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Song Brown Primary Care Residency (PCR) 2026 Application

Grantor:
Department of Health Care Access and Information
Portal ID:
161961
Status:
Forecasted
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The Song-Brown Program funds institutions that train primary care doctors to provide health care in California’s medically underserved areas.

Description:

This grant opportunity will result in funding organizations to educate and train primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, and pediatric) residents to work in underserved communities. All residency programs shall incorporate the following strategies into their programs: 

 

1.      Providing training sites in medically underserved multi-cultural communities, lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, or rural communities, and preparing primary care physicians for service in such neighborhoods and communities.

2.      Establishing procedures to identify, recruit, and match primary care residents who possess characteristics which would suggest a predisposition to practice in areas of unmet need, and who express a commitment to serve in areas of unmet need.

3.      Implementing counseling and placement programs to encourage training program graduates to enter practice in areas of unmet need.

4.      Providing preceptorship experiences in an area of unmet need to enhance the potential of training program graduates to practice in such an area.  

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Business
  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency

Eligible applicants provide graduate medical education training in the state of California. See the Eligibility criteria for more information...

Eligible Geographies:

Programs must be within California.

Important Dates

The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
December 2026
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
Up to 3 years
Anticipated Open Date
June 18, 2026

Funding Details

A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

Awardees will enter into a grant agreement with the Department of Health Care Access and Information.

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Song Brown, 1-916-326-3700, SongBrown@hcai.ca.gov

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