Regional Public Health Training Centers Program

For program or eligibility questions:
Carolyn Ayong
301.287.0230
cayong@hrsa.gov

For financial or budget questions:
John Gazdik
301.443.6962
jgazdik@hrsa.gov

HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
877.897.9910 (TTY)
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Grants.gov contact center
800.518.4726
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System for award management (SAM):
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This opportunity provides grants to support Public Health Training Centers (PHTCs) designed strengthen the public health workforce by offering student traineeships, field placements, technical assistance, and targeted training. Projects should enhance preventive medicine, health promotion, disease prevention, and healthcare access in rural and medically vulnerable communities with the goal to increase the supply of a high-quality public health workforce.

Program objectives include:

• Expand and enhance the public health workforce
• Increase community-based training partnerships in rural and medically vulnerable areas
• Provide tailers, quality training to address current and emerging public health needs including chronic disease management and improving health and nutrition

More information on program requirements for a training center and training programs, community-based training partnership, traineeships, field placements, faculty-student collaborative projects, leadership institutes, and evaluations can be found in the application instructions.

Eligible applicants are accredited schools of public health and other public or nonprofit private institution accredited to provide graduate or specialized training in public health.

Award ceiling: $910,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 10
Estimated total program funding: $9,100,000

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