Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Healthcare needs and services

Kansas Medical Student Loan (KMSL) and Loan Forgiveness
Loans and loan forgiveness designed to help students cover the cost of medical school in exchange for agreements to practice medicine in Kansas after residency.

Nebraska AHEC Scholars Program
A multidisciplinary certificate program for certain health professions students in Nebraska that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
Grants for qualified nonprofit organizations and tribal organizations to create a revolving loan fund to increase access to clean, reliable water and septic systems for households in eligible rural areas. Funding is designed to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance certain costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own.

Stand Down Grants
Provides funding for events that offer homeless veteran populations a variety of services designed to help them to reintegrate into their communities, such as housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities.

Tennessee Rural Healthcare Access Modernization Program (RAMP)
Funding for strategic investments that strengthen healthcare infrastructure, expand access to care, and improve healthcare delivery in rural Tennessee.

Washington Family Medicine OB Fellowship
Fellowship in obstetrics and family medicine which includes 13 four-week rotations that offer the opportunity to learn management of high risk and operative obstetrics. The program is intended for family physicians seeking training in surgical obstetrics, care of high risk and complicated pregnancies, and management of the medical complications of pregnancy. Obstetric fellows will be prepared to serve in a rural, isolated, or medically underserved location, or to teach obstetrics in a family medicine residency program.

Kansas Healthy Habits for Life
Grants to help schools in Kansas address childhood obesity by reducing cardiovascular risk factors, promoting physical activity, encouraging healthy eating habits, and reinforcing positive mental health.

Oklahoma 3+1 Program
A scholarship and accelerated degree program for undergraduate students in Oklahoma that have decided to become physicians, are interested in practicing primary care medicine in rural Oklahoma, and would like to accomplish this goal in a shorter amount of time than required in a traditional program.

PCORI Engagement Award: Building Capacity for Small Organizations to Engage in Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER)
Funding and technical assistance to help small public and private organizations build the knowledge and skills necessary to engage as partners in patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness research process. PCORI funding interests include research for improved access and delivery of care for rural communities.

PCORI Engagement Award: Capacity Building
Funds projects that build capacity for patients and others to engage with the healthcare community in all phases of future patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). PCORI funding interests include research for improved access and delivery of care for rural communities.