; (iii) providing stipends or other forms of financial resources to students who work with designated mentors in the field of primary care in underserved urban and rural communities; and (iv) supporting opportunities for students to engage in practice redesign or other efforts in which primary care physicians are taking a leadership role in delivery system reform. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2024. 747C. Developing and promoting new competencies (a) Grants To develop and promote new competencies In order to foster curricular innovations to improve the education and training of health care providers, the Secretary shall award grants to medical and other health professions schools to promote priority competencies (as described in subsection (b)). (b) Priority competencies In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care and Dentistry, shall select an annual competency to direct the awarding of such grants. Such annual competencies may include— (1) patient-centered medical homes; (2) chronic disease management; (3) integration of primary care and mental health care; (4) integration of primary care, public and population health, and health promotion; (5) cultural competency; (6) domestic violence; (7) improving care in medically undeserved areas; and (8) team-based care. (c) Grant recipients The Secretary may award grants under subsection (a) to programs that provide education or training for— (1) physicians; (2) dentists and dental hygienists; (3) physician assistants; (4) mental and behavioral health providers; (5) public and populations health professionals