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Funding by Topic: Health workforce education and training

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

Wisconsin Graduate Medical Education Initiative Residency Expansion Grants Inactive
Grants to increase the number of resident positions in the priority specialties of family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, addiction medicine, and addiction psychiatry in Wisconsin and the addition of new rural clinical training sites in the state.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2023
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Texas Rural and Public Health Rotation Program Inactive
Rural and public health rotation opportunities for residents in Texas.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Aug 21, 2023
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Board
Tribal Colleges and Universities Implementation Activities or Feasibility Study for Dental Therapy Training Programs Inactive
Grants to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to implement activities to support training and educational opportunities for dental therapy students, or to undertake a feasibility study to explore what it would take to begin a dental therapy training program at the TCU.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Health Equity Leaders Program Inactive
Provides health professions students with opportunities to explore health equity service, scholarship, leadership, and policy. Applicants are future leaders who are underrepresented in healthcare, such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 11, 2023
Sponsor: National Medical Fellowships
Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP) – Continuing Training Grants (CTG) Inactive
Grants to support emergency preparedness training solutions to help rural and tribal areas prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, threats, hazards, and other emergencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 9, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Assessment and Planning Inactive
Grants to support assessment and planning for tribes and tribal organizations to determine the feasibility of implementing a Community Health Aide Program in their respective communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 7, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19 Inactive
Training and technical assistance for local health departments that serve rural and frontier jurisdictions to effectively respond to, recover from, and build community resiliency related to the COVID pandemic and future public health emergencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 4, 2023
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials
Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Inactive
Funding to support 2 cooperative agreements to establish a national Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE) to support community efforts to address health disparities and advance health equity in American Indian and Alaska Native populations, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2023
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Planning and Implementation Inactive
Grants to support planning and implementation for tribes and tribal organizations to begin operating a Community Health Aide Program or support a growing program in the contiguous 48 states.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence Inactive
Funding to support a single Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence that will focus on the intervention and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by offering culturally sensitive statewide information, training, and technical assistance designed to reduce tribal disparities within Alaska Native communities and villages.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services