Medical Student Education Program

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The Medical Student Education Program provides grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages.

Required activities include:

• Develop and implement new and/or expanded curricula that implements a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based training activities with an emphasis on practicing in tribal communities, rural communities and/or medically underserved communities, and addresses how to meet the needs of underserved populations
• Provide scholarships for medical students who intend to practice in primary care tribal, rural, and/or medically underserved areas
• Ensure that at least one or more of the clinical sites for medical students are in a primary care setting such as a Teaching Health Center or other community-based setting that provides primary care training

Priority will be given to applications from universities in states with the greatest number of federally-recognized tribes and from entities with demonstrated private-public partnerships.

Eligible applicants are accredited public colleges of medicine in:

• Nevada
• Utah
• Mississippi
• Arizona
• Florida
• New Jersey
• Tennessee
• Alabama
• Oklahoma
• Idaho

Award ceiling: $1,000,000 per budget year
Project period: 2 years 9 months
Estimated number of awards: 3
Estimated total program funding: $11,000,000

A 10% matching contribution is required.

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