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SSAP 3.0 RFA Frequently Asked Questions

The ACE Grant Program provides grant funding to eligible nonprofit Applicants that seek to develop, support, or expand workforce intermediary and job training programs for Veterans and low-income students to enter careers in high-demand and/or higher earning occupations.

The ACE Grant Program provides grant funding to eligible nonprofit Applicants that seek to develop, support, or expand workforce intermediary and job training programs for Veterans and low-income students to enter careers in high-demand and/or higher earning occupations.

The goal of the SSAP 3.0 Grants is to support students’ persistence and completion of credentials of value leading to successful career and labor market outcomes in Texas.

The goal of the SSAP 3.0 Grant program is to support students’ persistence and completion of credentials of value leading to successful career and labor market outcomes in Texas.

The goal of the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Grant Program is to support public higher education institutions to create, redesign and expand short-term workforce education and training programs in high-demand occupations.

The Nursing Innovation Grant Program – Rider 52 is established for the purpose of supporting innovation in nursing education programs. Funding will be used to support the development of innovative prelicensure nursing education programs, evaluation of these and other innovative nursing programs, and research on methods to increase the state’s nursing workforce pipeline.

TIME Grants are established to support public lower-division higher education institutions and their regional partners to implement new or expand existing short duration career and technical education (CTE) programs in high-demand and higher-earning occupations that result in a credential of value for students, including dual credit and certificates.

Nursing Shortage Reduction Program (NSRP) was established to address the ongoing critical shortage of registered nurses in Texas. The program provides financial support to eligible Texas institutions of higher education with professional nursing programs approved by the Texas Board of Nursing. NSRP funds initiatives that increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation of registered nursing students and strengthen the state’s nursing workforce capacity.

The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program will provide funding to support accredited forensic psychiatry fellowship training programs in Texas. Eligible Applicants are health-related institutions that sponsor accredited psychiatry fellowship programs.

The Autism Grant Program (AGP) supports eligible Applicants at autism research centers at Texas public, private or independent institutions of higher education that currently provide evidence-based behavioral services and training to improve and expand the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is pleased to announce the Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2026–2028 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Expansion Grants Program.

The GME Expansion Program provides funding to establish or expand nationally accredited GME residency programs in Texas. The goal of the program is to increase the number of first-year residency positions statewide and support the state’s objective of maintaining at least 10 percent more first-year residency positions than the number of graduating Texas medical students.

The Family Practice Residency Program (FPRP) provides state-funded support to sustain and strengthen accredited family medicine residency programs across Texas. The program operates through an allocation-based funding model, ensuring predictable and equitable financial support for all eligible residency programs.