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Funding by Topic: Infectious diseases

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

Environmental Justice Small Grants Program - Tribal Governments Inactive
Grants to support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues, building consensus in the community, and setting community priorities. Projects should help residents of underserved communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues. The 2022 opportunity is limited to federally recognized tribal governments to establish or modify public participation programs where fair treatment and meaningful participation priorities have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: May 20, 2022
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Cooperative Agreement Inactive
Grants to provide substance misuse and HIV prevention services to racial/ethnic minority males at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 2, 2022
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Minority AIDS Initiative: Service Integration Inactive
Grants to integrate evidence-based, culturally competent mental and substance use disorder treatment with HIV primary care and prevention services. The population of focus is individuals of racial and ethnic minorities with a serious mental illness or co-occurring disorder living with or at risk for HIV and/or hepatitis.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Apr 25, 2022
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indiana Health Issues and Challenges Grants Inactive
Grants for programs focused on addressing health issues and challenges within Indiana. Funds must be used for improving health outcomes in one or more priority areas including tobacco use, food insecurity/obesity, lead exposure, hepatitis C, chronic disease, and public health prevention programs.
Geographic coverage: Indiana
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2022
Sponsor: Indiana Department of Health
Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program Inactive
Funding to support rural health networks to address the need for more trained health professionals, which has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall program goal is to expand public health capacity by supporting healthcare job development, training, and placement in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2022
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP) Inactive
Funding to expand experiential training opportunities for nurses through nurse-led mobile health training sites, with the goal of strengthening nursing workforce to provide quality culturally aligned care in rural and underserved areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Feb 22, 2022
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Harm Reduction Program Grant Inactive
Grants to support community-based, trauma-informed overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction services. Priority populations include rural communities, LGBTQ+, and/or racial and ethnic minorities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Feb 7, 2022
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health 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
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
Equipping Local Health Departments to Address Vaccine Hesitancy Inactive
A technical assistance and capacity building opportunity that will provide local health departments with resources to address vaccine hesitancy for routine, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccines. The opportunity is open to rural and tribal health departments.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 19, 2021
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials