Indiana Curriculum Enhancement Grant

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Funded by the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Indiana Curriculum Enhancement Grant offers funding to support eligible Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency programs in Indiana in developing new or substantially expanding existing curricular components that provide at least 8 weeks of rural training experiences and at least 8 weeks of addiction medicine training.

Program goals and objectives:

• Develop or substantially expand structured rural and addiction medicine curricular components aligned with identified workforce needs
• Increase meaningful resident exposure to rural practice settings
• Strengthen resident competencies in prevention, identification, treatment, referral, recovery support, and other evidence-based elements of addiction medicine, as appropriate to the residency specialty
• Increase the number and quality of sustainable rural rotation opportunities
• Support faculty and preceptor readiness for rural and addiction medicine education
• Build durable partnerships among sponsoring institutions, residency programs, rural clinical sites, community organizations, and addiction treatment providers
• Create curriculum, operational workflows, evaluation systems, and sustainability plans that are ready for implementation
• Support long-term recruitment and retention of physicians in rural and medically underserved Indiana communities

Detailed curriculum requirements and a scope of work are provided in the application instructions.

Eligibility requirements:

• Be an existing ACGME-accredited residency program that will develop and implement the proposed curriculum
• Maintain an eligible ACGME accreditation status throughout the award period
• Be located in Indiana or demonstrate that the proposed project will primarily support Indiana residents, Indiana training sites, and Indiana rural workforce needs
• Propose both an 8-week rural training component and an 8-week addiction medicine training component
• Provide evidence of support from the residency program's sponsoring institution
• Demonstrate sufficient faculty, administrative, fiscal, and operational capacity to complete the proposed project
• Identify the entity authorized to execute the subrecipient agreement and receive reimbursement on behalf of the residency program
• Agree to all applicable program, reporting, monitoring, record-retention, and federal funding requirements

Applications involving the following specialty areas may receive priority:

• Primary care
• Emergency medicine
• Family medicine
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• General surgery
• Psychiatry

Award ceiling: $150,000
Project period: All activities and expenditures must be complete by July 31, 2027.
Estimated number of awards: 15

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application form are available on the program website.