In accordance with the Human Services Department’s (HSD) 5-year strategic plan for GME expansion in New Mexico, HSD is now soliciting applications for primary care residency expansion grant funding for programs interested in creating new, or expanding existing, primary care training programs in the state.
Eligible applicants for this RFA include:
- New Mexico licensed hospitals;
- academic medical education institutions;
- new or proposed freestanding graduate medical education programs;
- established or new graduate medical education training consortiums; or,
- Federally Qualified Health Centers or Rural Health Clinics.
Eligible GME programs interested in applying must:
- be an existing, new, or planned, nationally accredited, non-military residency program;
- have, or intend to have, First-Year Residency Positions, as defined in Appendix A in the RFA; and,
- intend to create new First-Year Positions through expansion of an existing program or establishment of a new primary care residency program.
Priority may be given to applications that emphasize 1) the creation or expansion of primary care specialty programs; and 2) increasing or expanding the number of primary care positions at existing programs in medically underserved, and health professional shortage affected areas within the state.
The New Mexico Primary Care Training Consortium (NMPCTC) is inviting all interested applicants to attend an informational webinar on Wednesday October 26 at 1:30 p.m. to review the RFA and answer application questions.
Those interested in applying for funding must submit a letter of interest to HSD and the NMPCTC by November 15, 2022. HSD offered the following deadlines for applicants:
- January 31, 2023 – Existing programs currently receiving HSD grant funding
- February 28, 2023 – New applicants seeking first time funding
For all RFA related inquiries, contact Alex Castillo-Smith, and for RFA consultation or technical assistance, please contact Nicole Mandall.