The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking applications for its Primary Care Residency Grant program to provide funding to expand the training of primary care physicians.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/03/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $75,000
Grant Duration: 3 year
Details:
The grant program assists existing or proposed primary care residency programs in Minnesota by funding costs associated with creating new residency programs and training eligible residents in newly created slots.
Funding Information
- The Minnesota Legislature has appropriated $1,900,000 in grant funds for fiscal year 2024.
- Eligible programs may receive up to $75,000 for primary care residency planning projects. For implementing a new primary care residency slot over a three-year residency period, the maximum award will be $150,000 in year 1, $100,000 in year 2, and $50,000 in year 3. For eligible residency programs longer than three years, training grants may be awarded for the duration of the residency, not exceeding an average of $100,000 per residency slot per year.
- MDH may award grants to support up to six family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics residents; five psychiatry residents; two geriatrics residents; and two general surgery residents. If insufficient applications are received from any eligible specialty, funds may be redistributed to applications from other eligible specialties. Due to funding, MDH may award fewer grants in each specialty than the maximum number allowed by the legislation.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are programs, sponsors, and potential sponsors of primary care residency positions that fulfill all the following criteria:
- Located in Minnesota and train, or propose to train, medical residents in Minnesota.
- Train, or propose to train, medical residents in the following primary care specialties:
- Family medicine,
- General internal medicine,
- General pediatrics,
- Psychiatry (including child psychiatry fellowships),
- Geriatrics, or
- General surgery.
- Demonstrate current accreditation by and compliance with the Institutional and Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in the specialties listed above of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or submit a credible plan to obtain accreditation.
- Propose to plan or implement one or more new primary care residency slots.
- Applicants that currently train residents must document the baseline number of residents in the eligible specialty and agree to maintain that baseline number of residents as well as the new resident(s) to be supported with grant funding.
- Agree to verify the number of residents in the program each year to continue to receive funds.
For more information, visit MDH.
