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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

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

Ohiyesa Premedical Program Inactive
A year-long educational program designed to engage and support Native American tribal and/or community college students interested in pursuing a healthcare career, with a program focus on the physician pathway. The program includes quarterly virtual group meetings, individual meetings with faculty sponsors and mentors, and a 3 week on-site summer program in Boston at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2024
Sponsor: Front Line Indigenous Partnership
Steele-Reese Foundation Idaho and Montana Grant Program Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations in Idaho and Montana working in the areas of rural health, human and social services, education, conservation and preservation, arts and humanities, and native communities.
Geographic coverage: Idaho, Montana
Letter of Intent (Required): Jan 31, 2024
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Sponsor: The Steele-Reese Foundation
HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge Inactive
A challenge designed to find community-led strategies and tools to address health disparities in communities disproportionately impacted by environmental risks and hazards, including those related to climate change.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 30, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
Hawaii Tobacco Cessation Services for Priority Populations Grants Inactive
Grants to provide intensive, evidence-based tobacco cessation services to priority populations in Hawaii to help them to stop using tobacco.
Geographic coverage: Hawaii
Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2024
Sponsor: Hawaii Community Foundation (HCF)
Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations Inactive
Funding for students to travel and conduct mentored summer research internships in U.S. minority settings and in foreign countries. Rural and tribal applicants are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 28, 2024
Sponsor: City College of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine
Native American Congressional Internship Inactive
A summer internship for Native American and Alaska Native students who wish to learn more about the federal government and issues affecting Indian country.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 24, 2024
Sponsor: Morris K Udall and Stewart L Udall Foundation
Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program Inactive
Reimbursement funding to tribal governments exercising Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) for covered crimes, which are assault of tribal justice personnel; child violence; dating violence; domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sexual violence; sex trafficking; stalking; and violation of a protection order.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 23, 2024
Sponsors: Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
Capital Clinic Access Grants Inactive
Capital funding to expand safety net dental programs in Washington, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, tribal, and nonprofit dental clinics, with the goal of increasing access to oral healthcare and reducing oral health disparities, especially among Black, Indigenous, and communities of color.
Geographic coverage: Washington
Letter of Intent (Required): Jan 22, 2024
Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2024
Sponsor: Arcora Foundation
Public Health Associate Program Inactive
A paid training program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where associates gain hands-on experience across a variety of public health settings.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Jan 22, 2024
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York Age-Friendly: Go Local Grants Inactive
Funding for grassroots and community-based organizations in Western and Central New York who are working to build age-friendly neighborhoods that promote health equity.
Geographic coverage: Service area for the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Application Deadline: Jan 19, 2024
Sponsor: Health Foundation for Western and Central New York