Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program)
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Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program): This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program. According to the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII), public health informatics is defined as the effective use of information and information technology to improve population health outcomes.7 The goal of the PHIT Workforce Development Program is to train at least 4,000 individuals in public health informatics and technology to expand the nation's public health workforce. Towards reducing longstanding health disparities and inequities, the program will prioritize recruiting underrepresented minorities from HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, AANAPISIs, and MSIs. Finally, the curriculum should be culturally responsive and designed in a way that meets the needs of the local health care agencies and sets students up for success in the training program and beyond other colleges and universities to participate in this program, as well as other students and members of the community.ONC will fund up to thirty (30) cooperative agreement awards for a four (4)-year period of performance. The program will be funded at $75,000,000 with additional funding contingent upon availability, satisfactory completion of milestones, and a determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the federal government and the public. Each individual award will not exceed $10,000,000.
| Federal Grant Title: | Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program) |
| Federal Agency Name: | Office of the National Coordinator (HHS-OS-ONC) |
| Grant Categories: | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | ARP-PHIT-21-001 |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 93.355 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | August 11th, 2021 |
| Original Application Deadline: | August 11th, 2021 |
| Posted Date: | June 17th, 2021 |
| Creation Date: | June 17th, 2021 |
| Archive Date: | September 10th, 2021 |
| Total Program Funding: | |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $10,000,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $1,000,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
| Last Updated: | July 19th, 2021 |
- Category Explanation
- The American Rescue Plan Act, 2021
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- This funding opportunity is open to accredited colleges and universities with terminal degrees in the United States. Only consortium-based approaches will be considered for this program, and applications must include letters of intent from proposed consortium members. In order to diversify the public health informatics and technology workforce and to increase the number of underrepresented minority professionals, the lead applicant in the consortium should be an HBCU, TCU, his, AANAPISI, or other MSIs with an existing computer science, information science, biomedical technology, public health, health informatics, or similar program. Non- HBCU, TCU, HSI, AANAPISI, or other MSIs may also apply but must include at least one of these types of institutions as a consortium member. A current list of institutions with that designation is available at https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/assets/PDF/2020_Minority_Serving_Institutions.pdf
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Carmel Halloun
Grantor
Phone 202-720-2919
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