Site-Based Clinical Training Grant Program

The Site-Based Clinical Training Grant Program, administered by the Minnesota Department of Health, aims to enhance clinical healthcare training throughout Minnesota. With a funding estimate of $4,657,000 for FY 2026, this grant prioritizes rural primary care and oral health training. Eligible applicants include clinical training sites actively enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Program, which must demonstrate their commitment to addressing healthcare shortages in underserved areas. This initiative supports the development of a skilled healthcare workforce.

The Site-Based Clinical Training Grant is authorized under Minnesota Statute Sec. 144.1508. It is administered by the Minnesota Department of Health. The purpose of the grant is to support clinical health care training in Minnesota.
Funding Estimate
FY 2026 (for FY2024 clinical training) -$4,657,000Estimated Number of Awards -UnknownEstimated Award Maximum -UnknownEstimated Award Maximum -Unknown
Commissioner priorities were
Rural primary care and Oral health, whether the training occurred in rural or urban sites.
Rural was determined using the county data on record for the site’s enrollment in the Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) and defined as counties outside the seven (7) metropolitan counties.

Eligibility

Minnesota Clinical Training Site definition:Where the students/residents gain clinical training experience in an inpatient or ambulatory patient care setting in Minnesota. A clinical training site is the Minnesota Heath Care Program (MHCP) enrolled practice where training occurred. If a clinical training site is not enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Program and does provide sliding fee services, the clinical training site is the physical location where the training occurred.Minnesota Clinical Training Site Details:Training that occurs in a nursing facility (or hospital swing bed unit), Federally Qualified Health Center, or Rural Health Clinic is not eligible.Training site must be actively enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) or is funded in part by sliding fee scale services.Training sites that are not enrolled in the MHCP but provide sliding fee services may only apply for the Site Based Clinical Training Grant.Training site faces increased financial pressure as a result of competition with nonteaching patient care entities; and Training site emphasizes primary care or specialties that are in undersupply in rural or underserved areas of Minnesota based on Commissioner priorities.A Minnesota clinical training site hosting a clinical medical education program for advanced practice nursing is eligible, if the program meets the eligibility requirements in items 2.b. through 2.d. and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, the Mayo Foundation, or an institution that is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system or members of the Minnesota Private College Council. There is no minimum clinical training FTE requirement for the SBCT grant.Clinic training sites only applying for the SBCT grant will not submit an expenditure report. There is no minimum clinical training expenditures requirement.