As PA educators across the country prepare students to respond to the national opioid epidemic, PAEA has advocated for the institution of new loan repayment incentives for recent PA graduates to practice in behavioral health capacities. To this end, the recently signed SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act authorized $25 million annually through 2023 to […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a grant competition under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE): Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Program (IBHPC). The purpose of the PCTE: IBHPC program is “to fund innovative training programs that integrate behavioral health care into primary care, […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a grant competition under the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. The purpose of the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement program is “to improve health outcomes for older adults by developing a healthcare workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement, and by integrating geriatrics […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a grant competition under the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE)–Physician Assistant Program. This opportunity follows the enactment of a $10 million increase for the broader PCTE grant program in the FY18 omnibus appropriations bill. According to this notice, HRSA […]
Are you enrolled in a doctoral program and working on a dissertation focused on PAs or the PA profession? Apply for funding support through the PA Foundation’s Breitman-Dorn Research Fellowship program. This fellowship, established in 1998 through a generous donation from Jerald A. Breitman in memory of his partner Stephen Dorn, provides financial assistance for […]
PAEA is pleased to announce that, for the second year, we have secured a position for a PA educator in the prestigious Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Educators in Health Professions, for which program funding will be provided by PAEA. The program provides “a select group of participants with the knowledge base and skills to […]
Calling all researchers! We are now accepting applications for the AAPA-PAEA Research Fellowship. The deadline to submit an application is 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET on Wednesday, June 20. The goal of this fellowship is to strengthen the research skills and productivity of qualified PA faculty and to develop the next generation of PA research leaders. […]
Smiles for Life (SFL), a national oral health curriculum, is now accepting applications for their annual research award, a stipend to support travel and accommodations to present SFL-related research results at an educational conference. This year, SFL is offering two $600 awards. The SFL curriculum was created in 2005 to address the lack of oral […]
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is now accepting applications for their 2018 cohort of Clinical Scholars — a national leadership institute for teams of two to five active practitioners from diverse health care fields. Applicant teams receive program dollars, leadership training, mentoring, and valuable networking to help them apply innovative approaches to complex “wicked” health problems […]
PA programs will soon be enlisted in the battle against the national opioid epidemic as the result of a new federal grant.