Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Graduate medical education

Massachusetts General Hospital Rural Health Leadership Fellowship
A full-time fellowship for early-career clinicians who have an interest in partnering with rural communities to improve health. The fellowship includes a Masters Degree in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and focused clinical time in Rosebud, South Dakota at an Indian Health Service site.

Indiana Curriculum Enhancement Grant
Grants to support eligible Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency programs in Indiana in developing new or substantially expanding existing curricular components that provide at least 8 weeks of rural training experiences and at least 8 weeks of addiction medicine training.

Indiana Preceptor and Rural Track Grant
Grants 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.

VA Pilot Program for Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER)
Reimbursement funding to establish new residency programs by facilities operated by Indian Health Service (IHS), Indian Tribes, tribal organizations, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Department of War (DoW), and other healthcare facilities located in areas designated as underserved by VA, including rural and frontier areas.

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.

Georgia Dual Track Rural Medical and Dental Clinic Establishment Grant
Funding to support the establishment of new clinics in designated rural Georgia counties, with the specific intent to increase access to medical and dental services in medically underserved rural areas and provide clinical rotation sites for medical and dental school students.

Kansas Bridging Plan
Loan forgiveness for resident physicians working in primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry who agree to a continuous 36-month service contract to work in rural areas of Kansas.

Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program (WRPRAP)
Funding to expand and enhance graduate medical education training sites in rural Wisconsin, with the goal of improving access to quality healthcare in rural communities.

South Carolina Rural Provider Incentive Program
Financial incentive awards for physicians and advanced practice professionals who agree to practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area of South Carolina.

Aspirus Health Rural Visiting Medical Residents and Fellows
An opportunity for visiting medical residents and fellows to complete a rotation in a rural setting with a nonprofit, community-directed health system that serves northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.