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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.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Disparities Affecting Healthcare Utilization and Health Outcomes Among Childhood Cancer Survivors
Notice of Special Interest for research to understand and address the full spectrum of factors that contribute to disparities in survivorship care, healthcare utilization, and health outcomes among childhood cancer survivors. Proposed projects must Include populations commonly experiencing disparities based on race or ethnicity, sex, sexual or gender minority status, insurance status, rural residence, socioeconomic disadvantage, or other demonstrated differences.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2024
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Colorado Community Initiated Solutions Grants
Grants to support projects that directly engage community members to identify health challenges and implement solutions that meet the specific needs of Colorado communities.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: Colorado Health Foundation
Colorado Supporting Healthy Minds and Youth Resiliency Grants
Grants for community-based projects and programs that address the mental health challenges facing youth of color and LGBTQ youth in Colorado and build resiliency through identity, agency, and belonging.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: Colorado Health Foundation
Connecticut Health and Environmental Justice Grants
Grants for projects in Connecticut that focus on health, environmental justice, and disparities in health outcomes based on geographic location.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: Connecticut Community Foundation
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01, R21, and R34 Clinical Trials Optional)
Funding to support research designed to improve health in Native American populations. Proposed research may address health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, recovery, or services research to inform intervention implementation and dissemination, and it must engage tribal partners and communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 21, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Imua Loa Community Grants Program
Grants for community-based innovations that are working to improve access to quality healthcare for low income and underserved populations of Hawaii.
Geographic coverage: Hawaii
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
Sponsor: AlohaCare
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program
Funding for community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening disadvantaged communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 21, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
California Tribal Homekey Program
Funding to sustain and rapidly expand housing for households experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and who are impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants are focused on tribal households in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
Sponsor: California Department of Housing and Community Development
Flicker Fund
Emergency response funding for crisis impacted indigenous communities and nations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc.
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Community Vitality Grants
Grants for native community projects in the areas of traditional foodways, health and healing, language revitalization, and cultural knowledge sharing.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc. (SGF)