Is a fellow from UMass Medical School working in a UMass Geriatrics clinic, intending to stay with UMass eligible to apply? If not alone, are they eligible if current staff of geriatric clinic is also part of the application?

I have similar question, if I was selected as a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Diversity, Career Development Program in 2021, will it be considered? Thank you.

If I apply at my current level of assistant professor, is it possible to be promoted to associate professor during the 4-year GACA award period? Thank you

Is the recording and slides will be available after this presentation?

If an applicant is not rural or medically underserved area, are they ineligible?

Unfortunately this discriminates against small medical schools that do not have fellowship trained geriatricians or suitable supervising faculty but that need geriatric expertise. Are there plans for any programs to support such needs?

I am in the same boat as what David Yens in describing. I have IM training, but no geri fellowship. I work in a high needs setting for complex populations with a focus on older adults. I have only worked in the older adult and high-risk care delivery space since graduating from residency 7 years ago. Are people like me eligible?

If two faculty members work closely within the same department, may we submit one joint application to support both people? Or should we select only one person to apply for?

Is billing for clinical time not allowed within the protected 75% time (eg bedside teaching)?

Does a former 1yr GACA award under a larger GWEP grant count a formal geriatric training and acceptable for this larger GACA award?

Dentistry has not a geriatric specialty, does a health and aging policy fellowship program makes me elegible ?

Would a junior faculty member of a Teaching Health Center Family Medicine Residency program be an eligible candidate?

Can you please clarify nursing home objective-- is this a requirement of the grant or an opportunity?

As dentistry does not have board geriatric certification

Can GACA funds be used to support a project manager?

I am a certified family nurse practitioner, working now exclusively in the specialty of geriatrics. There is not an approved specialty training in geriatrics or fellowship required by my discipline. I am an eligible candidate?

Could the geriatrics board certification (or letter to be board-eligible) also possibly serve as the second category of eligibility/fellowship program if no such fellowship was available in my state?

Are you eligible for the award if you are adjunct faculty at UAB Heersink School of Medicine and work at one of their branch campuses?

Several sections in the NOFO mention improving telehealth, but it is not listed in the primary objectives. Is telehealth a requirement?

Page 5 of the NOFO states that if an eligible individual is promoted during the period of the award and thereby no longer meets the criteria, the individual shall continue to be treated as an eligible individual during the term of the award. This is different from what was just stated. Please clarify which is correct. Thank you.

I worked in older adults for twenty years and now teach in a school of nursing (Ph.D. in nursing) as a tenure-track assistant professor with research focus on aging and older adults, do I need to complete a certificate in gerontology prior to application, or can it be included as part of the career development plan for this application? Thank you.

I was in the fellowship program

Can you please say a bit more about how the 75% GACA time requirement fits with "full time equivalents”? In other words, would I be able to maintain robust clinical practice (e.g., 50% clinical FTE) while being a GACA recipient? Assuming that GACA objectives could be fulfilled during clinical practice, it does not seem to be at odds. Thank you!

Is it mandatory to "give up" the GACA if promoted?

If the applicant has part of their current FTE supported by the VA and part supported by a an approved university medical school, would the GACA funds cover 75% of the University appointment only, or 75% of one's full FTE (including the VA contribution).

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Can you also please speak to the extent to which the grant includes dementia care in its objectives? Would that need to be a central focus or okay to be more peripheral. Thanks!

No, I will be fulltime.

Program objective 2 states: Educateandtrainthehealthcareworkforce,withinthecontextoftheage-friendly health systems framework, to address dementia-risk reduction, dementia across the disease trajectory including training on dementia medications as they are approved for use, health disparities and social determinants of health, and nursing home care. Are all categories required (nursing home, social determinants, dementia, etc)?

Can you clarify the email we are writing to questions?

Am I correct in saying the grant applies to a junior, tenure track faculty but not a junior, non-tenure track faculty (full time lecturer)?

Are state employees also excluded from applying?

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Thank you for this information. With respect to ensuring our system registrations are current, may I clarify: the SAM.gov registration is an institutional registration and the grants.gov registration is an individual (GACA candidate) registration, correct?

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