OpportunityTitle: ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals- Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are accredited schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, teaching hospitals, and graduate medical education programs.  A graduate medical education program is a program sponsored by a school of medicine, a school of osteopathic medicine, a hospital, or a public or private nonprofit institution that: (1) offers postgraduate medical training in the specialties and subspecialties of medicine; and (2) has been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association through its Committee on Postdoctoral Training.    Applicants must be located in the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia.
Description: This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. Twenty-one health professional training programs comprise this initiative. As defined by this program, a Health Professional Training Program is a program authorized under Titles III, VII and VIII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act which focuses all or in part on the training of health professionals. HRSA is announcing the availability of funds to support multiple programs in the purchase of health professions training equipment. While the overall goals of the EETHP Equipment Initiative are the same for each program, applicants must satisfy the statutory requirements of the health professions training program under which they are applying for equipment. Accordingly, a different funding announcement is being offered for each of the 21 eligible programs that comprise the Initiative. This funding opportunity is for entities eligible for the EETHP-GTPD grant program only. The equipment requested under this announcement should support activities and the goals of the Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals program. To be eligible for the EETHP-GTPD funding opportunity, an applicant does not need to be a current Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals (GTPD) grantee, but must be eligible to apply for the GTPD grant program.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772;301-998-7373 or email
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