[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54241-54243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26141]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Funding Notice for General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 1996
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
that applications will be accepted for General Internal Medicine and
General Pediatrics grant programs for fiscal year (FY) 1996 under the
authority of section 748, title VII of the Public Health Service Act
(the Act), as amended by the Health Professions Education Extension
Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-408, dated October 13, 1992. These
grant programs include:
Grants for Faculty Development in General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics (section 748, PHS Act)
Grants for Residency Training in General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics (section 748, PHS Act)
This program announcement is subject to reauthorization of this
legislative authority and to the appropriation of funds. Applicants are
advised that this program announcement is a contingency action being
taken to assure that should authority and funds become available for
this purpose, they can be awarded in a timely fashion consistent with
the needs of the program as well as to provide for even distribution of
funds throughout the fiscal year. At this time, given a continuing
resolution and the absence of FY 1996 appropriations for title VII
programs, the amount of available funding for these specific grant
programs cannot be estimated.
The purpose and eligibility for each of these programs are listed
below.
Grants for Faculty Development in General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics
Purpose
Section 748 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes Federal
assistance to schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine, public or
private nonprofit hospitals or other public or private nonprofit
entities for planning, developing and operating programs for the
training of physicians who plan to teach in general internal medicine
or general pediatrics training programs. These grants are intended to
promote the development of faculty skills in physicians who are
currently teaching or who plan teaching careers in general internal
medicine or general pediatrics training programs. These grants also
provide financial assistance in meeting the cost of supporting
physicians who are trainees in such programs.
In addition, section 748 authorizes the award of grants to support
general internal medicine or general pediatrics residency training
programs and a separate grant program exists for this purpose.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are accredited schools of medicine and
osteopathic medicine, public and private nonprofit hospitals, or other
public or private nonprofit entities.
To receive support, applicants must meet the requirements of final
regulations as specified in 42 CFR part 57, subpart FF and section
791(b) of the PHS Act. The period of Federal support will not exceed 3
years.
Funding factors for this program remain unchanged. Additional
details concerning the administration of this program have been
published in the Federal Register at 58 FR 51090, dated September 30,
1993, 59 FR 18140, dated April 15, 1994 and 60 FR 2976, dated January
12, 1995.
Grants for Residency Training in General Internal Medicine and General
Pediatrics
Purpose
Section 748 authorizes the award of grants for planning,
developing, operating or participating in approved residency training
programs which emphasize the training for the practice of general
internal medicine or general pediatrics. In addition, section 748
authorizes assistance in meeting the cost of supporting residents who
are in need thereof, who are participants in any such program, and who
plan to specialize or work in the practice of general internal medicine
or general pediatrics. A separate grant program is in effect for the
faculty development component of this provision.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are accredited schools of medicine and
osteopathic medicine, public and private nonprofit hospitals, or other
public or private nonprofit entities.
To receive support, programs must meet the requirements of
regulations as set forth in 42 CFR part 57, subpart FF, and section
791(b) of the PHS Act. The period of Federal support will not exceed 3
years.
Funding factors for this program remain unchanged. Additional
details concerning the administration of these programs have been
published in the Federal Register at 58 FR 51838, dated October 5,
1993, 59 FR 19731, dated April 25, 1994, and 60 FR 2976, dated January
12, 1995.
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Table 1
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Deadline
PHS Title VII section No./ Grants management contact/phone Programmatic contact/phone No. date for
program title/CFDA No./program No. (FAX: (301) 443-6343) (FAX: (301) 443-8890) competing
regulations applications
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748 Faculty Development Brenda Selser (301) 443-6960... Elsie Quinones (301) 443-1467.... 12/18/95
Training in General Internal
Medicine and General
Pediatrics--93.900--42 CFR
part 57, subpart FF.
748 Residency Training in Brenda Selser (301) 443-6960... Brenda Williamson (301) 443-1467. 12/18/95
General Internal Medicine and
General Pediatrics 93.884 42
CFR part 57, subpart FF.
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National Health Objectives for the Year 2000
The Public Health Service urges applicants to submit work plans
that address specific objectives of Healthy People 2000. Potential
applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report; Stock
No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report; Stock No.
017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 (Telephone 202-783-3238).
Education and Service Linkage
As part of its long-range planning, HRSA will be targeting its
efforts to strengthening linkages between U.S. Public Health Service
education programs and programs which provide comprehensive primary
care services to the underserved.
Smoke-Free Workplace
The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients
to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all
tobacco products and Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,
prohibits smoking in certain facilities that receive Federal funds in
which education, library, day care, health care, and early childhood
development services are provided to children.
Application Availability
Application materials are available on the World Wide Web at
address: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/. Click on the file name you want
to download to your computer. It will be saved as a self-extracting
WordPerfect 5.1 file.
Applications can also be obtained from the Bureau of Health
Professions (BHPr) Electronic Bulletin Board. Use your computer and
modem to call (301) 443-5913. Set your modem parameters to 2400 baud,
parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1. Set your terminal
emulation to ANSI or VT-100. After November 1, 1995, the BHPr BBS will
be able to accept phone speeds up to 28,000 bps.
You may also access the BHPr Bulletin Board through the FedWorld
Bulletin Board. Dial (703) 321-3339. If you have not used FedWorld
before, then at the initial prompt, type NEW instead of your user ID.
At the prompts, establish your first and last name, then your password.
At the quit to prompt scroll, RETURN to continue prompt, press
the ENTER key.
At the There is mail in your mailbox, RETURN to continue prompt,
press the ENTER key. The system will take you to the FedWorld mail
menu. At the Please select an option from above and press :
prompt, enter U. This will take you to the Utilities and FedWorld
Modules Menu.
At the Please select an option from above and press :
prompt, enter D. This will take you to the Gateway System Menu.
At the Please select an option from above and press :
prompt, enter D for Connect to Govt Sys/Database. At the Select a
System # to connect, ? for entire Gateway list, or X to exit prompt,
enter 111. You will then see the Establishing connection to BHPr-
BBS(HHS) . . . message. Within 15 seconds, the system will log you into
the BHPr BBS.
If you need further help with the FedWorld gateway system, please
contact their technical support on (703) 487-4608 weekdays from 10 am
to 4 pm.
Once you have accessed the BHPr Bulletin Board, you will be asked
for your first and last name. It will also ask you to choose a
password. REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD! The first time you logon you
``register'' by answering a number of other questions. The next time
you logon, BHPr's Bulletin Board will know you.
Press (F) for the (F)iles Menu and (L) to (L)ist Files. Press (L)
again to see a list of numbered file areas. To see a list of files in
any area, type the number corresponding to that area. Competitive
application materials for grant programs administered by the Bureau of
Health Professions are located in the File Area item ``B'' titled
Grants Announcements.
To (R)ead a file or (D)ownload a file, you need to know its exact
name as listed on BHPr's Bulletin Board. Press (R) to (R)ead a file and
type the name of the file. Press (D) to (D)ownload a file to your
computer. You need to know how your communications software
accomplishes downloading.
When you have completed your tour of BHPr's Bulletin Board for this
session, press (G) for (G)oodbye and press .
For assistance in accessing the system or for any technical
questions about BHPr's Bulletin Board, please call Mr. Larry DiGiulio,
Systems Operator for BHPr BBS at (301) 443-2850 or
ldigiuli@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov''.
Questions regarding grants policy and business management issues
should be directed to Mrs. Brenda Selser, Chief, Residency and Advanced
Grants Sections (bselser@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov), Grants Management Branch,
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. If you are unable to obtain the application
materials from the BHPr Bulletin Board, you may obtain application
materials in the mail by sending a written request to the Grants
Management Branch at the address above. Written requests may also be
sent via FAX (301) 443-6343 or via the internet address listed above.
Completed applications should be returned to the Grants Management
Branch at the above address.
If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact
the Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 9A-20,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Please see Table 1 for
specific names and phone numbers for each grant program.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The standard application form PHS 6025-1, HRSA Competing Training
Grant Application, General Instructions and supplement for these grant
programs have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Clearance Number is 0915-
0060.
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Deadline Dates
The deadline date for receipt of applications for each of these
grant programs is shown in Table 1. Applications will be considered to
be ``on time'' if they are either:
(1) Received on or before the established deadline date, or
(2) Sent on or before the established deadline date and received in
time for orderly processing. (Applicants should request a legibly dated
U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a
commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks
shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
Late applications not accepted for processing will be returned to
the applicant. In addition, applications which exceed the page
limitation and/or do not follow format instructions will not be
accepted for processing and will be returned to the applicant.
These grant programs are not subject to the provisions of Executive
Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as
implemented through 45 CFR part 100). Also, these grant programs are
not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
Dated: October 17, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-26141 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]
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