Health Administration Traineeships Program

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

For traineeships, after staff review, available funds are distributed on a formula basis to approved applicants with programs in health administration, hospital administration, or health policy analysis and planning, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education http://www.cahmeweb.org/. In making awards of grants under this section, preference will be given to qualified applicants that meet the following conditions: (1) Not less than 25 percent of the graduates of the applicant are engaged in full-time practice settings in medically underserved communities. (2) The applicant recruits and admits students from medically underserved communities. (3) For the purpose of training students, the applicant has established relationships with public and nonprofit providers of health care in the community involved. (4) In training students, the applicant emphasizes employment with public or nonprofit private entities.