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Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program)

ID: ARP-PHIT-21-001 • Type: Posted
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Description

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.

Background
The Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program aims to train at least 4,000 individuals in public health informatics and technology to expand the nation’s public health workforce. The program will prioritize recruiting underrepresented minorities from HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, AANAPISIs, and MSIs. The curriculum should be culturally responsive and designed to meet the needs of local health care agencies and set students up for success in the training program and beyond.

Grant Details
The program will fund up to thirty (30) cooperative agreement awards for a four (4)-year period with a total funding of $75,000,000. Each individual award will not exceed $10,000,000. The program components include Consortium Development, Curricula Development, Training, Paid Internships & Placement, and Sustainability. Recipients are expected to participate in a Community of Practice (CoP) composed of recipients and subject matter experts.

Eligibility Requirements
Accredited colleges and universities with terminal degrees in the United States are eligible to apply. Only consortium-based approaches will be considered for this program, and applications must include letters of intent from proposed consortium members. The lead applicant in the consortium should be an HBCU, TCU, HIS, AANAPISI, or other that is able to establish a new program or currently offer an existing computer science, information science, biomedical technology, public health, health informatics, or similar program.

Period of Performance
The program will run from 09/14/2021 to 09/13/2025.

Grant Value
$75,000,000 with individual awards not exceeding $10,000,000.
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Overview

Agency
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) [HHS - IOS]
Category of Funding
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
93.355 - Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 6/17/21 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology posted grant opportunity ARP-PHIT-21-001 for Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program). The grant will be issued under grant program 93.355 Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program). It is expected that 30 total grants will be made worth between $1.0 million and $10.0 million.

Timing

Posted Date
June 17, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Aug. 11, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
June 17, 2021, 7:41 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Sept. 10, 2021

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
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

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$10,000,000
Floor
$1,000,000
Estimated Program Funding
Not Provided
Estimated Number of Grants
30

Contacts

Contact
Carmel Halloun Grantor
Contact Email
oncgrants@hhs.gov
Email Description
Resource Mailbox
Contact Phone
(202) 720-2919

Documents

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