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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Health workforce education and training

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

HERO: Helping EMS in Rural Oregon Inactive
Grants to frontier and rural EMS agencies in Oregon to cover in-house training costs or to send staff to training that cannot be offered locally.
Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Apr 19, 2024
Sponsor: Oregon Office of Rural Health
Summer Health Care Internship Program Inactive
A program that provides grants to hospitals, clinics, nursing facilities and home care providers to establish summer healthcare internship programs to expose interested secondary and postsecondary students to various careers within the healthcare professions.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Apr 19, 2024
Sponsors: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, Minnesota Hospital Association
First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Grants Inactive
Funding to support first responders and members of other key community sectors on training, administering, and distributing naloxone and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved overdose reversal medications or devices. Funding is set aside for recipients serving rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Maryland Loan Repayment Programs Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians, physician assistants, medical residents specializing in primary care, nurses, and nursing support staff who agree to practice in an underserved area of Maryland.
Geographic coverage: Maryland
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsor: Maryland Department of Health
Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons Inactive
A scholarship for surgeons in small towns and rural communities to either: (1) attend the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress; (2) travel and attend training; or (3) conduct research to improve performance as a rural surgeon.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsor: American College of Surgeons
Provider's Clinical Support System - Universities Inactive
Funding to support graduate-level education for students in medical, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and other eligible advanced practice nursing programs with a focus on treating opioid use disorders and prescribing medications for opioid use disorder in office-based settings upon graduation. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving Institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institutions are encouraged to apply.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Alaska Indigenous Research Program and Scholarship Inactive
A series of 3 1-week courses that provide Indigenous-centered, cross-cultural health research education and training for students, researchers and health professionals working in tribal health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 14, 2024
Sponsors: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Pacific University
Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program Inactive
Grants for projects designed to address and prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 12, 2024
Application Deadline: Apr 12, 2024
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
California Psychiatric Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program: Psychiatry Residency Inactive
Grants to train psychiatry residents and fellows to work in the California Public Mental Health System.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Apr 8, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Psychiatric Education Capacity Expansion: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Inactive
Funding for educational/medical institutions to develop and expand training programs to prepare Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students to work with underserved populations in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Apr 8, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information