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

OPENS FEBRUARY 24, 2026 CLOSES SEPTEMBER 23, 2026133 DAYS LEFT
Award range
~$3.9M total
Expected awards
Total funding
$3.9M
CFDA #
Instrument
Grant
Category
Education; Health & Human Services

Description

This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to train primary carenurse practitioners and physician assistant trainees to work in underservedcommunities. Such strategies shall incorporate the following elements: 1. Establishing procedures to identify, recruit and admit primary care nursepractitioner and physician assistant trainees who possess characteristicswhich would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, andwho express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need. 2. Implementing counseling and placement program to encourage trainingprogram graduates to enter practice in areas of unmet need. 3. Providing a preceptorship experience in an area of unmet need to enhancethe potential of training program graduates to practice in such an area.

Eligibility

Business; Nonprofit; Public Agency Each FNP and PA training program must be approved for funding under the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act. All approved FNP and PA programs must be located within California.