Graduate Psychology Education Program

For program and eligibility questions:
LCDR Courtney Labitzky, BSN
301.443.6752
GPE25@hrsa.gov

For financial and budget questions:
William Weisenberg
301.443.8056
wweisenberg@hrsa.gov

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The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program offers grants to train doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. This includes opioid use and substance use in high-need underserved and rural populations.

Objectives:

• Recruit, train, and prepare trainees for the community-based primary care settings they will serve in
• Provide trainees with didactic and experiential training curricula, including trauma-informed care, substance use disorder (SUD)/opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention and treatment services, along with interdisciplinary training
• Develop academic and clinical partnerships
• Provide ongoing faculty development and staff training

Required activities:

• Recruit a diverse group of doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and/or post-doctoral resident level trainees committed to completing integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health training and the requirements of the GPE program. Trainees should demonstrate an interest in working with people in high-need, high-demand areas after graduation.
• Provide stipend support to GPE trainees
• Enhance didactic and experiential training activities to improve health service psychology trainee competencies. Training must focus on:
  • Opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD)
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Tele-behavioral health strategies
  • Knowledge and understanding of behavioral health disorders in children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth
  • Other optional focus areas: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and other substance use disorders, social determinants of health (SDOH), supporting provider mental health and well-being
• Develop or expand academic and community-based partnerships to provide experiences in different settings
• Conduct faculty and staff development training that supports the trainee curriculum

Eligible applicants are accredited doctoral, internship, and/or post-doctoral residency program of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology).

Types of eligible applicants:

• Hospitals
• HRSA-funded health centers
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
• Rural Health Clinics
• Other community-based clinical settings
• Public and private institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status
• State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states
• Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations
• GPE recipients with funding that ends on July 31, 2024, can apply as a “Competing Continuation” applicant.
• Previous GPE recipients whose funding ended before June 30, 2022, should apply as a “New” applicant

Award ceiling: $450,000 per year
Number of awards: 50
Project period: 3 years
Total funding available: $22,800,000

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