Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program

For program and eligibility questions:
Xiomara Santana
301.480.2777
xsantana@hrsa.gov

For financial and budget questions:
Kim Ross
301.443.2353
kross@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
TTY: 877.897.9910
HRSA contact page

System for award management (SAM):
866.606.8220
Federal service desk

The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program provides maintenance funding to support the training of residents in primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The purpose of the THCGME program is to strengthen the primary care workforce by supporting medical and dental training programs in primary care, community-based settings with an emphasis on improving the distribution of this health workforce in rural and underserved communities.

To be eligible for this funding opportunity, current recipients must:

• Be funded under previous announcement HRSA-23-013
• Have a current period of performance that ends on June 30, 2027

Award amounts are based on a formula, calculated from the number of awarded resident full-time equivalents. The fiscal year (FY) 2027 rate is $160,000 per resident FTE.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

The FY 2027 opportunity is for the continuation of currently funded programs.