Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 20 042
The Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Education, Science, and Practice funding opportunity (HRSA-20-042) is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under CFDA 93.110. It is designed to build and sustain a stronger maternal and child health workforce by supporting graduate and post-graduate public health training that is explicitly focused on MCH. At the same time, the program aims to push the field forward by ensuring that the people entering MCH careers are prepared to contribute to MCH science, applied research, practice improvement, and policy development.
At its core, the program funds institutions to deliver structured training that leads to a graduate degree at the masters or doctoral level. The expectation is that training is not limited to classroom learning; it must combine didactic education with hands-on, real-world experience in MCH settings. Funded Centers are expected to offer an MCH curriculum grounded in a broad public health perspective. This includes key frameworks such as life course theory, and it also requires a solid historical and legislative understanding of Title V and related MCH programs, attention to cultural competence, and engagement with emerging issues affecting MCH populations. In practical terms, the program is meant to produce graduates who not only understand MCH topics academically, but who can also navigate how MCH systems are organized and funded, how programs operate at the state and community level, and how equity and cultural context shape outcomes and service delivery.
A major emphasis of the opportunity is workforce diversity and depth of training. Centers are expected to recruit a diverse set of trainees and provide each trainee with at least 300 hours of training per year. Those hours are meant to span multiple learning modes: formal coursework, experiential learning (such as placements or practicums with MCH organizations), and meaningful engagement in MCH-related faculty research activities. The goal is to ensure that trainees graduate with demonstrated experience applying public health approaches to MCH problems, not just theoretical familiarity. The program also prioritizes strong academic-practice partnerships, requiring Centers to establish or strengthen relationships with Title V agencies and community organizations so that trainees benefit from current practice expertise and so that training aligns with real workforce needs.
In addition to the main Centers of Excellence funding, the notice includes an optional add-on: the MCH Epidemiology Doctoral Training Supplement. This supplement is intended to leverage the infrastructure created by the Centers of Excellence awards to specifically develop the next generation of MCH epidemiologists and to strengthen applied, practice-relevant MCH research. The supplement supports doctoral students whose dissertation work is based on state or local analyses addressing public health topics important to MCH populations. Beyond financial support, the supplement places clear expectations on advanced training content, including education in current and emerging MCH epidemiology topics, data collection approaches, surveillance systems, and advanced applied and quantitative analytic methods. It also emphasizes the use of analytic frameworks that are relevant to state and local MCH programs and populations, reflecting the program intent to generate research that is directly useful for decision-making in public health agencies and community systems.
Another defining feature of the epidemiology supplement is its focus on producing publishable evidence. The intent is not only that doctoral students complete dissertations, but that their findings contribute to the broader MCH evidence base through publication in peer-reviewed journals. This aligns with the broader Centers of Excellence purpose of advancing MCH science and practice by translating rigorous analysis into knowledge that can inform programs and policy.
From the source details provided, the opportunity was posted on October 9, 2019, with an original closing date of January 8, 2020, and HRSA anticipated making approximately 13 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that applicants needed to consult the full announcement for specific funding amounts or that amounts varied by component. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification expected in the full eligibility section of the notice. Overall, the opportunity is structured to help schools and programs build durable, partnership-driven training pipelines that produce well-rounded MCH professionals and, through the supplement, highly trained applied MCH epidemiologists capable of conducting policy- and program-relevant research at state and local levels.Apply for HRSA 20 042
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.110.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 09, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 08, 2020. (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 13 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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