Missouri Funding & Opportunities

Mosaic Life Care Foundation Cheryl Portman Scholarship
Scholarship established to reduce the financial burden of medical education while encouraging the next generation of physicians to serve rural communities. Through financial support and mentorship opportunities, the scholarship seeks to attract, develop, and retain medical students who demonstrate a commitment to providing healthcare in communities throughout northwest Missouri and the broader Mosaic Life Care Foundation service area.

Missouri J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an approved area of Missouri, allowing them to remain in the United States.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 3 Grants
Funding for projects in Region 3 that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; and improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information. NNLM lists rural health as a priority on their initiatives page.

American Connection Corps
A 1-year fellowship program that trains and mobilizes leaders to work in rural and emerging communities to coordinate broadband development and digital inclusion.

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 approved area of the Delta region, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program Technical Assistance
Technical assistance and consultation services for selected applicants through a 3-year participation cycle. The program will assist rural health leaders and providers with implementation of best practices and evidenced-based models that improve performance and enhance care coordination to develop a local system of care.

Midwestern Public Health Training Center Field Placement Program
A field placement program designed for students in the midwestern region to participate in experiential learning in a public health setting.

Missouri Community Health Foundation Loan Forgiveness Program
Loan forgiveness fund that provides partial or full funding for healthcare professional students from urban and rural Missouri to attend medical, dental, nursing, physician assistant, dental hygiene, optometry, and pharmacy school in the primary care fields.

Missouri Community Health Foundation Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment fund that assists with increasing access to healthcare services in underserved communities throughout Missouri. The Foundation partners with primary care medical, advanced practice nursing, and dental residents during their postgraduate training to provide educational student loan repayment in exchange for service at a Missouri Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) upon completion of training.

MoCAP Program
Technical assistance and consulting services for organizations pursuing federal or national funding for health and/or prevention focused programs.