Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

Community Economic Development Focus on Energy Communities Inactive
Grants for projects aimed at business development opportunities and creating employment for low-income individuals located in energy communities that have experienced employment loss and/or economic dislocation because of declines in the fossil fuel industry and/or are disproportionately reliant on fossil fuel energy production or distribution. Bonus points are given to projects that create jobs in rural and tribal communities.

Nutrition Security for Indigenous Youth Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations, tribes, educational institutions, and native-owned businesses working to improve nutrition security for Indigenous youth.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies Program Inactive
Funding to prepare nurses to serve as nursing clinical faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings in rural and underserved areas.

Training and Technical Assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works for the Prevention, Reduction, and Elimination of Pollution Inactive
Funding to provide training and technical assistance for rural, small, and tribal municipalities, publicly owned wastewater treatment works, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Registered Nurse Training Program Inactive
Funding to enhance nursing education and practice to advance the health of patients, families, and communities and improve health outcomes. The overall goal is to increase the number of nursing students trained in acute care settings to address and manage social determinant of health factors and improve health equity and health literacy in rural and underserved areas.

Maine School Based Health Center Services Grant Inactive
Grants to establish School Based Health Centers to deliver or expand access to integrated medical and behavioral health services to students in middle and/or high schools in Maine, with an emphasis on establishing centers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state, improving equity in healthcare access for students of color, and providing preventive oral health services.

Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge Inactive
Grants for organizations to provide planning and implementation technical assistance to rural communities to foster placemaking, which is the process of creating quality places where people want to live, work, learn, and play. The program goal is to create greater social and cultural vitality in rural communities aimed at improving people's social, physical, and economic well-being.

Public Health Nursing Case Management: Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections Inactive
Funding to mitigate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Indian Country through a model that utilizes public health nurses to provide case management 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.

Medicare Savings Programs Grant Inactive
Grants to educate, engage, and enroll eligible older adults with low income in Medicare Savings Programs. The program is available in 21 states and Puerto Rico and has a focus on underserved populations, including minorities and those living in rural communities.