Be a Preceptor and Give Back to Your Profession

The Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) is a proud partner with the Arizona Department of Health Services to administer the State of Arizona Grant Program for Preceptors of Healthcare Graduate Students.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Preceptor Eligibility 

An osteopathic physician* licensed and in good standing pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 32, and who serves as a volunteer preceptor for an Arizona graduate medical student** for a minimum of four (4) weeks, may apply for a grant from the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA).

Grant Award

Volunteer preceptors are eligible to receive a grant of $1,000 (one thousand dollars) per academic fiscal year, regardless of the number of preceptorships the applicant provides during the academic year.

Preceptorship Timeline

The physician must have completed the preceptorship between January 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, for a minimum of four (4) weeks.

Grant Application Review

Grant applications will be reviewed on a monthly basis and must be received no later than midnight, July 15, 2025, for consideration of a grant in the current July 2024 – June 2025 academic year. If you have already been awarded a grant, you are eligible for a second year of funding if the preceptorship occurred on or after July 1, 2024.

Grant Application Instructions:

Physicians may submit one application per academic fiscal year to the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association.

Applicants will be notified if they have been accepted or denied. If approved, please allow up to 60 days to receive grant funds.

Direct your questions to info@azosteo.org and include Preceptor Grant in the subject line.

*For our allopathic physician colleagues — The Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) will be funding allopathic physician (MD) preceptors. If you are a Doctor of Medicine, please click here to apply via ArMA’s application.

** A graduate student as defined in the legislation, is an individual who is matriculating at the graduate level at any accredited institution of higher education in Arizona and who is seeking a degree in the areas of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine, certified nurse midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist,registered nurse practitioner, physician assistant or dentist.