Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Behavioral health
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Alaska Human Services Grants
Grants for transportation services that meet the needs of older adults, individuals with disabilities, and Alaska Mental Health Trust beneficiaries for whom public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate. Applications from small and geographically isolated communities with no public transit receive priority.
Grants for transportation services that meet the needs of older adults, individuals with disabilities, and Alaska Mental Health Trust beneficiaries for whom public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate. Applications from small and geographically isolated communities with no public transit receive priority.
Geographic coverage: Alaska
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 19, 2025
Application Deadline: Dec 19, 2025
Sponsor: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 19, 2025
Application Deadline: Dec 19, 2025
Sponsor: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding: Broad Pragmatic Studies
Funding for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research designed to to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Funding for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research designed to to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2025
Application Deadline: Jan 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2025
Application Deadline: Jan 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Stand Down Grants
Provides funding for events that offer homeless veteran populations a variety of services designed to help them to reintegrate into their communities, such as housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities.
Provides funding for events that offer homeless veteran populations a variety of services designed to help them to reintegrate into their communities, such as housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Service
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Service
Wildhorse Foundation Grants
Grants to tribes and national, regional, or local Native American organizations that serve individuals in the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Oregon and Washington. Funds may be used to support programs in the areas of public health, public safety, environmental protection, and gambling addiction, among others.
Grants to tribes and national, regional, or local Native American organizations that serve individuals in the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Oregon and Washington. Funds may be used to support programs in the areas of public health, public safety, environmental protection, and gambling addiction, among others.
Geographic coverage: Parts of Washington and all of Oregon, as well as any national or regional Indian organization
Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Sponsor: Wildhorse Foundation
Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Sponsor: Wildhorse Foundation
Connecticut J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Connecticut, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Connecticut, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
Sponsor: Connecticut State Department of Public Health
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
Sponsor: Connecticut State Department of Public Health
Iowa J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Iowa, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Iowa, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsors: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa Primary Care Office and State Office of Rural Health Program
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsors: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa Primary Care Office and State Office of Rural Health Program
Kentucky State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Kentucky, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Kentucky, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsor: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsor: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Michigan J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Michigan, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Michigan, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Michigan 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, and dental students who agree to provide services in eligible Health Professional Shortage Areas of greatest need.
Loan repayment assistance for medical, advanced practice nursing, physician assistant, and dental students who agree to provide services in eligible Health Professional Shortage Areas of greatest need.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Nov 6, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Health Service Corps, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Nov 6, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Health Service Corps, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tribal Injury Prevention Cooperative Agreement Program
Funding for Tribes to implement focused, community-based injury prevention programs and projects using evidence-based and promising strategies
Funding for Tribes to implement focused, community-based injury prevention programs and projects using evidence-based and promising strategies
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2025
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2025
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services