[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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                                                                                                      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 
``[email protected]''.
    Questions regarding grants policy and business management issues 
should be directed to Mrs. Brenda Selser, Chief, Residency and Advanced 
Grants Sections ([email protected]), 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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