Rural Residency Planning and Development Program

For program and eligibility questions:
Jason Steele, MPH
301.443.2203
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Beverly Smith
301.443.7065
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov

Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center (RRPD-TAC):
info@ruralgme.org

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
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The Rural Residency Planning and Development Program provides grants to expand access to healthcare in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). The program will provide start-up funding to create rural residency programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Awardees are expected to:

• Develop a new rural residency program that is accredited by ACGME
• Finalize a validated sustainability plan that includes ongoing funding streams to sustain long-term resident training after the program is established
• Develop a structured plan to track and publicly report on resident career outcomes after graduation for at least 5 years after the first graduating class to assess retention in rural communities

A detailed list of objectives and required activities is provided in the application instructions.

The program has 2 pathways.

• General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway: This pathway supports the development of new rural residency training programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, and general surgery.
• Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway: This pathway supports the development of new rural residency programs with a focus on obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine with enhanced obstetrical training

Eligible applicants:

• Public or private institutions of higher education, as part of a graduate medical education (GME) consortium, including:
  • Schools of allopathic medicine
  • Schools of osteopathic medicine
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• Rural hospitals
• Rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, including Rural Health Clinics
• Native American Tribal governments
• Native American Tribal organizations

Award ceiling: $750,000 over the entire project period
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 15
Estimated total program funding: $11,250,000

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

Applicant webinar
January 23, 2025
2:00 p.m. Eastern
Phone Number: 833.568.8864
Meeting ID: 160 387 3976
Passcode: 95106394