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

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/arp-phit-21-001-public-health-informatics-technology-workforce-development/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334213

> Office of the National Coordinator offered grants of up to $10.0 million (at least $1.0 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 30 awards. Applications closed on August 11, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | ARP-PHIT-21-001 |
| Agency | Office of the National Coordinator |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 11, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $10.0 million |
| Award floor | $1.0 million |
| Expected awards | 30 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.355 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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

## What the grant funds

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.

## Questions people ask

### Is ARP-PHIT-21-001 still open?

No. It closed on August 11, 2021.

### Who can apply for Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program)?

Office of the National Coordinator accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (The PHIT Workforce Development Program)?

Closed August 11, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $10.0 million each.

### Who has won Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program  (The PHIT Workforce Development Program) grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Jackson State University, California State University Long Beach Research Foundation, Bowie State University. The program made 10 awards worth $75.3 million in that time.