Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program
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For programmatic or technical
questions:
Young Song, DrPH, MPH, MS, RD
301.443.3353
ysong@hrsa.gov
For grants management or budget
questions:
David Treer
301.443.0563
DTreer@hrsa.gov
The Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program (GACA) provides funding to support the career development of junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health. The overall goals of the program are to develop the necessary skills to lead healthcare transformation in a variety of settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings, to be age-friendly and to provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults.
Program objectives include:
- Develop junior faculty for careers in academic geriatrics to address the program goals
- GACA candidates spend at least 75% of their time providing training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals
- Identify mentors who will advise and provide guidance and supervision to GACA candidates regarding planning, directing, executing, and evaluating the proposed activities in the GACA candidates' Faculty Career Development Plans
GACA candidates are encouraged to address the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HRSA clinical priorities around substance and opioid use disorder, value-based care, and mental health through interprofessional education and training in clinical geriatrics using, where appropriate, telehealth technology, including teleprecepting, telementoring and Project ECHO, live video, remote patient monitoring, and other technology as appropriate.
Eligible applicants include accredited schools of:
- Allopathic medicine
- Osteopathic medicine
- Nursing
- Social work
- Psychology
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Allied health
Organizations must submit a separate application on behalf of each eligible individual applying for a Geriatric Academic Career Award.
Award ceiling: $75,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 26
Estimated total program funding:
$2,000,000
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