Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health workforce pipeline

Kansas Healthworks Health Care Scholarship
Healthcare scholarships for individuals currently enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited Kansas school in a healthcare field. Preference will be given to current hospital employees, particularly those working in a hospital that is licensed for 25 or fewer acute beds.

Medicine Pathways for Advancing Tribal Healthcare (M-PATH)
A year-long educational program designed to engage and support college students interested in pursuing a career as a physician caring for Indigenous and rural communities. The program includes quarterly virtual group meetings, individual meetings with faculty sponsors and mentors, and a 3-week on-site summer program in Boston at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Medicine Pathways for Advancing Tribal Healthcare (PATH)
Offers mentorship and professional development opportunities for Native college or university students on path to become physicians.

Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Summer Preceptorships
A paid 6-week educational experience for healthcare professions students who want to learn more about healthcare provision in rural settings. Preceptor locations are in Illinois.

West Virginia Health Sciences Service Program
Loan repayment assistance for specific health professions students who agree to practice in an underserved area of West Virginia upon graduation.

California Huwighurruk Tribal Health Postbaccalaureate Program
A postbaccalaureate pathway program for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in California who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine.

YouthBuild Grants
Grants to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services for youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model contains wrap-around services such as transportation, childcare, and housing. Applications from rural, urban, and Native American communities have been funded in the past.

South Carolina Summer Fellowship
A summer fellowship program for students who are interested in working to improve health outcomes in rural South Carolina.

Montana AHEC MedStart Summer Camp
A health career exploration summer camp for high school students in Montana who are current sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Scholarships are available for students who come from underserved backgrounds, low-income families, rural areas, or first generation college students.

Mayo Clinic Native American Pathway Summer Program
A 5-week virtual summer program designed to prepare American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduate students for health careers.