Geriatric Education Centers

The summary for the Geriatric Education Centers grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Geriatric Education Centers: Section 753(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for the establishment or operation of geriatric education centers. Grants are awarded to support the development of collaborative arrangements involving health professions schools and health care facilities. These collaborative arrangements are called Geriatric Education Centers (GECs) and provide training of health professionsl students, faculty, and practitioners in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention of disease, disability, and other health problems of the elderly. Projects supported under these grants must offer interprofessional education involving four or more health professions, one of which must be allopathic or osteopathic medicine. Please note: Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine count as one profession.