Rural Health Funding & Opportunities: Health workforce

SMILE Workforce Initiative Grant Inactive
Grants for organizations throughout New Jersey and Connecticut that focus on addressing the dental workforce shortage.

Geographic coverage: Connecticut and New Jersey
Application Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
Sponsor: Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.

Region V Public Health Leadership Institute (RVPHLI) Inactive
Four-month virtual educational opportunity for professionals in public health and primary care to cultivate their capacity to influence change in their organizations and communities.

Geographic coverage: Region V states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Nov 2, 2025
Sponsor: Region V Public Health Training Center

Michigan J-1 Visa Waiver Program Inactive
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Michigan, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Missouri Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP) Inactive
Forgivable loans for the purpose of repaying educational loans for healthcare, mental health, and public health professionals, in exchange for a 2-year service obligation in an underserved area of Missouri.

Geographic coverage: Missouri
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Missouri Health Professional Student Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians and dentists who agree to practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Missouri.

Geographic coverage: Missouri
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Missouri Office of Rural Health

Missouri Student Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for specific healthcare providers who agree to practice in Health Professional Shortage Areas in Missouri.

Geographic coverage: Missouri
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Iowa J-1 Visa Waiver Program Inactive
Offers a J-1 visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Iowa, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsors: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa Primary Care Office and State Office of Rural Health Program

Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in high need schools and local educational agencies.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 29, 2025
Sponsors: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), U.S. Department of Education

School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) Grant Program Inactive
Grant for state educational agencies, local educational agencies (LEAs), and consortia of LEAs to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers delivering mental health services to students in high-need LEAs.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 29, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program Inactive
Funding to support the training of residents in new or expanded primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Rural Health Funding by Topic: Health workforce

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Funding by Topic: Health workforce