This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Preventive Medicine Residency (PMR) Program. The purpose of this program is to increase the number, quality, and diversity of preventive medicine residents and physicians to support access to preventive medicine and to integrate population health with primary care to improve the health of communities.
The goals of the PMR program are to 1) increase the supply and diversity of the preventive medicine physicians; and 2) enhance the quality of the preventive medicine residencies through residents having one of their rotations be a longitudinal rotations in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in rural and/or medically underserved communities.
Application Due Date: November 21, 2022
Eligible applicants include:
a. An accredited school of public health or school of medicine or osteopathic medicine;
b. an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital;
c. a state, local or tribal health department; or
d. a consortium of two or more eligible entities as described in items, a, b, or c.
NOTE: Multiple applications from an organization are allowed if the applications reflect different specialty areas (public health and general preventive medicine, aerospace medicine, and occupational medicine). An applicant cannot submit more than one application for each specialty area. Each application will be evaluated and scored independently.
HRSA estimates approximately $6,700,000 to be available annually to fund approximately 16 recipients. The actual amount available will not be determined until enactment of the final FY 2023 federal appropriation. Applicants may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $400,000 total cost per year. Your request for each year of the period of performance cannot exceed your year 1 request. This program notice is subject to the appropriation of funds, and is a contingency action taken to ensure that, should funds become available for this purpose, HRSA can process applications and award funds appropriately. The period of performance is May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2027 (4 years).