Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Environmental health

Center for Early Lifestage Vulnerabilities to Environmental Stressors - Cumulative Health Impacts for Children in Underserved Rural Agricultural Communities in the United States Inactive
Grant to support a single entity to serve as a transdisciplinary research center to investigate the cumulative health impacts of early lifestage exposures to pollutants in conjunction with other relevant non-chemical stressors among children in underserved, rural agricultural communities.

Community Economic Development Focus on Energy Communities Inactive
Grants for projects aimed at business development opportunities and creating employment for low-income individuals located in energy communities that have experienced employment loss and/or economic dislocation because of declines in the fossil fuel industry and/or are disproportionately reliant on fossil fuel energy production or distribution. Bonus points are given to projects that create jobs in rural and tribal communities.

Tribal Solid Waste Grant Inactive
Grants to support planning, assessment, evaluation, and training activities to help tribes establish sustainable waste management programs and measure the extent of threat to human health related to the disposal of solid waste.

Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement Inactive
Funding to strengthen the infrastructure of tribal public health systems by strengthening leadership and workforce, improving access to tribal-specific data, adapting evidence-informed programs, and improving policies and practices to increase sustainability. This is a supplemental funding opportunity for current grantees.

Tribal Colleges Extension Program - Capacity Applications Inactive
Grants to build extension program capacity at 1994 Land-Grant Institutions. Funding will support one or more extension program areas including agriculture; community resources and economic development; family development and resource management; 4-H and youth development; leadership and volunteer development; natural resources and environmental management; and nutrition, diet and health.

Environmental Justice Small Grants Program - Tribal Governments Inactive
Grants to support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues, building consensus in the community, and setting community priorities. Projects should help residents of underserved communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues. The 2022 opportunity is limited to federally recognized tribal governments to establish or modify public participation programs where fair treatment and meaningful participation priorities have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

California Drinking Water for Schools Program Inactive
Grants and technical assistance for projects that improve drinking water quality and access on public school campuses and school-sponsored childcare facilities in small and disadvantaged communities in California with a current water quality or access impairment.

Indiana Health Issues and Challenges Grants Inactive
Grants for programs focused on addressing health issues and challenges within Indiana. Funds must be used for improving health outcomes in one or more priority areas including tobacco use, food insecurity/obesity, lead exposure, hepatitis C, chronic disease, and public health prevention programs.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP) Inactive
Funding to expand experiential training opportunities for nurses through nurse-led mobile health training sites, with the goal of strengthening nursing workforce to provide quality culturally aligned care in rural and underserved areas.

Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program Inactive
Grants to promote equity in access to Extension outreach and provide resources to address long-standing needs among federally recognized tribes.