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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Research methods and resources

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

PCORI Ambassador Program
A national volunteer network designed to engage the healthcare community in strengthening the patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and increasing the dissemination of PCORI-funded​ research. PCORI supports research to give patients a better understanding of the prevention, treatment and care options available while considering potential for differences in treatment effectiveness among subpopulations, such as rural residents.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Project Talk Initiative Host Site Applications
Partnerships with community-based organization host sites to evaluate the impact of several approaches to promote advance care planning in underserved populations including those from ethnic and racial minority backgrounds, rural communities and low-income areas. Host sites will be provided tools and trained in facilitating community conversations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Hospice Foundation of America, National Institutes of Health, Penn State College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
Technical Assistance for Tribal Domestic Violence Programs and Shelters
Technical assistance for tribal domestic violence programs and shelters to build tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence; strengthen advocacy; and improve services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and sex trafficking.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
VA Office of Rural Health Funding Programs
Funding, technical assistance, and mentoring for rural VA facilities to implement promising practices and/or enterprise-wide initiatives.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
Environmental Health Disparities Centers [P50 Clinical Trial Optional] Inactive
Grants to support multidisciplinary research, research capacity building, and community-engaged research activities focused on on environmental health disparities and environmental justice research for populations and communities experiencing health disparities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 5, 2024
Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024
Sponsors: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Student Project Stipends Inactive
Stipends for students working on practice-based projects in public health organizations in the northwest region.
Geographic coverage: Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
Sponsor: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Student Award Program Inactive
Funding for doctoral and medical students at Michigan universities who research healthcare topics, including demonstration and evaluation projects and pilot programs that are aimed at improving healthcare within the state.
Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) Foundation Pilot Project Grants Inactive
Funding for innovative projects and research designed to increase access to and utilization of oral healthcare.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
Sponsor: Dental Trade Alliance Foundation
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food, and Nutrition Insecurity Inactive
Notice of Special Interest for research on interventions that address nutrition security and the mechanisms of food insecurity on a variety of health outcomes. Priority populations include racial/ethnic minority populations, lower income populations, and rural and remote populations including tribal communities and insular areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for researchers that are not employed by the NIH. Loan repayment awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career, not to support specific research.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 21, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services