Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health occupations

American Indians Into Medicine
Funding to implement the Indians into Medicine Program that is designed to attract and recruit qualified Indians into health professions and to ensure the availability of health professionals to serve American Indian/Alaska Native populations.

American Indians Into Nursing
Grants to to develop and maintain nursing education programs designed to recruit, retain, graduate and increase the number of registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners who deliver healthcare services to American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

American Indians Into Psychology
Grants to administer programs that will recruit and provide scholarships to qualified individuals who will become clinical psychologists and provide service to American Indian/Alaskan Native populations.

Kansas Osteopathic Medicine Service Scholarship
Scholarships for osteopathic medical students pursuing a career in primary care medicine who agree to work in an underserved geographic area of Kansas.

Safe and Supportive Schools: Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program
Grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in high need schools. Small, rural schools fall under the definition of high need local education agencies, and partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions are a program priority.

Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF)
Grants to promote economic prosperity in Maryland's disadvantaged and underserved rural communities, with priority given to projects that address entrepreneurship, healthcare, infrastructure, and regional councils.

Minnesota International Medical Graduates Residency Preparation Program – BRIIDGE
A 9-month residency preparatory program for international medical graduates in Minnesota. Training consists of inpatient, outpatient, community, and classroom components designed to optimally prepare participants to succeed in residency programs.

Minnesota Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant
Grants for the development of new or existing pediatric mental health training programs that are located in outpatient primary care clinics in Minnesota.

California Behavioral Health Scholarship Program
Scholarship to California students pursuing education or training to become behavioral health practitioners in exchange for working in a medically underserved area of California upon graduation.

Michigan Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program
Medical education debt repayment program for healthcare providers to practice in underserved areas in Michigan. Eligible providers will receive student loan repayment for providing mental health services in eligible nonprofit practice sites or public school-based systems for at least 2 years.