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Graduate Psychology Education (93.191)

Also known as Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program

Graduate Psychology Education (Assistance Listing 93.191) is run by the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $106 million in 99 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.1 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $1.1 million. Half of the 99 awards fell between $449,999 and $1.7 million, and they ranged from $14,000 to $2.3 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The purpose of the Graduate Psychology Education Program is to train doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program focuses on opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and trauma informed care. The program prepares trainees for practice in community-based primary care settings in high need and high demand areas, including in underserved and rural communities. The program also requires development for health service psychology faculty.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Eligible applicants are accredited doctoral, internship, and/or post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology). The training program must be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency, approved for such purposes by the U.S. Department of Education. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if otherwise eligible.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Eligible entities are required to provide a budget, with narrative, that includes no less than fifty (50) percent of a recipient’s overall requested budget (direct and indirect costs) for Participant/Trainee Support including stipends, tuition, health insurance, training supplies and materials, and travel-related expenses for training purposes. All other costs related to program management must be budgeted out of the remaining 50 percent or less. Indirect costs under training awards will be budgeted and reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement, and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. The recipient must agree to maintain non-federal funding for grant activities at a level which is not less than expenditures for such activities during the fiscal year prior to receiving the award.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 23: Range: $113,776-$478,768; Average award $378,788 FY 24: Range: $131,758-450,000; Average Award $358,815 FY 25: Range (est): $131,758 – 450,000; Average Award (est) $358,815

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Graduate Psychology Education (93.191) awarded$106 million across 99 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Georgia State University Research Foundation IncGeorgia1$2.3 million
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia1$2.3 million
The University of IowaIowa1$2.3 million
University of North TexasTexas1$2.3 million
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Georgia1$2.3 million
University of WashingtonWashington2$2.2 million
Children's Hospital Los AngelesCalifornia1$2.2 million
Oregon Health & Science UniversityOregon1$1.9 million
Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityColorado1$1.9 million
University of Texas at AustinTexas1$1.9 million
Loma Linda UniversityCalifornia1$1.9 million
Community Health Center, IncorporatedConnecticut1$1.9 million
University of South CarolinaSouth Carolina1$1.8 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia1$1.8 million
The University of South DakotaSouth Dakota1$1.8 million
Rutgers the State University of New JerseyNew Jersey1$1.8 million
Adler UniversityIllinois2$1.8 million
University of DenverColorado1$1.8 million
East Carolina UniversityNorth Carolina1$1.8 million
University of AlabamaAlabama1$1.8 million

Top states: California ($11.4 million), Texas ($8.2 million), Colorado ($6.3 million), Georgia ($5.9 million), New York ($4.8 million), North Carolina ($3.7 million), Pennsylvania ($3.4 million), Florida ($3.3 million), Puerto Rico ($3.1 million), Tennessee ($3.1 million).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 0.4% of the money, nonprofits 0.1%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Other95$105 million99%
Colleges and universities3$462,6910.4%
Nonprofits1$155,9150.1%

By state

33 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California7$11.4 million
Texas6$8.2 million
Colorado4$6.3 million
Georgia3$5.9 million
New York5$4.8 million
North Carolina4$3.7 million
Pennsylvania3$3.4 million
Florida4$3.3 million
Puerto Rico2$3.1 million
Tennessee3$3.1 million
Michigan2$2.9 million
South Carolina2$2.8 million
Oregon3$2.8 million
New Jersey3$2.8 million
Alabama3$2.7 million
West Virginia2$2.7 million
District of Columbia2$2.4 million
Iowa1$2.3 million
Washington2$2.2 million
Virginia1$2.0 million
Nebraska3$1.9 million
Connecticut1$1.9 million
South Dakota1$1.8 million
Hawaii1$1.8 million
Massachusetts4$1.8 million
Illinois2$1.8 million
Arizona1$1.8 million
Arkansas1$1.7 million
New Hampshire1$1.5 million
New Mexico1$1.4 million
Missouri4$1.4 million
North Dakota1$1.4 million
Kentucky1$1.4 million
Alaska1$892,045
Minnesota2$781,225
Kansas1$711,575
Wisconsin1$541,254
Louisiana2$514,276
Indiana1$450,000
Utah1$450,000
Maine1$441,585
Vermont1$421,496
Idaho1$353,399
Oklahoma2$16,985

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.