Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Medical Student Education Program
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.
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.
Geographic coverage: Public medical colleges in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) - Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)
Funding to increase the nursing workforce in rural and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings. The program aims to enhance nursing education and clinical practice to expand the workforce and improve retention.
Funding to increase the nursing workforce in rural and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings. The program aims to enhance nursing education and clinical practice to expand the workforce and improve retention.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Hospital Stabilization Pilot Program
Funding for a single entity to provide in-depth technical assistance to rural hospitals to enhance and/or expand service lines to meet local need and keep healthcare services available locally.
Funding for a single entity to provide in-depth technical assistance to rural hospitals to enhance and/or expand service lines to meet local need and keep healthcare services available locally.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Meeting the Basic Needs of Underserved Crime Victims
Funding to increase the availability and accessibility of basic services and assistance to crime victims and survivors from communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. Tribal communities are a program priority.
Funding to increase the availability and accessibility of basic services and assistance to crime victims and survivors from communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. Tribal communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Funding to reduce violent crime and support law enforcement officers and prosecutors by improving investigations in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the sexual assault kit testing process, as well as other violent cold case crimes. Rural and tribal communities are a program priority.
Funding to reduce violent crime and support law enforcement officers and prosecutors by improving investigations in connection with evidence and cases resulting from the sexual assault kit testing process, as well as other violent cold case crimes. Rural and tribal communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
Rural Housing Preservation Grants (Section 533)
Grants to organizations that work to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for rural, low-income homeowners and renters.
Grants to organizations that work to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for rural, low-income homeowners and renters.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Housing Service
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Housing Service
Delta Innovator Search
A challenge designed to identify entrepreneurs, scientists, healthcare providers, agricultural leaders, and other innovators with new solutions that have the potential to transform the Delta region's economy and contribute to better health outcomes.
A challenge designed to identify entrepreneurs, scientists, healthcare providers, agricultural leaders, and other innovators with new solutions that have the potential to transform the Delta region's economy and contribute to better health outcomes.
Geographic coverage: Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
Application Deadline: Jul 30, 2024
Sponsor: Rural Innovation Alliance
Application Deadline: Jul 30, 2024
Sponsor: Rural Innovation Alliance
Cancer Patient Navigation Grants - Maine
Funding for projects in Maine that help patients navigate cancer care by connecting patients with support and resources, reducing any barriers patients may face, and ensuring all patients have access to quality cancer care.
Funding for projects in Maine that help patients navigate cancer care by connecting patients with support and resources, reducing any barriers patients may face, and ensuring all patients have access to quality cancer care.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: Maine Cancer Foundation
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: Maine Cancer Foundation
Changing Aging Grants
Grants for systems-level and programmatic innovations in the areas of ending ageism, advancing digital equity, and supporting aging in place. Rural and other underserved populations/communities are considered a program priority.
Grants for systems-level and programmatic innovations in the areas of ending ageism, advancing digital equity, and supporting aging in place. Rural and other underserved populations/communities are considered a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: NextFifty Initiative
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: NextFifty Initiative
Ending the HIV/HCV/Syphilis Epidemics in Indian Country II (ETHIC II): A Syndemic Elimination Program for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Urban Indian Communities
Funding to increase the diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of HIV, HCV, and syphilis in tribal communities.
Funding to increase the diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of HIV, HCV, and syphilis in tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services