The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Geriatrics Academic Career Award program to support the career development of junior faculty as academic geriatricians or academic geriatrics specialists.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/03/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,100,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
Program Purpose
The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of junior faculty as academic geriatricians or academic geriatrics specialists.
Program Goals
The goals of the program are for the GACA candidate to: a) develop the necessary knowledge and skills to lead health care transformation in a variety of settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings, b) be age-friendly, and c) provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults.
Program Objectives
- Develop junior faculty for a career as an academic geriatrician or academic geriatrics specialist to address the above program goals.
- Educate and train the healthcare workforce, within the context of the age-friendly health systems framework, to address dementia-risk reduction, dementia across the disease trajectory including training on dementia medications as they are approved for use, health disparities and social determinants of health, and nursing home care.
- Advance the GACA candidate’s career development through participation in leadership positions in professional organizations.
Funding Information
- Anticipated FY 2023 Total Annual Available Funding: $2,100,000
- Period of Performance: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027 (4 years)
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- The legislative authority includes the following:
- accredited health professions schools or graduate programs approved by the Secretary including schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, physician assistant programs, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, optometry, public health, and veterinary medicine.
- accredited graduate programs in health administration and behavioral health and mental health practice including clinical psychology, clinical social work, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy
- Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible if they otherwise meet the eligibility requirements.
- Eligible individuals (GACA candidates) must:
- Be board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, or licensed dentistry, or have completed any required training in a discipline and be employed in an accredited health professions school or graduate program or an program that is approved by the Secretary; and
- Have completed an approved fellowship program in geriatrics or have completed specialty training in geriatrics as required by the discipline; and for disciplines that do not have specialty training in geriatrics, the GACA candidate must have completed an accredited graduate level certificate program in geriatrics within the past three years; and
- Have a full-time junior, nontenured, faculty appointment in an accredited health professions school or graduate program in geriatrics or a geriatrics health profession.
If an eligible individual is promoted during the period of an award under this program and thereby no longer meets the criteria listed above, the individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible individual through the term of the award.
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