Preventive Medicine Residency

Objective

Grants are intended to promote postgraduate medical education in the specialty of preventive medicine. Preventive Medicine is the specialty of medical practice which focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being and prevent disease, disability and premature death. Preventive medicine training includes direct patient care, biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral sciences, health services administration, environmental health sciences, and practicing prevention in clinical medicine. It is one of the 40 medical specialties recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Preventive Medicine encompasses three areas of specialization: (1) Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, (2) Occupational Medicine, and (3) Aerospace Medicine.

Who Can Apply

• State
• Local
• Other
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• Nonprofit Organization

Eligible Preventive Medicine Residency program grants are: (a) an accredited school of public health or school of medicine or osteopathic medicine; (b) an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital; (c) a State, local or tribal health department; or (d) a consortium of two or more eligible entities as describe in items a, b, or c. Eligible applicants include public and private nonprofit entities. Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply if they meet the eligibility requirements specified in items a through d. Refer to the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity for more specific information regarding eligibility. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible.

Who Benefits

• Nonprofit Organization
• U.S. Citizen
• Not-for-Profit Organization

For Preventive Medicine Residency program grants, each trainee receiving stipend support must be (a) a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States; an individual lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States, or any other “qualified alien” under section 431(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996” and (b) a physician who has graduated from a school of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or a school of osteopathic medicine accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) or a non-U.S. physician or graduate of non-U.S. medical schools certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

SCoulter@hrsa.gov
3019453336