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HRSA forecasts FY2027 THCGME residency funding; tribal health centers eligible

Health Resources and Services AdministrationFunding availableJul 27, 2026

Check: Tribal, IHS-operated, and urban Indian health centers that run or join an accredited primary care residency program can apply for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) funding under opportunity HRSA-27-084, with an estimated application due date of 2026-11-16.

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What it does

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) lists Indian Health Service-operated health centers, tribes and tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations among eligible entities for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME), which pays for residents in primary care training in community-based settings. An applicant must operate an accredited primary care residency program, alone or through a graduate medical education (GME) consortium, and the program pays an interim rate of $160,000 per resident full-time equivalent (FTE). New programs seeking an establishment award must request FTEs above the program's resident FTE baseline.

Why it matters for tribal funding

Tribes eligible. Tribes or Native organizations are among those who can apply or are covered, alongside others.

Who it covers: Tribal governments, Urban Indian organizations.

: 93.530

What to do next

  1. Watch for the posting of opportunity HRSA-27-084, estimated for 2026-09-14, and review its full terms.
  2. Confirm whether your health center runs, or would join through a GME consortium, an accredited primary care residency program in an eligible specialty before the estimated 2026-11-16 application due date.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Grants.gov: forecasted opportunitiesforecastJul 27, 2026

    Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program

    • Quoted from the source: “Health centers operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization”
    • Quoted from the source: “The THCGME Program provides an interim payment rate of $160,000 per resident full-time equivalent (FTE)”
    • Quoted from the source: “Estimated application due date: 2026-11-16”
    Read the originalU.S. government record, public domain.

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