September 12, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is accepting grant applications for clinical healthcare training that took place in Minnesota in fiscal year 2023.
There is $5.5 million in grants available. It has not been determined how many awards will be granted or for how much. Grants are determined based on eligibility criteria, formula, and Commissioner priorities.
The Site-Based Clinical Training (SBCT) grant was funded for the first time in fiscal year 2024 for clinical training that occurred in fiscal year 2022. Commissioner priorities were 1) rural primary care and 2) oral health, whether the training occurred in rural or urban sites. Rural was determined using the county data on record for the site’s enrollment in the Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) and defined as counties outside the seven (7) metropolitan counties. Primary care was determined utilizing fiscal year 2022 data submitted to the Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) program by Minnesota teaching programs.
Grant application forms and guidelines:
The SBCT Grant will follow the MERC Grant Application, timeline, application workflow, funding workflow
The application will be completed in the MERC Online Portal due to the close alignment to the MERC grant.
Submit questions in writing no later than 4:30 p.m. on September 25 to ClinicalTraining.MDH@state.mn.us. Identify the Application ID Number and Clinical Training Site Name in all correspondence.
For more information, contact: ClinicalTraining.MDH@state.mn.us.
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