National AETC Support Center | HRSA 24 099

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 24 099

The National AETC Support Center (NASC) funding opportunity (HRSA-24-099) is a discretionary cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under CFDA 93.145, within the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part F AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program. HRSA plans to fund a single organization to serve as the national backbone that helps AETC recipients and their local partner organizations deliver stronger, more consistent HIV training and workforce development efforts nationwide. In practical terms, the NASC is meant to improve coordination, elevate what works across the network, and make it easier for providers and training organizations to find, use, and benefit from AETC services and resources.

The NASC is designed to support and connect four major AETC Program components. First, it supports the eight Regional AETCs (funded under HRSA-24-059), which train health care organizations and care teams to provide high-quality care to people with HIV and to people at risk for HIV, using education, training, and technical assistance tailored to regional needs. Second, it supports the National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC), which operates warmlines and a hotline providing one-on-one expert consultation on HIV prevention, screening, and clinical management, including perinatal HIV transmission, PrEP, PEP, substance use disorder, and Hepatitis C. Third, it supports the National HIV Curriculum (NHC), an on-demand online learning platform focused on up-to-date HIV care content to build provider competency in prevention, screening, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment. Fourth, it supports projects focused on integrating the National HIV Curriculum into health professions education, meaning medical, nursing, pharmacy, allied health programs, and graduate medical education or residency programs across the country. Across all of these components, the NASC also considers the role of local partners (subrecipients) that help implement training and technical assistance and bring regionally grounded HIV expertise to meet workforce development needs.

HRSA lays out five core objectives for the NASC. The first is expanding the national presence and utilization of AETC services and resources, which emphasizes visibility, reach, and practical uptake rather than just producing materials. The second objective centers on developing and delivering activities that promote collaborative learning across the AETC network and that embed evidence-based strategies and best practices into how the different AETC components operate. The third objective is to create and maintain infrastructure that strengthens the capacity of AETC recipients and local partners to implement program activities effectively and sustain partnerships over time, recognizing that workforce training depends on durable relationships and repeatable systems. The fourth objective focuses on program support and coordination to enhance overall program performance, which typically implies shared approaches to planning, alignment, communication, and performance improvement across entities. The fifth objective is to create ongoing opportunities for continuous learning and knowledge sharing for HIV care practitioners, reinforcing that HIV clinical practice evolves and the workforce needs regular, accessible updates and peer exchange.

To achieve these objectives, the NASC is expected to implement several linked strategies: strategic communication and stakeholder engagement to increase awareness and strengthen connections; capacity building to help recipients and partners improve their ability to deliver high-quality training and technical assistance; program coordination to align efforts across the national network; technical assistance to help recipients solve implementation challenges and improve outcomes; direct support for HIV care practitioners through learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities; and targeted outreach and engagement with minority-serving institutions and health professional organizations, including organizations focused on minority-serving providers. This last element signals a clear emphasis on broadening and strengthening the HIV workforce by engaging institutions and professional groups that train and represent providers serving communities disproportionately affected by HIV.

Eligibility is broad but limited to U.S.-affiliated jurisdictions. Applicants may be located in the United States and territories and freely associated states listed in the notice, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Eligible applicant types include public and nonprofit private entities, schools and academic health science centers, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, and tribal governments or tribal organizations. The source eligibility list also includes various levels of government (state, county, city/township, special district), independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status.

Key funding details include an award ceiling of $2,200,000, an expected number of awards of one, and an original application closing date of February 7, 2024. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, recipients should generally expect substantial federal involvement in the work, meaning HRSA will likely play an active role in shaping priorities, aligning activities with the broader AETC network, and monitoring progress toward the national training and workforce development goals described in the announcement.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National AETC Support Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.145.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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