The Health Professionals Clinical Training Expansion (HPCE) Grant Program provides funding to establish or expand clinical training for eligible health professional training programs.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/04/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Health Professionals Clinical Training Expansion Grant seeks to strengthen Minnesota’s health care workforce by establishing and expanding clinical training opportunities, with a particular focus on rural and underserved urban communities in Minnesota. Clinical training is a necessary component of health professional education, but capacity for clinical training is limited and barriers to expansion exist.
This grant will serve:
- Rural and underserved urban communities by strengthening Minnesota’s health care workforce and improving access to health care.
- Eligible health professional programs and students by expanding clinical training opportunities.
Grant outcomes will include:
- Greater access to health care in rural and underserved urban Minnesota communities.
- An increase in the number of clinical training opportunities for health professionals.
Funding Information
- The Minnesota Legislature has appropriated $500,000 annually for this program.
- Eligible clinical training programs may receive up to $75,000 for a one-year planning project.
- Eligible clinical training programs may receive up to $300,000 for a three-year expansion project.
Eligible Expenses
Grant funds awarded may only be spent to cover the costs of:
- Establishing or expanding clinical training for physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, pharmacists, dental therapists, advanced dental therapists, and mental health professionals in Minnesota.
- Recruitment, training, and retention of students and faculty.
- Connecting students with appropriate clinical training sites, internships, practicums, or externship activities.
- Development and implementation of health equity and cultural responsiveness training.
- Supporting clinical education in which trainees are part of a team-based primary care model.
- Travel and lodging for students.
- Faculty, student and preceptor salaries, incentives, or other financial support.
- Training site improvements, fees, equipment, and supplies required to establish, maintain, or expand an eligible training program.
- Evaluations of the clinical training program(s).
Eligible Projects
- Eligible projects will plan or implement new or expanded clinical training opportunities for students in eligible training programs. Applicants may apply for a one-year planning grant or a three-year expansion grant.
- Expansion projects must propose an increase in the number of students trained; applicants must attest that grant funds will be used to support an increase in the number of clinical training slots.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants, which may be part of institutions of higher education, hospitals, or other entities located in Minnesota, are eligible to apply for this funding if the program(s) are:
- Located in Minnesota and train, or propose to train, students residing and working in Minnesota.
- Planning to establish or expand clinical training for students in the following health professional programs:
- Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Program
- Dental Therapy Program or Advanced Dental Therapy Program
- Mental Health Professional Program
- Pharmacy Program
- Physician Assistant Program.
For more information, visit MDH.
