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Missouri Funding & Opportunities

Supporting Rural Communities in Missouri to Decriminalize Behavioral Health Crises
Funding to bring together multi-sector, community collaboratives in rural communities in Missouri to explore activities and efforts that focus on shifting a community's response to behavioral health crises away from arrest and toward connection to services and treatment.
Geographic coverage: Missouri
Application Deadline: Apr 11, 2023
Sponsor: Missouri Foundation for Health
Insuring Rural Communities in Missouri and Illinois Scholarship
Scholarships for students from rural areas of Missouri and Illinois who are pursuing certificates or undergraduate degrees in information technology, healthcare, or risk management.
Geographic coverage: Illinois and Missouri
Application Deadline: Apr 17, 2023
Sponsor: The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis Insuring Rural Communities Scholarship
Scholarships for students from rural areas in Missouri and Illinois who are pursuing certificates or undergraduate degrees in information technology, healthcare, or risk management.
Geographic coverage: Illinois and Missouri
Application Deadline: Apr 17, 2023
Sponsor: The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
Kerr Foundation Grants
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the Kerr Foundation target area in the areas of education, health, cultural development, and human services.
Geographic coverage: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Oklahoma organizations will receive first priority for available funds.
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 30, 2023
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Sponsor: Kerr Foundation
Missouri Aim for Excellence Award
Award that recognizes hospitals in Missouri for their accomplishments, innovations, and outcomes for projects that address at least one of the three Triple Aim principles, which are population, quality, and cost/value.
Geographic coverage: Missouri
Application Deadline: May 12, 2023
Sponsor: Missouri Hospital Association
Delta Health Systems Implementation Program
Funding to improve healthcare delivery and healthcare access in rural areas of the Delta region. Projects should focus on financial and operational improvement, quality improvement, telehealth, and workforce development in hospitals.
Geographic coverage: 252 counties and parishes within the 8 state Delta region
Application Deadline: May 18, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Delta Dental of Missouri Oral Health Grant Program
Grants for projects designed to improve the oral health of Missouri residents with a focus on increasing access for underserved areas and populations.
Geographic coverage: Missouri
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 25, 2023
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2023
Sponsor: Delta Dental of Missouri
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on Barriers to Care and Risk of HIV-Associated Comorbidities among Vulnerable Population Groups
Notice of Special Interest for research that analyzes barriers to care and risk of HIV-associated comorbidities among disproportionally vulnerable and affected population groups of people living with or at risk for HIV infection.
Geographic coverage: 57 priority jurisdictions including 7 states with a substantial rural HIV burden
Application Deadline: May 8, 2025
Sponsors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health
Delta Doctors J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of the Delta region, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Delta Regional Authority
Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program Technical Assistance
Technical assistance for selected hospitals, clinics and their communities in the Delta Region to make in-depth health system enhancements.
Geographic coverage: Counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee that are served by the Delta Regional Authority.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Delta Regional Authority, National Rural Health Resource Center

Last Updated: 3/28/2023