTE count. Recipients must maintain grant accounting records three years after program end. The program distributed $2.42 billion across 371 awards through HRSA's Bureau of Health Professionals, with individual awards ranging from approximately $53,558 to over $1.6 million depending on FTE positions and program scope.

Applications are reviewed against five criteria: Purpose and Need, Response to Program Purpose, Impact, Organizational Information/Resources/Capabilities, and Support Requested. Award notification occurs approximately 120 to 180 days after application receipt. CFDA 93.530.

Forecast synopsis

The purpose of the THCGME Program is to prepare residents to provide high-quality care, particularly in rural and medically underserved communities, while developing the competencies they need to serve a wide range of populations and communities. The THCGME does this by providing funding to support the training of residents in HRSA-supported primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers.

Eligibility

An eligible entity is a community-based ambulatory patient care center that operates an accredited primary care residency program, individually or through a graduate medical education (GME) consortium. Eligible primary care residency program specialties include the following: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, General Dentistry, and Pediatric Dentistry. The THCGME Program provides an interim payment rate of $160,000 per resident full-time equivalent (FTE) to increase the number of primary care medical and dental residency position in community-based setting.Through this opportunity, payments will be made to support new resident FTE positions for new programs at eligible community-based ambulatory patient care centers. New Teaching Health Centers (THCs) are those applicants seeking funding for residency programs that have never received payment under the HRSA THCGME Program for the applicable residency program in any previous fiscal year. Under this model, a new THC program could apply to receive an award for its initial class of FTEs under the establishment awards type, and in the future apply for a maintenance award to sustain that number of FTEs and for an expansion award to increase that number of FTEs. As described in 340H(h)(2)(B), all resident FTEs for whom THCGME support is requested must be above the program's resident FTE baseline and must not put the program above the number approved by or awaiting approval by, the relevant accrediting body.Eligible entities include: Federally qualified health centers, as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)]; Community mental health centers, as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(3)(B)]; Rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2)]; Health centers operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [25 U.S.C. 1603]); An entity receiving funds under Title X of the PHS Act; A community-based GME consortium that operates an accredited primary care residency program.

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