ClosedOpportunity HRSA-24-019

Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training in Behavioral Health (PCTE-PARB) Program

Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training in Behavioral Health (PCTE-PARB) Program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was March 15, 2024. Individual awards are listed as up to $415K, with about 12 awards expected and $5M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public colleges & universities, private colleges & universities and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.884 (Primary Care Training and Enhancement).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Dec 15, 2023Posted
Mar 15, 2024Application deadline

Posted: Dec 15, 2023
Close date: Mar 15, 2024
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $415,000
Est. total funding: $5,000,000
Expected awards: 12
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Public colleges & universities
Private colleges & universities
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Only an academically affiliated physician assistant training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) may apply.To be eligible, your organization must be in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

This program’s purpose is to develop clinical rotations for primary care Physician Assistant (PA) students in rural areas. These rotations must be at least three months long. They will integrate behavioral health with primary care services. This program addresses PA training for behavioral health conditions. These include prevention, identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral services. The goal is to increase the number of PAs trained to deliver these services in rural areas, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD).

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.884Primary Care Training and EnhancementProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.884

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$59.3M

FY25

$57.4M

FY26

$11.6M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.884. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Health Resources and Services Administration
pcte-parmnofo@hrsa.gov
301-443-7432

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Public colleges & universities, Private colleges & universities and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $415k, total estimated program funding is $5,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 12 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-24-019), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.129