Rural Health
Funding by Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

National Health Service Corps Students to Service Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for medical, advanced practice nursing, physician assistant/physician associate, and dental students who agree to provide services in eligible Health Professional Shortage Areas of greatest need.

NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for researchers that are not employed by the NIH. Loan repayment awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career, not to support specific research.

Indian Health Service Extern Program
Externship opportunities for Indian Health Service Scholarship recipients and other interested health professions students.

Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program
Maintenance funding to support the training of residents in primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers.

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.

Women's Initiative for Screening and Health (WISH)
Funding for a multidisciplinary coalition of healthcare providers, academic institutions, and patient-centered organizations designed to improve women's health across the lifespan by increasing access to and availability of preventive health services. Includes an emphasis on awareness and guidelines serving rural, frontier, tribal, and other communities with limited access to preventive health services communities.

Tribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding to support federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, tribal colleges and universities, tribal health programs, or tribal organizations (collectively, eligible tribal entities) to establish Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or enhance the capacity of existing tribal IRBs.

AHRQ Small Research Projects to Advance the Science of Primary Care (R01 and R03)
Funding to support small research projects that advance the role and capacity of primary care to increase the value and quality of care and improve patient outcomes and population health. Rural populations are among the priority populations.

Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment for undergraduate and graduate health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian Health Service programs.

Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding for innovative, multi-level healthcare research for older adults from populations that experience health disparities. Rural populations are considered a disparity population.