PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
Grants are awarded for the following purposes: (1) Residency Training in Primary Care-- to plan, develop, and operate or participate (including provision of financial assistance) in approved residency programs in family medicine, general internal medicine and/or general pediatrics; (2) Faculty Development in Primary care-- to plan, develop, and operate (including provision of financial assistance) programs for the training of physicians who plan to teach in a family medicine (including geriatrics), general internal medicine and/or general pediatrics training programs; (3) Predoctoral Training in Primary Care-- to plan, develop, and operate or participate (including provision of financial assistance) in predoctoral programs in family medicine, general internal medicine and/or general pediatrics; (4) Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care-- to meet the costs of projects to establish, maintain or improve academic administrative units to improve clinical instruction in family medicine, general internal medicine and/or general pediatrics; (5) Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care-- to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop and operate or maintain approved programs for the training of physician assistants, and for the individuals who will teach in programs to provide such training; (6) General and Pediatric Dentistry-- to meet the costs of planning, developing, or operating (including provision of financial assistance) approved residency programs of general or pediatric dentistry.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Medical Education and Training;
2. HEALTH;
- Education and Training;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Quasi-public non-profit organization;
- Other private institution/organization;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization;