Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Physicians

Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment for undergraduate and graduate health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian Health Service programs.

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.

Montana Rural Physician Incentive Program (MRPIP) Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for physicians who agree to practice in underserved areas of Montana.

Future Clinicians Scholarship Program Inactive
Scholarships for underrepresented health professions students who are engaging in self-led community service and research, are developing critical professional skills, and are interested in working to address health disparities in medically underserved communities.

Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for physicians who agree to practice in medically underserved areas or other qualified facilities in California.

Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment for eligible clinicians who provide pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent behavioral healthcare including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services. In exchange for loan repayment, participants agree to 3 years of full-time service at an approved site including American Indian health facilities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, schools, and public health departments, among others.

North Dakota RuralMed Program Inactive
Offers medical students at the University of North Dakota full tuition in the form of a forgivable loan in return for a 5-year service agreement to practice in rural areas of North Dakota upon graduation.

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (BHWET-CAY) Program for Professionals Inactive
Grants to increase the supply and distribution of behavioral health professionals providing services for children, adolescents, and young adults (CAY), and thereby increase access to behavioral health providers and services in rural and underserved communities.

Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program Inactive
Grants to freestanding children's hospitals to support the training of pediatric and other residents in graduate medical education (GME) programs. Hospitals that serve a rural area or provide a rural training track will receive adjustments to resident FTE limits.

Medical Student Education Program Inactive
Grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program is designed to prepare and encourage medical students who are training in the most underserved states to choose residencies and careers in primary care that serve tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically underserved communities after they graduate.