Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Jason Steele
301.443.2203
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov

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Eric Brown
301.945.9844
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov

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The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will enter into a cooperative agreement with a single entity to provide technical assistance (TA) for HRSA Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (RRPD) awardees that are working to expand the number of rural residency training programs and subsequently increase the number of physicians choosing to practice in rural areas.

Program objectives include:

• Promote the rural residency to rural workforce pipeline by supporting the development of new rural residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, OB/GYN, general surgery, preventive medicine, and other specialties as determined by HRSA. TA provided may include assistance in curriculum development, faculty recruitment and development, clinical and community partnerships, and program administration
• Provide TA on topics such as residency curriculum development, faculty recruitment and development, clinical and community partnerships, program financial planning, and program administration
• Help organizations establish and maintain new rural residency programs and become accredited by the ACGME
• Help rural residency programs identify, qualify for, and secure (as applicable) Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and/or other sustainable pathways for funding, such as Medicaid, state, or private funding
• Identify, track, analyze, and translate key policy, regulatory, and programmatic issues to inform rural residency programs and other rural GME stakeholders and policy makers about changes, knowledge gaps, or other challenges impacting rural residency programs and rural GME funding
• Analyze the impact of rural residency activities and funding on rural communities (such as effects on the rural physician workforce), in consultation with HRSA
• Promote rural residency training to medical students

Domestic public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit entities may apply.

Types of eligible organizations:

• Public institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status
• For-profit organizations, including small businesses
• State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states
• Independent school districts
• Native American Tribal governments
• Native American Tribal organizations

Award ceiling: $1,250,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Number of awards: 1

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.