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HRSA-25-025: Maternal and Child Health Public Health Catalyst Program

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Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, December 6th, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: January 23, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Competing Continuation, New

Estimated Number of Awards: 10

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $135,000 per year

Who May Serve as PI: HRSA recognizes only one Project Director. Your Project Director must be a faculty
member employed by the applicant organization at the time you submit the application. The project director should dedicate at least 15% of their time to grant-related activities. The dedicated time can be supported through in-kind contributions or by grant funds. We do not allow co-project directors.

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355635

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Public Health Catalyst Program is to:

  • Recruit and train diverse graduate students in MCH public health.
  • Expand MCH curriculum and degree offerings within schools and programs of public health where there is currently a lack of, or limited, MCH offerings.
  • Build MCH faculty capacity within schools and programs of public health.

  • You must select only one of the two Catalyst Program tracks for your application:
  • Track 1: MCH Curriculum Start-Up
  • Track 2: MCH Curriculum Expansion

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.