[Federal Register: July 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 143)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Demonstration Training Grants To Support Public Health
Fellowships and Internships 93.249
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
announces that Fiscal Year 2002 applications will be accepted to
support one project under the Public Health Fellowship and Internship
Demonstration Training Grant Program.
Authorizing Legislation: Applications are solicited under the
authority of title VII, section 765 of the Public Health Service (PHS)
Act, as amended. Section 765 authorizes the award of grants to increase
the number of individuals in the public health workforce, to enhance
the quality of such workforce, and to enhance the ability of the
workforce to meet national, State, and local health care needs.
Purpose of Award: This Demonstration Training Grant is to support a
program of innovative training and education opportunities to share
expertise among public health faculty, fellow/interns, and health
professionals at HRSA.
Eligible Applicants: An applicant must be: a health professions
school (including an accredited school or program of public health,
health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or
a school providing health management programs), an academic health
center, a State or local government, and any other appropriate public
or private non-profit entity, including a faith-based and community
based organization.
Review Criteria: The review criteria are: (1) Understanding of and
approach to conducting a public health fellowship and internship
program; (2) history of performance of applicant and its personnel; (3)
adequacy of facilities and resources; (4) methods for achieving program
objectives; (5) cost effectiveness; (6) national agency, and public
health objectives, and (7) the ability to anticipate problems.
Additional information pertaining to the review criteria will be listed
in the supplement to instructions for application form HRSA 6025.
Estimated Amount of Available Funds: It is anticipated that up to
$525,000 will be available in fiscal year 2002 for this program.
Estimated Number of Awards: It is estimated that 1 award will be
made for fiscal year 2002.
Application Requests, Availability, Dates and Addresses: The HRSA
6025 application kit will be available on July 25, 2002 and may be
downloaded via the web at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr/grants2002. The
instructions for preparing the Public Health Fellowship and Internship
Training Grant Applications are contained within application form HRSA
6025. Applicants may also request a hardcopy of the application
material by contacting the HRSA Grants Application Center, 901 Russell
Avenue, Suite 450, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879, by fax calling at 1-
877-477-2133, or by fax at 1-877-477-2345. In order to be considered
for competition, applications must be received by mail or delivered to
HRSA Grants Application Center by no later than August 26, 2002.
Applications received after the deadline date may be returned to the
applicant and not processed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Lloyd, M.D., Acting Director,
CPH, DSCPH, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, Room 8-103, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Land, Rockville, Maryland 20857, or e-mail
address dlloyd@hrsa.gov. Dr. Lloyd's telephone number is 301-443-6853.
Capt. Barry Stern, Sr., Environmental Health Advisor, CPH, Bureau of
Health Professions, HRSA, Room 8-103, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; or e-mail address at bstern@hrsa.gov. Capt.
Stern's telephone number is 301-443-6758.
Paperwork Reduction Act: The Application for the Public Health
Fellowship and Internship Training Grant has been approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The OMB clearance number is 0915-0060. The program is not subject
to the provision of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program
is also not subject to the Public Health Systems Reporting
Requirements.
Dated: July 18, 2002.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-18778 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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