Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program

The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program aims to prepare residents to provide high-quality care, particularly in rural and medically underserved communities. The program provides funding to support the training of residents in HRSA-supported primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. Eligible entities include community-based ambulatory patient care centers that operate an accredited primary care residency program, such as federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, and rural health clinics. The program provides an interim payment rate of $160,000 per resident full-time equivalent (FTE) to increase the number of primary care medical and dental residency positions in community-based settings. Key aspects of the opportunity include: • Eligible entities must operate an accredited primary care residency program • Eligible primary care residency program specialties include Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and others • The program provides an interim payment rate of $160,000 per resident FTE • New Teaching Health Centers (THCs) are those applicants seeking funding for residency programs that have never received payment under the HRSA THCGME Program • The opportunity is forecasted to have an estimated funding of $16,000,000, with an award ceiling of $960,000 and an award floor of $160,000