New Rural Health Funding & Opportunities from the Past 30 Days

Brownfield Assessment Grants
Grants for assessing, prioritizing, and planning for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites that are complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.

NRHA Rural Hospital HR Certification Program
An 8-month hospital leadership and certification program for rural hospital human resource professionals.

Native American Summer Research Internship (NARI)
A 10-week paid summer research opportunity for Native American undergraduate junior and senior students who are interested in health science research and rural health. The internship is located at the University of Utah.

Texas Colonia Construction Fund
Provides funding to colonia areas in Texas for water, sewer, and housing improvements.

Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants
Grants to eligible agencies to capitalize a revolving loan fund that will provide loans and subgrants to eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances and/or petroleum. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.

Brownfield Cleanup Grants
Grants to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites, resulting in better community environmental health. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.

Missouri Workforce Retention and Enablers Funding
Funding to help rural healthcare organizations in Missouri address persistent barriers to recruiting and retaining essential workers.

Copic Medical Foundation Reducing Fragmentation in Healthcare Delivery
Grants for innovative, systems-level approaches that address the underlying causes of fragmentation. Proposals should demonstrate measurable improvements in healthcare delivery, a clear pathway to sustainability beyond foundation funding, and the potential for replication or adaptation in other organizations or healthcare settings. Applicants from rural communities are encouraged and have been supported in past years.

National Community Care Corps Program
Funding to develop and scale innovative volunteer programs that provide nonmedical assistance to older adults, adults age 18 and older with disabilities, and family caregivers. The program intends to fund local models that represent a diverse cross section of the United States in terms of geography: urban, suburban, rural, frontier, and tribal communities and communities facing challenges due to limited resources and barriers to accessing services.

Bill Finerfrock Health Policy Fellowship
A 4-week fellowship in Alexandria, Virginia, for mid-career professionals to learn leadership skills to make further impacts in rural health practice and policy.