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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Veterans

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

Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation S.M.I.L.E. Grants Inactive
Grants for organizations throughout New Jersey and Connecticut that focus on access to dental care for underserved children, people with disabilities, veterans, and seniors.
Geographic coverage: New Jersey and Connecticut
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2026
Sponsor: Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.
VA Homeless Providers Per Diem Only Grant Program Inactive
Funding for eligible entities to provide transitional housing beds or service centers for veterans who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2026
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans Initiative Inactive
Funding for "bricks and mortar" projects that assist low‐income, elderly, and disabled veterans with home repair needs, support homeless veterans, help veterans become homeowners, and/or secure affordable rental housing in rural areas of the United States.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 19, 2026
Sponsors: Housing Assistance Council, The Home Depot Foundation
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research Inactive
Notice of Special Interest for research to improve understanding of the determinants of firearm injury; the identification of those at risk of firearm injury; the development, piloting, and testing of innovative interventions to prevent firearm injury and mortality; and the examination of approaches to improve the implementation of existing, evidence-based interventions to prevent firearm injury and mortality.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2025
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tribal HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program Expansion Inactive
Grants for tribes and tribally designated housing entities to provide rental assistance for Native American veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas. The program combines rental assistance from HUD with case management, clinical, and supportive services provided by VA.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry Inactive
Grants to plan, develop, operate, or participate in, postdoctoral training programs in community-based organizations in the fields of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and dental public health. Programs should prepare postdoctoral trained dentists to improve access to and delivery of oral healthcare delivery to underserved and rural populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Veterans Health Access Program Inactive
Grants for current state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients to work with providers and other partners to improve access to needed healthcare services and to improve the coordination of care for veterans living in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 5, 2025
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Indians Into Nursing Inactive
Grants to develop and maintain nursing education programs designed to recruit, retain, graduate, and increase the number of registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners who deliver healthcare services to American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services