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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Healthcare needs and services

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

Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health (PCTE-RTMB) Inactive
Grants to train primary care residents in mental and behavioral health for pediatric, adolescent, young adult, and other populations who are at-risk or have experienced abuse, trauma, or mental health and/or substance use disorders, including those related to the effects of gun violence. Priority will be given to proposals to train residents in rural areas, including for tribes or tribal organizations in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Minnesota Long-Term Care Workforce Capacity Building Project Inactive
Funding for projects in Minnesota focused on increasing the number of workers entering the long-term care (LTC) workforce by leveraging educational opportunities, highlighting professional/career pathways, and/or by promoting careers in LTC through public relations and marketing outreach efforts.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Nov 7, 2022
Sponsors: Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program Inactive
Funding to support the career development of junior faculty in geriatrics as academic geriatricians or academic geriatrics specialists. The overall goals of the program are to develop the necessary skills to lead healthcare transformation in a variety of settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings, to be age-friendly and to provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Academy of Family Physicians Health Equity Fellowship Inactive
One year fellowships that feature curriculum, faculty, and events tailored to address a topic of significant relevance to family medicine. The fellowship's goal is to create leaders who can address health inequities at the system and community levels.Tracks have included rural health, academic medicine, and traditional family medicine.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 30, 2022
Sponsors: American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Tennessee Safety Net Dental Grant Inactive
Funding to provide adult emergency dental extraction, preventive hygienic dental services, and general oral healthcare for uninsured adults in Tennessee 19-64 years of age. Preference will be given to applicants that propose to provide dental services to meet the needs of a Medically Underserved Area (MUA), Medically Underserved Population (MUP), or a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) where current safety net services are limited.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Oct 7, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Minnesota Dental Safety Net Grant Program Inactive
Grants for nonprofit Critical Access Dental providers in Minnesota to provide services for low-income and uninsured patients under the age of 21.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2022
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2022
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Minnesota Mental Health Safety Net Grant Program Inactive
Grants to mental health centers and clinics in Minnesota that treat uninsured patients under the age of 21.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2022
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2022
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2022
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge Inactive
Grants for organizations to provide planning and implementation technical assistance to rural communities to foster placemaking, which is the process of creating quality places where people want to live, work, learn, and play. The program goal is to create greater social and cultural vitality in rural communities aimed at improving people's social, physical, and economic well-being.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development
Public Health Nursing Case Management: Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections Inactive
Funding to mitigate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Indian Country through a model that utilizes public health nurses to provide case management services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 11, 2022
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services