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Funding by Topic: Primary care

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

North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for behavioral health workers who provide primary and behavioral/mental healthcare and agree to practice in rural and other underserved areas of North Carolina.
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Letter of Intent (Required): Dec 7, 2022
Application Deadline: Jan 4, 2023
Sponsor: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health (PCTE-RTMB) Inactive
Grants to train primary care residents in mental and behavioral health for pediatric, adolescent, young adult, and other populations who are at-risk or have experienced abuse, trauma, or mental health and/or substance use disorders, including those related to the effects of gun violence. Priority will be given to proposals to train residents in rural areas, including for tribes or tribal organizations in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program Inactive
Funding to support the career development of junior faculty in geriatrics as academic geriatricians or academic geriatrics specialists. The overall goals of the program are to develop the necessary skills to lead healthcare transformation in a variety of settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings, to be age-friendly and to provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Academy of Family Physicians Health Equity Fellowship Inactive
One year fellowships that feature curriculum, faculty, and events tailored to address a topic of significant relevance to family medicine. The fellowship's goal is to create leaders who can address health inequities at the system and community levels.Tracks have included rural health, academic medicine, and traditional family medicine.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2022
Sponsors: American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Minnesota Indian Health Grant Program Inactive
Grants to provide health services to American Indians who do not live within the jurisdiction of a tribal nation.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2022
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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 18, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Inactive
Grants to support research educational and outreach activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers, especially the public health impact of alcohol, opioids, and other substances, their associated consequences, and the persistent stigma associated with them.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 10, 2022
Sponsors: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Virtual Behavioral Services Grant Program Inactive
Grants to North Carolina hospitals to expand telepsychiatry capacities to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Projects should target historically underserved, marginalized or adversely affected groups, economically disadvantaged communities, or rural and underserved communities.
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Application Deadline: Jul 22, 2022
Sponsor: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
Pilot Practice-based Research for Primary Care Suicide Prevention (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Grants for research to evaluate the effectiveness of existing suicide prevention practices and clinical trials that develop, optimize, and pilot test interventions and service delivery approaches. Projects focused on strategies to reduce health disparities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 21, 2022
Application Deadline: Jun 21, 2022
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Healthcare Safety Net Federally Qualified Health Centers for Uninsured Adult Tennesseans Ages 19-64 Years of Age Inactive
Grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes in Tennessee to offer a sliding fee scale and provide comprehensive, preventive, dental, behavioral health services to an underserved area of population to uninsured adult Tennesseans 19-64 years of age.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jun 9, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health