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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Physicians

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

Arkansas Rural Health Scholarship Inactive
Scholarship program designed to assist healthcare students in Arkansas with education costs while encouraging them to serve and practice in underserved rural areas of the state.
Geographic coverage: Arkansas
Application Deadline: Jun 2, 2023
Sponsor: Dr. Rhys Branman
Agricultural Safety and Health: Core Course Registration and Fee Waivers Inactive
Course registration and an opportunity to apply for a fee waiver to attend the Agricultural Safety and Health Core Course to be held virtually in June, 2023.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Health Careers Opportunity Program: The National HCOP Academies Inactive
Grants to increase and support opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and graduate from health professions programs. National HCOP Academies strengthen the health workforce pipeline in medically underserved and rural areas by providing both academic and social supports to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: May 24, 2023
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Medical Residency Training State Matching Grants Program Inactive
Funding to establish, expand, or support medical residency training programs in Iowa. Priority will be given to applications that establish/expand emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry residency programs.
Geographic coverage: Iowa
Application Deadline: May 17, 2023
Sponsor: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
South Carolina Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Educational loan repayment program for qualified behavioral health professionals who contract to practice in rural and/or underserved areas of South Carolina.
Geographic coverage: South Carolina
Application Deadline: Apr 19, 2023
Sponsor: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
Colorado Rural Essential Access Provider (REAP) Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment program for eligible health professionals working in rural or frontier private practice clinics in Colorado.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Sponsor: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for specific primary care, mental health, and oral health providers who agree to practice in Health Professional Shortage Areas of Louisiana.
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Sponsor: Louisiana Department of Health
Michigan Opioid Treatment Assistance Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for medical providers and substance use disorder counselors to begin and expand opioid treatment in Michigan.
Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Mar 13, 2023
Sponsors: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Health Endowment Fund
New Mexico Human Services Department Primary Care Physician Training Program Inactive
Funding to create new, or expand existing, primary care graduate medical education (GME) programs in New Mexico.
Geographic coverage: New Mexico
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 15, 2022
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsors: New Mexico Human Services Department, New Mexico Primary Care Training Consortium
West Virginia Health Sciences Service Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for certain health professions students who agree to practice in an underserved area of West Virginia upon graduation.
Geographic coverage: West Virginia
Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2023
Sponsor: College Foundation of West Virginia