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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health disparities

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

Expansion of Cancer Prevention Services to Rural and Medically Underserved Populations Inactive
Grants to coordinate and expand evidence-based prevention services and cancer screening for underserved and rural areas of Texas without adequate access to healthcare.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Feb 9, 2022
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Texas Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention Services Inactive
Grants for evidence-based cancer prevention services for medically underserved areas and populations in Texas.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Feb 9, 2022
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Minnesota Rural Health Assessment Grant Inactive
Grants to support collaborative efforts to improve health equity, reduce health disparities, and address social determinants of health in rural Minnesota through community level health assessments and implementation planning.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2022
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Regional Public Health Training Centers Program Inactive
Grants to support Regional Public Health Training Centers designed to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce; enhance the quality of the workforce; and improve the ability of the workforce to meet national, state, and local healthcare needs.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 24, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Title X Family Planning Services Grants Inactive
Grants to provide comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services for low-income and/or uninsured clients, including adolescents and populations who have experienced historic disparities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 11, 2022
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Inactive
Funding for new and existing Family-to-Family Health Information Centers that provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special healthcare needs and the professionals who serve them. A focus of the program is to to advance health equity by reaching territories, tribal regions, and other diverse, underserved communities, including rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2022
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ending the HIV Epidemic Primary Care HIV Prevention Inactive
Funding for HIV prevention to current Health Center Program operational (H80) grant award recipients located in Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America geographic locations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Dec 14, 2021
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Teaching Health Center Planning and Development -Technical Assistance Inactive
A cooperative agreement with a single entity to provide technical assistance for HRSA's Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program (THCPD) award recipients to support the creation of new accredited community-based primary care residency programs in rural and underserved communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 30, 2021
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CHCF Health Equity Fellowship Inactive
A 2-year fellowship program to support Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) professionals seeking to become leaders on the issue of health equity in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2021
Sponsor: California Health Care Foundation
Telehealth Technology-Enabled Learning Program Inactive
Funding to connect specialists at academic medical centers with primary care providers of rural, frontier, and underserved populations, providing evidence-based training and support to help them treat patients with complex conditions in their communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jun 25, 2021
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services