# Geriatric Academic Career Awards Department of Health and Human Services (93.250)

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Geriatric Academic Career Awards Department of Health and Human Services is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $10.1 million in 49 grants, about $206,238 per award.

## Objectives

The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited health professions schools or graduate programs approved by the Secretary, including schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, physician assistant programs, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, optometry, public health, and veterinary medicine, and accredited graduate programs in health administration and behavioral health and mental health practice including clinical psychology, clinical social work, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy, and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible if they otherwise meet the eligibility requirements. The goals of the program are for the GACA candidate to (a) develop the necessary skills to lead health care transformation in a variety of settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings ; (b) be age–friendly, and (c) provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults. Program Objectives include: 1. Develop junior faculty career as an academic geriatrics specialist to address the above program goals; (2) Educate and train the healthcare workforce, within the context of the age-friendly health systems framework, to address dementia-risk reduction, dementia across the disease trajectory including training on dementia medications as they are approved for use and nursing home care, and (3) Advance the GACA candidate’s career development through participation in leadership positions in professional organizations.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1.8 million | 24 |
| 2022 | $1.7 million | 21 |
| 2023 | $2.2 million | 27 |
| 2024 | $2.3 million | 26 |
| 2025 | $2.2 million | 25 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Chicago | Illinois | $504,352 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Pennsylvania | $427,950 |
| University of Louisville | Kentucky | $427,949 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Massachusetts | $427,944 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | North Carolina | $427,861 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $425,804 |
| University of Rochester | New York | $424,640 |
| University of Hawaii | Hawaii | $416,635 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Texas | $343,828 |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | $269,013 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minnesota | $269,013 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | $269,013 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | $269,013 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Alabama | $269,013 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $269,013 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. | Wisconsin | $269,013 |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $269,013 |
| Spalding University Inc. | Kentucky | $269,013 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York | $269,013 |
| New York University | New York | $269,013 |