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Funding by Topic: Primary care

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

Telligen Community Initiative Grants
Grants for programs and nonprofit organizations that address social determinants that impact health and enhance equity, that are making healthcare education more accessible, and that are fostering healthcare innovation in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma.
Geographic coverage: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma
Application Deadline: Jul 2, 2024
Sponsor: Telligen Community Initiative
Virginia Health Access Grants
Funding for projects to increase access to healthcare for uninsured Virginians and those who live in areas with limited access to care.
Geographic coverage: Virginia
Letter of Intent (Required): Jul 17, 2024
Application Deadline: Sep 5, 2024
Sponsor: Virginia Health Care Foundation
Medical Student Education Program
Grants for public medical schools to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program is designed to prepare and encourage medical students who are training in the most underserved states to choose residencies and careers in primary care that serve tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically underserved communities after they graduate.
Geographic coverage: Public medical colleges in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah
Application Deadline: Jul 26, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Service Area Competition Funding for the Health Center Program (Areas Served with a Project Period Start Date of January 1, 2025)
Grants to health centers to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to an underserved area or population. Areas with a January 1, 2025 project period start date are eligible to apply.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration
Montana Rural Physician Incentive Program (MRPIP)
Loan repayment assistance for physicians who agree to practice in underserved areas of Montana.
Geographic coverage: Montana
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2024
Sponsor: Montana University System
Service Area Competition - Additional Area Funding for Health Center Program (Areas Served with a Project Period Start Date of January 1, 2025)
Funding to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to an underserved area or population. Areas with an January 1, 2025 project period start date are eligible to apply.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 5, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Equity Leaders Program
Provides health professions students with opportunities to explore health equity service, scholarship, leadership, and policy. Applicants are future leaders who are underrepresented in healthcare, such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2024
Sponsor: National Medical Fellowships
States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model
A state total cost of care (TCOC) model that works to drive state and regional healthcare transformation and multi-payer alignment, with the goal of improving the total health of a state population and lowering costs. The AHEAD Model will provide participating states with funding and other tools to address rising healthcare costs and support health equity.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 26, 2024
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2024
Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Health Center Program New Access Point Grants
Grants to support the establishment of new health service delivery sites under the Health Center Program for underserved populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment for undergraduate and graduate health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian Health Service programs.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services