Rural Health Disparities – Funding & Opportunities

Building Rural and Frontier Local Health Department Capacity to Address Disparities and Advance Health Equity Inactive
Training and technical assistance support for local health departments in rural and frontier areas to build capacity to prevent and control infection and transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials

Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Funding to support innovative intervention research addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) which, if successful, would have a major impact on preventing, reducing, or eliminating health disparities and advancing health equity. Rural populations are a priority, among other populations.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Mar 22, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute Inactive
An intensive training experience to support the career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 14, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

CMS Health Equity Award Inactive
Awards for organizations that are using the CMS Framework for Health Equity to advance health equity and reduce disparities in healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 13, 2024
Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Change Leadership Programs Inactive
Change leadership programs are designed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to extend the influence and impact of leaders working to advance health equity.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 7, 2024
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning and Implementation Grants Inactive
Funding to support pediatricians and fellowship trainees in the initial planning and/or pilot stage of implementing innovative, community-based projects to increase children's access to optimal health and well-being and address unmet child health needs.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 22, 2024
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Grants Program Inactive
Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives that increase children's access to optimal health and well-being and address unmet child health needs.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 22, 2024
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics

AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps Grants Inactive
Funding to support the recruitment, training, and development of public health leaders able to provide service in response to the public health needs of urban and rural communities.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jan 4, 2024
Sponsors: AmeriCorps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Healthy Start: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Inactive
Grants to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. Funding is set aside for rural communities.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2023
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program Inactive
Funding for a single entity to identify, educate, engage, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health and policy issues and promising practices in an effort to improve the health of people living in rural communities nationwide.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 14, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services