Deadline: 1-Jun-22
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Public Health Scholarship Program (PHSP).
The purpose of PHSP is to strengthen the public health workforce by providing support to organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue training and careers in public health.
Goal: The goal of the program is to increase the capacity in public health systems to meet core public health functions, the Ten Essential Public Health Services, and decrease public health inequities and health disparities.
Objectives
- Enhance the knowledge and skills of the public health workforce by developing or strengthening community partnerships and linkages to identify employment needs, training opportunities, and to facilitate scholarship recipients’ employment post training completion in state or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, and other public health-related organizations.
- Educate the public health workforce to address public health inequities and health disparities and incorporate principles of social determinants of health (SDOH) into practice.
- Educate the public health workforce to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID–19, as well as other public health emergencies, by providing public health field experience (practicum) opportunities.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $39,000,000 to be available to fund 26 recipients. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $1,500,000 per award (fully-funded at the outset for the use over the period of performance), with a ceiling amount of $500,000 per year (includes both direct and indirect/facilities and administrative costs). All funds will be awarded the first year for use over the entire period of performance.
- The period of performance is September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2025 (3 years).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible entities for the PHSP are:
- a health professions school, including an accredited school or program of public health, health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or a school providing health management programs;
- an academic health center;
- a State or local government; or
- any other appropriate public or private nonprofit entity.
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private nonprofit entities. Domestic faith based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply, if otherwise eligible.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336478