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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Public health

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

Rural Physician Associate Program Inactive
A 9-month, community-based educational experience for third-year medical students at the University of Minnesota that allows them to live and train in rural communities across Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Nov 26, 2023
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants Inactive
Grants to repair essential community facilities in rural areas that were damaged by Presidentially Declared Disasters in calendar year 2022. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community. It does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 24, 2023
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Housing Service
Oregon Community Health Worker Pilot Program Inactive
Funding for training of community health workers for employment at Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and rural public health departments in Oregon.
Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Nov 17, 2023
Sponsors: Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Office of Rural Health
Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map Strategists Program Inactive
Funding to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs), tribal health organizations, and their community partners to address cognitive health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2023
Sponsor: Alzheimer's Association
Brownfield Assessment Grants Inactive
Grants for assessing, prioritizing, and planning for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites that are complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Brownfield Cleanup Grants Inactive
Grants to carry out cleanup activities at specific brownfield sites, resulting in better community environmental health. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Brownfields Multipurpose Grants Inactive
Grants to carry out a range of eligible assessment and cleanup activities within a proposed target area, such as a neighborhood, a number of neighboring towns, a district, a corridor, a shared planning area or a census tract. Funds must be used for environmental site assessments, brownfields site cleanup, and the development of a plan for the revitalization of one or more brownfields site.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Technical Assistance for Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields Inactive
Funding for a single entity to provide technical assistance designed to strengthen the capacity of tribal nations to carry out response activities associated with brownfields assessment and cleanup.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barclay-Giel ​Seed Grants Inactive
Grants for public health projects that have a strong disease and/or injury prevention component that impacts the health of a community by promoting wellness, early detection, and early interventions. Past awards have been given for projects in rural and tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 12, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation
Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Grants for research that develops and evaluates firearm injury primary prevention interventions that capitalize on community healthcare settings, to identify risk factors; reduce exposure risk in individuals, families, and populations; prevent injury or reoccurrence of injury; and mitigate disparities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Oct 6, 2023
Application Deadline: Nov 7, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office