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Funding by Topic: Health workforce

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

Wisconsin Graduate Medical Education Initiative Residency Expansion Grants Inactive
Grants to increase the number of resident positions in the priority specialties of family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, addiction medicine, and addiction psychiatry in Wisconsin and the addition of new rural clinical training sites in the state.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2023
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Texas Rural and Public Health Rotation Program Inactive
Rural and public health rotation opportunities for residents in Texas.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Aug 21, 2023
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Board
Minnesota Health Professional Training Scholarship Grant Program Inactive
Grants for eligible health professional training programs in Minnesota to administer scholarships to students enrolled during the 2023-24 school year. Grantees should provide both academic and professional counseling and prioritize rural clinical placements for all scholarship recipients.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2023
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
South Carolina Health Priority Grants Inactive
Grants for projects that that improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for South Carolina residents, especially the economically vulnerable. Health priorities include oral health, mental health, diabetes, and social determinants of health.
Geographic coverage: South Carolina
Application Deadline: Aug 16, 2023
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
Education and Outreach for Dental Therapy in Tribal Settings Inactive
Grants to support education and outreach on tribal dental therapy programs. The overall goal of the program is strengthening efforts and launching new efforts to enhance federal, state, and tribal policies supportive of dental therapy within the Indian Health System.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Tribal Colleges and Universities Implementation Activities or Feasibility Study for Dental Therapy Training Programs Inactive
Grants to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to implement activities to support training and educational opportunities for dental therapy students, or to undertake a feasibility study to explore what it would take to begin a dental therapy training program at the TCU.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Tribes and Tribal Organizations Implementation of Dental Therapy Inactive
Grants for projects that implement dental therapy in tribal communities in states that have a legal mechanism for dental therapists to practice within the Indian Health System.
Geographic coverage: Available in 14 states.
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP) – Continuing Training Grants (CTG) Inactive
Grants to support emergency preparedness training solutions to help rural and tribal areas prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, threats, hazards, and other emergencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 9, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Assessment and Planning Inactive
Grants to support assessment and planning for tribes and tribal organizations to determine the feasibility of implementing a Community Health Aide Program in their respective communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 7, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19 Inactive
Training and technical assistance for local health departments that serve rural and frontier jurisdictions to effectively respond to, recover from, and build community resiliency related to the COVID pandemic and future public health emergencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 4, 2023
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials