HRSA has released the notice of funding opportunity for the Geriatrics Academic Career Awards (GACA) Program grant application. The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health as academic geriatrics specialists and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. Eligible applicant organizations include accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health.
The links below show where you can download the NOFO:
Below is a list of the time in several time zones of the upcoming technical assistance (TA) session for the GWEP:
GACA TA on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from
2:00-3:30pm EST;
3-4:30pm Atlantic ST;
1:00-2:30pm CST; Noon-1:30pm MST;
11am-12:30pm PST;
10-11:30am Alaska ST;
9-10:30am Hawai’i ST
Adobe Connect URL for Participants: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/gaca_nofo_ta_11_6_18/
Audio Conference details: Dial-in: 800-779-7685; Participant Code: 8410654
A special question and answer (Q and A) session will be announced on the November 20 call but is currently expected to take place on December 5th. Dr. Joan Weiss can be reached at jweiss@hrsa.gov if you have any questions.