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Funding by Topic: Graduate medical education

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment for eligible clinicians who provide pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent behavioral healthcare including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services. In exchange for loan repayment, participants agree to 3 years of full-time service at an approved site including American Indian health facilities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, schools, and public health departments, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 25, 2023
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (BHWET-CAY) Program for Professionals Inactive
Grants to increase the supply and distribution of behavioral health professionals providing services for children, adolescents, and young adults (CAY), and thereby increase access to behavioral health providers and services in rural and underserved communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 14, 2023
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program Inactive
Grants to freestanding children's hospitals to support the training of pediatric and other residents in graduate medical education (GME) programs. Hospitals that serve a rural area or provide a rural training track will receive adjustments to resident FTE limits.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 14, 2023
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medical Student Education Program Inactive
Grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program is designed to prepare and encourage medical students who are training in the most underserved states to choose residencies and careers in primary care that serve tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically underserved communities after they graduate.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah
Application Deadline: Jul 14, 2023
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Language and Disability Access (PCTE-LDA) Inactive
Grants to develop curricula and train medical students, physician assistant students, and primary care medical residents to provide high quality primary care services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and/or individuals with physical disabilities, and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with goals of improving health outcomes for these populations. Priority will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they train residents in rural areas and tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 3, 2023
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Healthy Oregon Workforce Training Opportunity (HOWTO) Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support innovative, transformative, community-based health professional training initiatives in Oregon that will address identified local healthcare workforce shortages and expand the diversity of the health professional workforce.
Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Sponsors: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Health Policy Board
Iowa Farm Bureau Rural Medicine Scholarship for M4 Students and R3 Residents Inactive
Offers scholarships to 4th year medical students and 3rd year residents in Iowa who show a strong desire to practice in rural areas of Iowa upon completion of their degrees.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
Sponsors: Iowa Academy of Family Physicians, Iowa Farm Bureau
Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF) Inactive
Grants to promote economic prosperity in Maryland's disadvantaged and underserved rural communities, with priority given to projects that address entrepreneurship, healthcare, infrastructure, and regional councils.
Geographic coverage: Maryland
Letter of Intent (Required): May 19, 2023
Application Deadline: Jul 14, 2023
Sponsor: Rural Maryland Council
Iowa Medical Residency Training State Matching Grants Program Inactive
Funding to establish, expand, or support medical residency training programs in Iowa. Priority will be given to applications that establish/expand emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry residency programs.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: May 17, 2023
Sponsor: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
New Mexico Human Services Department Primary Care Physician Training Program Inactive
Funding to create new, or expand existing, primary care graduate medical education (GME) programs in New Mexico.
Geographic coverage: New Mexico
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 15, 2022
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsors: New Mexico Human Services Department, New Mexico Primary Care Training Consortium