A $32 million University-Based Training Program Funding Opportunities Announcement was released December 17th. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

A $32 million University-Based Training Program Funding Opportunities Announcement was released December 17th. Through a competitive process, eight or more 4 year institutions of higher education will receive grants to establish programs that will rapidly increase the availability of graduates in vital highly specialized health IT roles over the course of three years.

Please note that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will be hosting a Technical Assistance call for potential University-Based Training Program applicants on Tuesday, January 5th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST.

Interested parties are encouraged to join the call using the following information:

To participate:
• https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/dt/join?id=P4Z656&role=attend&pw=7B%29CMkR
• Audio
o Dial in number: 877-601-4720
o Participant passcode: 1414879

For detailed information on the University-Based Training Program visit http://healthit.hhs.gov/universitytraining.

There will be time reserved for a Question and Answer session. Please be advised that the TA call will be a listen only event as questions can only be accepted electronically. You are encouraged to submit questions in advance to university-based-training@hhs.gov. During the call, questions will be accepted via the questions tab in the Live Meeting environment.

A previous technical assistance call was held in December 23, and a PowerPoint slide presentation from the call is available at http://healthit.hhs.gov/universitytraining.

Visit http://healthit.hhs.gov/hitechgrants for information on additional HITECH funding opportunities.

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