The MGH Institute Of Health Professions, Inc.

The MGH Institute of Health Professions, Inc., a nonprofit educational and research institution based in Boston, Massachusetts, operates as a subsidiary of Partners Healthcare System Incorporated and functions primarily as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor delivering health professions education, clinical research services, and workforce development training to federal health agencies. The institute competes full-and-open on federal grants without set-aside designations and does not hold parent contract vehicles or IDIQs; instead, it operates under task orders and direct purchase orders from federal agencies, with a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for tuition and fees delivery.

The institute's federal footprint concentrates heavily in research grants and education funding. The top five customer agencies account for 68% of recent awards, dominated by the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (31 awards), followed by HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration (12 awards), the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (10 awards, $5 thousand combined potential value), the National Institute on Aging (9 awards), and HHS's Bureau of Health Professionals (4 awards). The combined obligated dollars across all awards total $120.2 million, though the combined potential value figures in the source are anomalous and unusable for pipeline analysis. The institute's 97 total awards split 80% prime (78 awards) and 20% sub-awards (19 awards), reflecting a predominantly direct grant-recipient role.

Representative prime grant work spans neuroscience, speech pathology, aging research, cancer survivorship, behavioral health, and nursing workforce development. Recent recipients include a $624,208 National Institute on Aging Project Grant (award date June 1, 2026, completion May 31, 2029) investigating cerebral microvascular hemodynamics and speech motor control in adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease; a $696,498 National Cancer Institute Project Grant (May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031) developing and testing a multicomponent intervention to improve functional recovery and participation in activities among breast cancer survivors; and a $699,920 Health Resources and Services Administration Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grant (September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029, jointly awarded with McLean Hospital) delivering pre-service paraprofessional training in peer support, recovery coaching, and entry-level mental health roles across the greater Boston region. The institute also holds a $5.885 million Employment and Training Administration grant (June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028) leading the Nursing Expansion Education Track 1 initiative in partnership with Bunker Hill Community College, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, serving the Boston, Waltham, Salem, and surrounding regions.

Federal contract work is minimal and transactional, consisting primarily of small delivery orders and purchase orders for tuition and fees reimbursement. Recent examples include a $1,200 Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery delivery order (August 30, 2023 through January 31, 2024) and a $35,900.16 Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 purchase order (May 30, 2023 through May 29, 2027) for research services on a telemedicine intervention study focused on chronic pain management in patients with Parkinson's disease, performed at the institute's Charlestown, Massachusetts facility.

In its subcontract role, the institute participates in federally funded research consortia as a performance site or methodological contributor. Named prime grantees under which the institute subcontracts include the University of Massachusetts, The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital), Trustees of Tufts College, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, University of Tennessee, Trustees of Boston University, the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation, and the University of Delaware. Sub-awards typically position the institute's faculty as co-investigators, data collection and analysis leads, or statistical consultants on grants in speech-language pathology, geriatric rehabilitation, neurodevelopmental disorders, and cancer research. For example, the institute serves as subcontract statistician and data management lead on a General Hospital Corporation R01 grant examining functional outcomes in dysarthria and communicative participation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Activity has been stable at nine to thirteen awards annually over the past five years (2022–2025), with three awards reported through mid-2026. Thirteen awards totaling $36 thousand in potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete or non-renewal exposure. The institute's NAICS concentration reflects its educational mission: colleges, universities, and professional schools account for ten awards, with the remainder in research and development and health care services. Primary PSC codes align with education and training (tuition/registration/fees, ten awards) and health research and development services.