Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2026 Application

The Song-Brown program funds institutions that train primary care health professionals to provide healthcare in California’s medically underserved areas. This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to train primary care nurse practitioners and physician assistant trainees to work in underserved communities. The program aims to establish procedures to identify, recruit, and admit primary care nurse practitioner and physician assistant trainees who possess characteristics that would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need. The grant requires eligible applicants to be located within California and have an approved FNP and PA training program. Key elements of the program include establishing procedures to identify and recruit trainees, implementing counseling and placement programs, and providing preceptorship experiences in areas of unmet need. • Eligible applicants include businesses, non-profits, and public agencies. • The grant is funded by the State of California. • The total estimated available funding is $3,931,000. • The grant requires reimbursement(s) as the funding method. • The period of performance is 12 months. • The grant does not require a letter of intent or matched funding.