# National Research Service Award in Primary Care Medicine (93.186)

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National Research Service Award in Primary Care Medicine is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $45.2 million in 32 grants, about $1.4 million per award.

## Objectives

The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to train and provide support to postdoctoral health care professionals who are planning to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral health research related to primary care. The NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants administered by HRSA are awarded to eligible institutions to develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals who are planning to pursue careers in primary care research. The NRSA Grants administered by HRSA are awarded to eligible institutions to develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals who are planning to pursue careers in primary care research.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $8.7 million | 19 |
| 2022 | $7.8 million | 20 |
| 2023 | $7.4 million | 21 |
| 2024 | $11.6 million | 31 |
| 2025 | $9.6 million | 21 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | $2.5 million |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. | Massachusetts | $2.5 million |
| University of Rochester | New York | $2.5 million |
| New York University | New York | $2.5 million |
| The University of Chicago | Illinois | $2.4 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | $2.4 million |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Ohio | $2.4 million |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Pennsylvania | $2.3 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | $2.3 million |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | $2.2 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | $2.2 million |
| Pennsylvania State University | Pennsylvania | $2.2 million |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York | $2.1 million |
| George Washington University (the) | District of Columbia | $2.0 million |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | New Hampshire | $2.0 million |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | New Jersey | $1.9 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $1.9 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | $1.9 million |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Massachusetts | $1.6 million |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Texas | $1.6 million |