93.514: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program

93.514

Inactive

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [HHS]

July 17, 2018

Aug. 11, 2017

The Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program is a five-year initiative to increase the number of physician assistants in the primary care workforce. Grantees are physician assistant education programs that commit to sustaining an increased number of new first year students for five consecutive years. Awards facilitate this expansion by supporting higher enrollment by funding new student stipends, educational expenses, reasonable living expenses, and indirect costs.

B - Project Grants

Eligible applicants include public or nonprofit academically affiliated physician assistant education programs whose purpose is to educate individuals that will be qualified to provide primary care medical services under the supervision of a physician. Applicants must be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible.

Newly enrolled, full time physician assistant students in an accredited physician assistant education program who intend to work or teach in a primary care discipline after graduation. Project participants (students) must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or foreign nationals who possess visas permitting permanent residence in the United States. Individuals on temporary student visas are not eligible.