Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Scaling Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs
Funding to help communities reduce falls and/or falls risk among older adults and adults with disabilities through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs. Projects must engage populations age 60 and older, prioritizing those with the greatest social and economic need, including rural areas.
Funding to help communities reduce falls and/or falls risk among older adults and adults with disabilities through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs. Projects must engage populations age 60 and older, prioritizing those with the greatest social and economic need, including rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 6, 2026
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 6, 2026
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Delta Regional Authority States Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP)
Grants to help Delta communities create jobs and improve infrastructure. Funds may be used for basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, broadband, and business development including entrepreneurship and workforce training.
Grants to help Delta communities create jobs and improve infrastructure. Funds may be used for basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, broadband, and business development including entrepreneurship and workforce training.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority
Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (N CREW) Program: Addressing Overdose, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Pain
Funding for community-led research to enhance culturally grounded, strengths-based, effective, and sustainable interventions addressing overdose, substance use, mental health, and pain in Native communities.
Funding for community-led research to enhance culturally grounded, strengths-based, effective, and sustainable interventions addressing overdose, substance use, mental health, and pain in Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Sponsors: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Sponsors: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Rural Readiness Program Cohort
Funding for projects from community-based leaders and organizations working to advance place-based economic development and strengthen local capacity across rural Maryland.
Funding for projects from community-based leaders and organizations working to advance place-based economic development and strengthen local capacity across rural Maryland.
Geographic coverage: Maryland's 18 rural designated areas
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2026
Sponsor: Rural Maryland Council
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2026
Sponsor: Rural Maryland Council
Promise Neighborhoods Program
Grants to support improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Grants to support improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jun 22, 2026
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jun 22, 2026
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of quality improvement activities for rural primary care providers or providers of healthcare services, such as Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, or a network of rural health providers, to increase access to high quality healthcare services and improve health.
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of quality improvement activities for rural primary care providers or providers of healthcare services, such as Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, or a network of rural health providers, to increase access to high quality healthcare services and improve health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program
Grants for tribal communities to expand and enhance services for victims of crime.
Grants for tribal communities to expand and enhance services for victims of crime.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2026
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
South Carolina Health Priority Grants
Grants for projects that improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for South Carolina residents, especially the economically vulnerable. Health priorities include oral health, mental health, diabetes, healthcare access, workforce, and more.
Grants for projects that improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for South Carolina residents, especially the economically vulnerable. Health priorities include oral health, mental health, diabetes, healthcare access, workforce, and more.
Geographic coverage: South Carolina
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 7, 2026
Application Deadline: Sep 18, 2026
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 7, 2026
Application Deadline: Sep 18, 2026
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network
Grants to carry out programs to assist in addressing stress and behavioral and mental health challenges, including suicide risk, among agricultural farmers, ranchers, fishers, workers, business owners, and non-industrial private forest owners and managers. NIFA is also seeking applications from qualified entities to administer the National Farmer Distress Helpline.
Grants to carry out programs to assist in addressing stress and behavioral and mental health challenges, including suicide risk, among agricultural farmers, ranchers, fishers, workers, business owners, and non-industrial private forest owners and managers. NIFA is also seeking applications from qualified entities to administer the National Farmer Distress Helpline.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 10, 2026
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Aug 10, 2026
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Community Selection
As part of the Continuum of Care program, HUD will select up to 50 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. At least 16 of the selected communities will be rural.
As part of the Continuum of Care program, HUD will select up to 50 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. At least 16 of the selected communities will be rural.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 10, 2026
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Application Deadline: Aug 10, 2026
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development