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Rural Health
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.

Mentorship In Medicine and Other Healthcare Professions Inactive
Funding to support activities and approaches designed to increase in the number of economically disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students who elect to pursue careers in medicine and health related professions to become physicians and other healthcare professionals in New York.
Geographic coverage: New York
Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2023
Sponsor: New York State Department of Health
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
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
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
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
Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Inactive
Funding to support 2 cooperative agreements to establish a national Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE) to support community efforts to address health disparities and advance health equity in American Indian and Alaska Native populations, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2023
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Planning and Implementation Inactive
Grants to support planning and implementation for tribes and tribal organizations to begin operating a Community Health Aide Program or support a growing program in the contiguous 48 states.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services