As described in previous emails from Diane Elmore, the eligibility for Geriatric Academic Career Awards has been expanded to a variety of new disciplines, including faculty in psychology!!! The application is now online. From HRSA website:
The purpose of the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) is to promote the career development of physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals as academic faculty in geriatrics who spend 75 percent of their total time on teaching and developing skills in interdisciplinary education in geriatrics. Eligible applicants include schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, and pharmacy or other allied health discipline in an accredited health professions school that is approved by the Secretary to apply on behalf of eligible individuals. Payments will be made to institutions which include eligible schools as identified above.
The application is due June 7. A letter of intent is due April 30. Here are the instructions on how to apply:
The grant announcement for the Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) can be found at http://www.grants.gov. (Note that the GRANTS.GOV site is the only portal through which to access this grant—it is not at HRSA.GOV).
Once at the site, hit “apply for grants” on the left. Next, in “Search by Opportunity Number” box, type the grant name: HRSA-10-228. Then click to download the application. Lastly, click to download the instructions.
| Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging | |
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