Indiana Preceptor and Rural Track Grant

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Funded by the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Preceptor and Rural Track Grant offers funding to develop the infrastructure, partnerships, preceptor capacity, staffing, and operational processes necessary to establish structured and sustainable rural clinical training opportunities for medical students, residents, or both in Indiana.

Applicants may propose one or more of the following project models:

• Establishing a rural clinical rotation for medical students
• Establishing a rural clinical rotation for residents
• Establishing clinical-training capacity for both medical students and residents
• Developing a coordinated rural training pathway or rural track
• Preparing one or more rural clinical sites to participate in an existing or planned rural training pathway
• Implementing a combined project that includes two or more of these activities

A detailed list of required project activities and outcomes is provided in the application instructions.

Eligible applicants are Indiana healthcare organizations seeking to establish or substantially expand structured rural clinical-training capacity at one or more eligible physical service locations.

Eligible organization types:

• Critical Access Hospitals
• Rural hospitals
• Rural Health Clinics
• Federally Qualified Health Centers and FQHC Look-Alikes
• Community health centers
• Primary care practices
• Behavioral health and substance use treatment providers
• Other Indiana healthcare delivery organizations approved by Indiana Department of Health

Award ceiling: $250,000
Project period: All activities and expenditures must be complete by July 31, 2027.
Estimated number of awards: 10
Estimated total program funding: $2,500,000

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

Applicant webinar
(Registration required)
October 26, 2026
12:00 p.m. Eastern