Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health disparities

South Dakota Tobacco Control Program Tobacco Disparities Grant
Grants for tobacco prevention and control activities in South Dakota that are aimed at reducing disparate tobacco use among American Indians, pregnant and postpartum women, people of low socioeconomic status, and people with behavioral health conditions.

Access to Justice Prize: Closing the Rural Justice Gap
Prize competition designed to advance innovative solutions that expand access to justice within rural jurisdictions and communities.

Minority Research Grant Program
Grants to to encourage innovative health services research that can directly contribute to the improvement of health outcomes for people from all minority populations, including people from rural communities.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 3 Grants
Funding for projects in Region 3 that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; and improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information.

AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants
Funding for programs that are designed to improve lives, strengthen tribal communities, and solve local problems through service and volunteering.

Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (RMOMS)
Funding to provide support to establish innovative, collaborative rural obstetric networks to improve maternity care and access to care in rural communities.

Louisiana Community Health Grants
Grants for programs across the state of Louisiana that are designed to increase preventive care, create health equity, and improve health outcomes.

Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding to develop and translate medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. Medical technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to those who need them. Priority health disparity populations include racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, sexual minorities, and medically underserved populations in rural and urban areas.

Alaska Indigenous Research Program and Scholarship
A series of 3 1-week courses that provide Indigenous-centered, cross-cultural health research education and training for students, researchers and health professionals working in tribal health.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research Using Implementation Science to Support the Delivery of Evidence-Based Practices in Community-Based Mental or General Medical Healthcare Settings
Notice of Special Interest for mental health services and implementation research to support the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based practices in community-based settings that deliver care to people with mental illness. Health disparity populations, including individuals living in rural areas, are a priority.