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Funding by Topic: Policy

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Con Alma Health Foundation Grants Inactive
Grants for projects designed to improve health and advance health equity for people who live in New Mexico. A focus is on rural areas, tribal communities, immigrant families, and people of color.
Geographic coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline: Jun 16, 2023
Sponsor: Con Alma Health Foundation
Primary Care: Expanding Access and Advancing Racial Health Equity in New York Inactive
Grants for projects in New York that work to expand access to primary care and/or advance racial health equity through primary care. Priority is given to communities of color and rural areas.
Geographic coverage: New York
Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 13, 2023
Application Deadline: Aug 24, 2023
Sponsor: New York Health Foundation
Mine Health and Safety Grants Inactive
Grants to prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining and secure safe and healthy working conditions for miners through laws, regulations, safety improvements, education, and training.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Sponsors: Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Native American Agriculture Fund Grants Inactive
Grants to support native American farmers and ranchers, with special emphasis on traditional foods, food sovereignty programs, lending, youth programming, and climate resilience.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
Sponsor: Native American Agriculture Fund
California Tribal Fund - Food Sovereignty and Local Control of Food Systems Inactive
Grants for California-based tribes and tribally-controlled nonprofit organizations working to build food systems in native communities that are self-directed, well-resourced, and supported by policies and systems.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
Maine Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Grants Inactive
Grants for evidence-based practices that seek to reduce the use of commercial tobacco in Maine. Rural populations are a priority.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Application Deadline: May 19, 2023
Sponsor: Maine Cancer Foundation
Evaluating the Impact of Pandemic Era Related Food and Housing Policies and Programs on Health Outcomes in Health Disparity Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Funding for research to evaluate the ongoing and long-term health impacts of disruptions in food and housing security experienced during the pandemic and the role of targeted policy and programs in mitigating those impacts. Health disparity populations of focus include racial and ethnic minority populations, less privileged socioeconomic status populations, underserved rural populations, sexual and gender minorities, and any sub-populations that can be characterized by two or more of these descriptions.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Apr 1, 2023
Application Deadline: May 1, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated healthcare networks within the Delta Region that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic healthcare services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole.
Geographic coverage: The 8 Delta States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
Application Deadline: Mar 22, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS COVID-19 and Health Equity Impact Fellowship Inactive
A mentored fellowship opportunity located in Washington, D.C. to conduct policy research and participate in quantitative data analyses on topics such as social determinants of health; health equity; access to healthcare services for at risk populations; and analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care services, maternity care, and/or the HIV population.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Advancing Healthy Food Equity Inactive
Grants for organizations in North Carolina that are led by, serving, and accountable to American Indian, Black, Latino, other People of Color, and members of immigrant communities to advance equitable access to healthy food.
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsor: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation