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Funding by Topic: Culture and cultural competency

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Telligen Community Initiative Grants
Grants for programs and nonprofit organizations that address social determinants that impact health and enhance equity, that are making healthcare education more accessible, and that are fostering healthcare innovation in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma.
Geographic coverage: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma
Application Deadline: Jul 2, 2024
Sponsor: Telligen Community Initiative
Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42- Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding for small businesses to develop products, processes, and services that can be used to improve minority health and/or reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in one or more NIH-defined health disparity population groups. Technologies should be effective, affordable, and culturally acceptable.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jun 8, 2024
Application Deadline: Jul 8, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Youth Mental and Behavioral Health: Near-Term Opportunities to Support North Carolina's Youth
Grants to expand access to mental and behavioral health services and resources for youth in North Carolina through models that are effective in the short term (1-3 years).
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Application Deadline: Jul 9, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina
National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement
A cooperative agreement and funding to establish a National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement that will serve as the technical assistance (TA) focal point for coordinated and culturally competent capacity building technical assistance American Indian and Alaska Native Nations. The TA provided will enhance organizational and system performance and improve outcomes for tribal children, youth, and families by honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing (IWOK) and working collaboratively to ensure the preservation of tribal cultures.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 11, 2024
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Native Agriculture and Food Systems College Scholarship Program
Scholarships to encourage Native American college students to enter careers in agriculture and agriculture-related fields with the ultimate goal of increasing food production, improving health and nutrition, and eliminating food insecurity in rural and reservation-based communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 11, 2024
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
Daniel Foundation of Alabama Grants
Grants for programs in Alabama with a focus on underserved communities, rural areas, and populations experiencing economic disadvantages. Priority areas include health; community needs; education and youth; and arts, culture, and community assets.
Geographic coverage: Alabama
Letter of Intent (Required): Jul 22, 2024
Application Deadline: Sep 16, 2024
Sponsor: Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Medical Student Education Program
Grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program is designed to prepare and encourage medical students who are training in the most underserved states to choose residencies and careers in primary care that serve tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically underserved communities after they graduate.
Geographic coverage: Public medical colleges in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Meeting the Basic Needs of Underserved Crime Victims
Funding to increase the availability and accessibility of basic services and assistance to crime victims and survivors from communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. Tribal communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Changing Aging Grants
Grants for systems-level and programmatic innovations in the areas of ending ageism, advancing digital equity, and supporting aging in place. Rural and other underserved populations/communities are considered a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: NextFifty Initiative
Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44)
Funding for small business concerns to develop a product, process, or service with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in one or more NIH-defined population groups.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 5, 2024
Application Deadline: Aug 5, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services