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Oklahoma Funding & Opportunities

State Rural Health Transformation Program Funding

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Oklahoma Physician Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians who agree to practice in approved rural communities in Oklahoma.
Geographic coverage: Oklahoma
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: State of Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Training Commission
Oklahoma Physician/Community Match Program
Financial assistance in the form of forgivable loans to primary care physicians who agree to practice in rural communities in Oklahoma.
Geographic coverage: Oklahoma
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: State of Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Training Commission
Oklahoma Volunteer Charitable Healthcare Provider Program
Offers state tort liability insurance to healthcare providers in Oklahoma who provide care to medically indigent persons at a free clinic, or specialty providers providing care as a result of a referral from a free clinic.
Geographic coverage: Oklahoma
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Oklahoma Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Development
Quality Reporting and Peer Review Assistance for Rural Hospitals in Oklahoma
Customized technical assistance for rural hospitals in Oklahoma in the areas of evaluation, healthcare improvement, data, and reporting.
Geographic coverage: Oklahoma
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Water and Wastewater Loans
Flexible loan products, with terms up to 15 years, for small, rural community water and wastewater projects.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Communities Unlimited, Inc., Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Union Pacific Foundation Community Ties Giving Program: Local Grants Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations to support direct services and capacity building efforts aimed at improving the quality of life in communities served by Union Pacific in the areas of safety, workforce development, community vitality, and environmental sustainability. Special emphasis is given to programs and organizations that serve populations in local communities. Rural communities have been awarded funding in the past.
Geographic coverage: Communities in 23 states served by Union Pacific
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
Sponsor: Union Pacific Foundation
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 3 Grants Inactive
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.
Geographic coverage: NLM Region 3 states including Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2026
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, Network of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Inactive
Financial assistance for projects and activities that develop, manage, and protect water and related resources on Tribal lands.
Geographic coverage: Federally recognized Indian Tribes in the 17 Western States identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902
Application Deadline: Oct 28, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Native American Affairs: Emergency Drought Relief for Tribes Inactive
Funding for emergency drought relief for Tribes. Applicants must demonstrate a health and safety need for the project.
Geographic coverage: Federally recognized Tribes in the 17 Western states identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 as amended and supplemented
Application Deadline: Oct 14, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Oklahoma 3 + 1 Program Inactive
A scholarship and accelerated degree program for undergraduate students in Oklahoma that have decided to become physicians, are interested in practicing primary care medicine in rural Oklahoma, and would like to accomplish this goal in a shorter amount of time than required in a traditional program.
Geographic coverage: Oklahoma
Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Sponsor: Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health