The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Cooperative Agreement Program. The purpose of this program is to support and disseminate rigorous research that strengthens evidence-based policy and enhances understanding of issues and trends in the health workforce.
Pending available funding, HRSA anticipates that up to nine (9) HWRC cooperative agreements will be funded under this notice:
• One (1) HWRC will focus on the public health workforce. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be jointly funded by Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) and HRSA, and administered by HRSA.
• One (1) HWRC will focus on the behavioral health workforce. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded solely by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and administered by HRSA.
• One (1) HWRC will focus on health equity in the health workforce. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded and administered solely by HRSA.
• One (1) HWRC will focus on the allied health workforce. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded and administered solely by HRSA
• One (1) HWRC will focus on long-term care support and services. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded and administered solely by HRSA.
• One (1) HWRC will focus on the oral health workforce. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded and administered solely by HRSA.
• Two (2) HWRCs will focus on emerging health workforce topics. HRSA expects that these two HWRCs will be funded solely and administered by HRSA.
• One (1) technical assistance HWRC. HRSA expects that this HWRC will be funded solely and administered by HRSA.
Interested applicants from within Duke should contact dukeiln@duke.edu as early as possible.
Application Due Date: April 14, 2022
Eligible applicants for the HWRC Cooperative Agreement Program are a State, a State workforce investment board, a public health or health professions school, an academic health center, or an appropriate public or private nonprofit entity. Faith-based and community-based organizations are eligible to apply for these funds if otherwise eligible. Tribes and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. Foreign entities are not eligible for this award.
NOTE: Multiple applications from an organization with the same DUNS number or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) are allowable if the applications propose separate and distinct projects and the applicants meet the two following conditions:
1. Each campus of the applicant organization is allowed to submit one application per HWRC topic area (from Section I.1 of this notice). A campus is defined as a division of a university that has the same name yet is separate with its own grounds, buildings (e.g., school of nursing) and faculty; a single department or agency of a state or local government. For example, the University of ABC – Springfield and the University of ABC – Goldboro can each submit an application for the same HWRC topic area under this program.
2. You can submit only one application per campus for each of the eight (8) HWRC topic areas identified in Section I.1. For example, the University of ABC – Springfield can submit one application for the Health Equity in the Health Workforce topic area AND one application for the Behavioral Health Workforce topic area. Alternatively, the University of ABC – Springfield can submit one application for the Health Equity in the Health Workforce topic area, and the University of ABC – Goldboro can submit one application for the Behavioral Health Workforce topic area.
HRSA estimates approximately $4,950,000 to be available annually to fund up to nine (9) recipients. The actual amount available will not be determined until enactment of the final FY 2022 federal appropriation.
• If you are applying under the HWRC topic areas related to Public Health Workforce or Behavioral Health Workforce, you may apply for a ceiling amount up to $900,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs) per year.
• If you are applying under the HWRC topic areas related to Health Equity in the Health Workforce, Allied Health Workforce, Long-Term Care Support and Services, Oral Health Workforce, Emerging Health Workforce Topics, or Technical Assistance, you may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $450,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs) per year.
