Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

Expected deadline

Not stated

Who can apply

Others

Award range

$32,000 to $28 million

Expected awards

59

Total program funding

$371 million

Your own money required

No cost sharing or matching required

Opportunity number

HRSA-27-016

Posted

Jul 8, 2026

Assistance listing

93.255

More on who can apply

​​Currently Eligible Hospitals​Includes freestanding children"s hospitals that meet the original eligibility requirements for CHGME payments, as described in the CHGME Federal Register published on March 1, 2001 (66 FRN 12940), established prior to the Children"s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013. A children"s teaching hospital is considered "freestanding" if it does not operate under a Medicare hospital provider number assigned to a larger health care entity that receives Medicare GME payments. These freestanding children"s hospitals must meet all the following criteria: Have a

What it funds

The Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program funds freestanding, children's hospitals. The money helps their graduate medical education (GME) programs train resident physicians and dentists.

What to do next

1. This is a forecast: the agency expects to post the full notice later. Open it on Grants.gov and subscribe there to be told when it posts.
2. Get your SAM.gov registration ("all awards") and Grants.gov account active now; both take time.
3. Use the forecast's award range and eligibility to decide whether to prepare.
4. Watch for the notice; the dates here are estimates and can change.

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From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.