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HRSA-22-122: Public Health Scholarship Program

Closed Closed June 1, 2022 Opportunity HRSA-22-122

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2022.

Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 26 awards worth $39.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 1, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed February 28, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMarch 29, 2022
DeadlineJune 1, 2022

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes.

All 9 applicant types the notice lists

Eligible entities for the PHSP are:(A) 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;(B) an academic health center;(C) a State or local government; or(D) any other appropriate public or private nonprofit entity. Eligible applicants include domestic public or private nonprofit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply, if otherwise eligible. Applicants must provide a statement as Attachment 9, documenting justification of their eligibility and ability to carry out the scope of work of this NOFO.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Public Health Scholarship Program (PHSP). The purpose of the PHSP is to strengthen the public health workforce by providing support to organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue training and careers in public health. Through the PHSP, scholarship recipients will gain the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID–19, as well as other public health emergencies. Awarded recipients will provide scholarships to individuals, for the purpose of public health training in professional, graduate, degree, and/or certificate programs. For example, health professions schools would provide scholarships to students seeking a graduate degree in public health. A community college offering an associate degree in public health would provide scholarships to students to train as health educators. A public health department/entity/site would provide scholarships to employees who are training for advanced public health certifications. These examples are not an exhaustive list of training opportunities. Applicants will be required to have an existing public health training program as well as public health partnerships in place, along with a system for scholarship recipients to maintain or be transitioned into employment in public health upon completion of their training. This program will enhance the public health system to meet the core public health functions and the Ten Essential Public Health Services.2 Training participants will include individuals currently working in state or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, and individuals in public health-related training programs. Scholarship recipients will be trained to work as case investigators, contact tracers, social support specialists, public health nurses, disease intervention specialists, epidemiologists, program managers, laboratory personnel, informaticians, communication and policy experts, and any other positions as may be required to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID-19, as well as other public health emergencies.

Category: Health.

Who has won Public Health Training Centers Program grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Public Health Training Centers Program (93.516) awarded $265 million across 113 grant awards, an average of $2.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
University of IllinoisIllinois2$4.5 million
Loma Linda UniversityCalifornia2$4.5 million
Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaNebraska2$4.5 million
Wayne State UniversityMichigan2$4.1 million
The University of Kentucky Research FoundationKentucky2$4.1 million

Top states: California ($24.5 million), New York ($21.4 million), Michigan ($17.3 million), Illinois ($15.7 million), Texas ($13.0 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HRSA-22-122 still open?

No. It closed on June 1, 2022.

Who can apply for Public Health Scholarship Program?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Public Health Scholarship Program?

Closed June 1, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

About $39.0 million in total across about 26 awards.

Who has won Public Health Training Centers Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Illinois, Loma Linda University, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. The program made 113 awards worth $265 million in that time.

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