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Public Health Traineeships (PHT)

Purpose

The purpose of the Public Health Traineeship (PHT) program is to provide grants to accredited schools of public health, and to other public or nonprofit private institutions accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health for the purpose of assisting such schools and institutions in providing traineeships to eligible individuals.

The Public Health Traineeship (PHT) Program provides support to assist with defraying educational costs for eligible students.
 
Traineeships awarded under this grant program provide for tuition, fees, and such stipends and allowances, including travel and subsistence expenses and dependency allowance (for eligible trainees) to support individuals pursuing a course of study in a health professions field in which there is a severe shortage including the fields of epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, toxicology, nutrition, and maternal and child health.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are schools of public health, or other public or non-profit private entities accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health.

More Information

Program details (Opportunity Closing Date: 03/05/2012)
Active grants

Contact

Marian Ladipo, MPH 
mladipo@hrsa.gov
(301) 443-6950