Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 19 002
The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program (HRSA 19-002) is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), listed under CFDA 93.191. Its central focus is workforce development: strengthening the pipeline of doctoral-level health psychologists by supporting training experiences that prepare students and trainees to deliver integrated, team-based behavioral health services, with a specific emphasis on opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) prevention and treatment. In practical terms, the program is aimed at expanding both the number of psychologists trained for these settings and the quality of their preparation, so that communities facing major workforce shortages have access to clinicians who can address complex behavioral health needs in coordination with broader health care services.
The program targets multiple levels of advanced psychology training, including doctoral health psychology students, psychology interns, and post-doctoral residents. Rather than focusing only on classroom instruction, it prioritizes experiential learning in real-world clinical environments where trainees build competency in interdisciplinary care. That means trainees are expected to learn how to function within integrated care teams and deliver behavioral health services alongside other health professionals, which is especially important for treating SUD and OUD where care often requires coordination across medical, behavioral, and community supports. The program also includes a faculty development component, recognizing that training capacity depends heavily on having well-prepared faculty who can supervise, mentor, and teach within health service psychology programs and clinical training sites.
A defining feature of the GPE Program is its emphasis on placing trainees in high need and high demand areas. For this funding opportunity, HRSA specifies two ways that a training site can qualify as high need/high demand. First, the county where the experiential training site is located may have fewer than 10 licensed psychologists per 100,000 people, as documented in the American Psychological Association county-level analysis of U.S. licensed psychologists. Second, a site can qualify if it is located in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), or in a facility Mental Health HPSA with a score of 16 or higher, based on HRSA's HPSA Find Tool. These criteria are meant to direct training investments toward communities where access to psychological services is limited and where building a local or regionally connected workforce can have a measurable impact.
Overall, the stated goal is to build capacity in the doctoral health psychology workforce so more clinicians are ready to provide mental and behavioral health care, including prevention and treatment services for OUD and other SUD, in underserved settings. By funding training programs that embed learners in shortage areas and by strengthening faculty capabilities, the program is structured to increase the supply of appropriately trained psychologists and improve the distribution of that workforce, particularly in places where demand is high and provider availability is low. The opportunity was created on March 8, 2019, with an original closing date of May 7, 2019, and HRSA anticipated making around 40 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that the ceiling was not specified in the provided summary field, rather than that awards would have no funding. Eligibility is noted as "Others," with details intended to be clarified in the full notice under the eligibility section.Apply for HRSA 19 002
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.191.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 08, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 07, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 40 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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