Minnesota Rural Primary Care Residency Training Grant

Health.ORHPC.WorkforceGrants@state.mn.us

The Rural Primary Care Residency Training Grant Program awards grants to eligible programs to plan, implement, and sustain rural primary care residency training programs. Grants support programs with costs such as planning and development, obtaining accreditation, recruiting and training residents and faculty, and improving training sites. The program is designed to increase training opportunities in rural Minnesota, with the goal of strengthening the rural primary care physician workforce.

Programs will:

• Train, or propose to train, medical residents in one of the following:
  • A new rural residency training program
  • A new rural residency training track within an existing residency program
  • A community-based ambulatory care center that primarily serves the underserved and is proposing to add a rural residency training program or track
• Train, or propose to train, medical residents in the following primary care specialties:
  • Family medicine
  • General internal medicine
  • General pediatrics
  • General surgery
  • Geriatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Postdoctoral psychology

Eligible applicants are programs, sponsors, and potential sponsors of rural primary care residency programs located in Minnesota. Program partners such as clinical training sites are eligible applicants for program sustainability funds. Programs must be accredited or present a credible plan to obtain accreditation.

Award ceiling:

• $250,000 for medical residency planning and development projects
• $225,000 per resident per year for sustaining a medical residency program
• $150,000 for psychology residency planning, development projects
• $150,000 per resident per year for psychology residency sustaining projects

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Applicant webinar
October 1, 2026
1:00 p.m. Central