Preventive Medicine Residency Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Richard Stahlhut, MD, MPH
301.287.0058
PMRProgram@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
John B. Gazdik
301.443.6962
jazdik@hrsa.gov

The Preventive Medicine Residency Program provides grants for graduate medical education training to preventive medicine residents for the purpose of increasing the number and quality of preventive medicine residents and physicians to support access to preventive medicine and to improve the health of communities. Funds may be used to:

Program objectives include:

• Increase the knowledge and skills of preventive medicine residents to incorporate public health competencies into primary care through having one of their rotations be a longitudinal rotation at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
• Increase the knowledge and ability of preventive medicine residents to identify and address social determinants of health (SDOH), low health literacy, and health disparities faced by the populations served by FQHC
• Develop or enhance the curriculum to incorporate teaching regarding emerging public health crises, health equity, health literacy, and strategies to address SDOH
• Increase recruitment and retention of diverse preventive medicine residents and faculty

Entities eligible to apply for this funding include:

• Accredited schools of public health or school of medicine or osteopathic medicine
• Accredited public or private nonprofit hospitals
• State, local, or tribal health departments
• Consortia of two or more eligible entities

Estimated award amount: $400,000
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 16
Estimated total program funding: $6,700,000

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