Geriatric Academic Career Awards Department of Health and Human Services

 

The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited health professions schools or graduate programs approved by the Secretary, including schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, physician assistant programs, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, optometry, public health, and veterinary medicine, and accredited graduate programs in health administration and behavioral health and mental health practice including clinical psychology, clinical social work, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy, and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. The goals of the program are for the GACA candidate to develop the necessary skills to lead health care transformation in a variety of age-friendly settings and to provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals. Program Objectives include: 1. Develop junior faculty career as an academic geriatrics specialist; 2. Spend at least 75 percent of their time providing training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals; and 3. Identify a mentor who will advise and provide guidance and supervision to the GACA candidate regarding planning, directing, executing, and evaluating the proposed activities in the GACA candidates Faculty Career Development Plan.

Active 93.250 Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 No current data.
Fiscal Year 2020 In Academic Year 2019-2020 GACA supported the career development of 26 junior faculty in geriatrics from the following disciplines: geriatric psychiatry, social work, addiction counseling, family medicine, internal medicine, geriatric medicine, general dentistry, advanced practice nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. They had 2,634 contact hours in a primary care setting, 941 contact hours in a medically underserved community, and 503 contact hours in a rural area. The majority of GACA recipients provided clinical services in a primary care setting (23) and/or a medically underserved community (14). There were 10 in rural settings. In addition, there were 34 articles published and 62 conference presentations. GACA awardees developed or enhanced and implemented 363 different curricular activities. The delivery modes used to offer course or training activities were classroom-based, distance learning, hybrid, clinical rotation, experiential/field-based, grand rounds, and simulation-based training. These together reached 18,692 people. With regard to faculty instruction, GACA awardees offered 307 courses during the academic year, reaching 14,692 students and clinicians with the delivery mode used to offer course including classroom-based, clinical rotation, hybrid, archived/self-paced distance learning, real-time/live distance learning, and other types.
Fiscal Year 2021 In Academic Year 2020-2021, GACA supported the career development of 25 junior faculty in geriatric medicine (52 percent), family and internal medicine (12 percent), advanced practice nursing in gerontology (8 percent), occupational and physical therapy (8 percent), social work and addiction counseling (8 percent), geriatric psychiatry (4 percent), general dentistry (4 percent) and pharmacy (4 percent). Sixty-four percent of GACA recipients provided clinical services in primary care settings (2,359 contact hours), 52 percent provided services in medically underserved communities (1,975 contact hours), and 24 percent provided services in rural areas (459 contact hours). GACA-supported junior faculty published 37 articles, gave 97 conference presentations, and received 36 research or education grants, including six grants worth $100,000 or more. Approximately 96 percent of GACA awardees received training in a setting that offered telehealth, and 40 percent received training in opioid use treatment. Furthermore, 68 percent of GACA faculty received COVID-19 related training, and 56 percent received training on health equity/the social determinants of health. GACA awardees developed or enhanced 646 different courses for students and 579 courses for faculty members, reaching a total of 30,177 students and 25,019 faculty members.
Fiscal Year 2022 (AY) 2021-2022, the GACA Program directly supported 24 faculty, including 14 physicians specializing in geriatrics or geriatric psychiatry and two nurse practitioners specializing in gerontology. GACA-supported faculty gave 94 conference presentations, received 35 research or education grants, and published 32 articles in peer reviewed journals. GACA fellows also delivered 14,142 hours of education through 325 unique training programs and workshops. These courses reached 14,458 faculty, health professionals, and students specializing in medicine (35 percent), public health (15 percent), nursing (14 percent), behavioral health (12 percent), and other disciplines (24 percent). In FY 2022, there were 24 grant recipients. However, three grant recipients relinquished their GACA awards due to being promoted. The GACA Program is for instructors and assistant professors only. GACA candidates that are promoted within the grant’s period of performance are required to relinquish their grant. Therefore, HRSA funded 21 non-competing continuation awards. In FY 2023, HRSA is planning a new competition to fund 26 grant recipients. Title VII, Section 753(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294c(c)), Title VII, Section 753(b) Eligible applicant organizations include accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health. Eligible applicant organizations must submit applications on behalf of eligible individuals applying for a Geriatric Academic Career Award. Eligible individuals must meet the following: A. Be board certified or board eligible in and eligible discipline or have completed any required training in a discipline and be employed in an accredited health professions school that is approved by the Secretary; B. Have completed an approved fellowship program in geriatrics or have completed specialty training in geriatrics as required by the discipline and any additional geriatrics training as required by the Secretary; C. Have a junior (non-tenured) faculty appointment at an eligible, accredited school. D. Have a full-time junior faculty appointment in an eligible accredited school and commitment from the institution to spend 75 percent of the total time of the individual on teaching and developing skills in interprofessional education in geriatrics and E. Be a citizen of the United States, a foreign national having in his/her possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States, or a non-citizen national. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible. Junior faculty who are academic geriatric specialists at an accredited health professions school of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health. Applicants should review the individual HRSA Notice of Funding Opportunity issued under this assistance listing for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted with an application package. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov. All eligible, qualified applications will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Based on the advice of the objective review committee, the HRSA program official with delegated authority is responsible for final selection and funding decisions. Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Award. Notification is made in writing (electronic) by a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 120 to 180 days. Approximately 120 to 180 days. Not applicable. Not Applicable. Procedures for assessing the technical merit of grant applications have been instituted to provide an objective review of applications and to assist the applicant in understanding the standards against which each application will be judged. Critical indicators have been developed for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation. Competing applications are reviewed by non-Federal expert consultant(s) for technical merit recommendations. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated against the following criteria: (1) Purpose and Need; (2) Response to Program Purpose; (3) Impact; (4) Organizational Information, Resources and Capabilities; and (5) Support Requested. See the most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria. As provided by Section 753(b) of the authorizing legislation, an individual receiving an award under this subsection shall provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interdisciplinary teams of health care professionals. The provision of such training shall constitute at least 75 percent of the obligations for individuals under this award. See above. Indirect costs under training awards to organizations other than State, local or American Indian tribal governments will be budgeted and reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement, and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment. Performance Reports: The recipient will be required to submit annual performance and progress reports, as well as Quarterly Progress Updates. A Federal Financial Report (SF-425) is required according to the schedule in HRSA’s Application Guide. A final report is due within 90 days after the project period ends. If applicable, the recipient must submit a Tangible Personal Property Report (SF-428) and any related forms within 90 days after the project period ends. New awards (“Type 1”) issued under this funding opportunity announcement are subject to the reporting requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–282), as amended by section 6202 of Public Law 110–252, and implemented by 2 CFR Part 170. Grant and cooperative agreement recipients must report information for each first-tier subaward of $25,000 or more in federal funds and executive total compensation for the recipient’s and sub recipient’s five most highly compensated executives as outlined in Appendix A to 2 CFR Part 170 (The FFATA details are available online at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/ffata.html). Competing continuation recipients, etc. may be subject to this requirement and will be so notified in the Notice of Award. No expenditure reports are required. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Not applicable. Recipients are required to maintain grant accounting records for 3 years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR). If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3 year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular three year period, whichever is later. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Additional Information: This funding opportunity provides support for a 4-year project period. Recipients draw down funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. None/Not specified. Jacqueline Kreinik, Project Officer
Medical Training and Geriatric Branch/Division of Medicine and Dentistry
Rockville, MD 20857 US
jkreinik@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-945-9839 https://www.hrsa.gov/ 75-0350-0-1-550 (Project Grants) FY 22$1,656,778.00; FY 23 est $2,172,526.00; FY 24 est $2,261,428.00; FY 21$1,852,584.00; FY 20$1,905,000.00; FY 19$1,949,500.00; FY 18$0.00; FY 17$0.00; - FY22: Actual Range $81,746 - $81,746, Average $81,746 FY23: Actual Range $86,978 - $86,978: Average $86,978 FY24: est Range $86,978 - $86,978: Average $86,978 All administrative and audit requirements and the cost principles that govern Federal monies associated with this activity will be subject to the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 as codified by HHS at 45 CFR 75. HRSA awards are also subject to the requirements of the HHS Grants Policy Statement (HHS GPS) that are applicable based on recipient type and purpose of award. The HHS GPS is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants. Not applicable.