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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention

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

Hawaii Community Foundation Health and Wellness Collaboration and Seed Grants Inactive
Grants for collaborative, community developed projects designed to improve the ecosystem of health and wellness where people in Hawaii live, connect, work, and play.
Geographic coverage: Hawaii
Application Deadline: Jul 7, 2023
Sponsor: Hawaii Community Foundation
PHEARLESS (Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy) Initiative Inactive
An initiative that brings rising public health leaders together with community leaders to co-create sustainable solutions that advance health equity and well-being for all. Community collectives will be selected to participate in a one-year program comprising four competency-developing modules, a culminating activity, stipends, and potential implementation grant funding.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jul 6, 2023
Sponsors: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, University of South Florida College of Public Health
Michigan Impact Grant Program Inactive
Grants for projects that work to lift people in Michigan out of poverty and address the disparities that affect the ability to afford necessities such as housing, child care, food, healthcare, and transportation. The program is focused on geographically disadvantaged areas of the state.
Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Jun 23, 2023
Sponsor: Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Minority AIDS Initiative: The Substance Use and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Inactive
Funding to provide substance use and HIV prevention services for racial and ethnic minority populations at high-risk for substance use disorders (SUDs) and HIV infection. States with a substantial rural HIV burden are considered a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2023
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences through Data to Action Inactive
Funding for non-research activities that leverage multi-sector partnerships and resources to improve adverse childhood experiences and positive childhood experiences. Target populations include tribal populations, rural communities, and other geographically underserved areas, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 9, 2023
Application Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sustaining New Mexico Fund Inactive
Grants to strengthen communities in New Mexico by promoting social equity, supporting self-sufficiency, and improving the quality of life for all. Preference will be given to organizations in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline: Jun 7, 2023
Sponsor: New Mexico Foundation
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Implementation and Expansion Grants Inactive
Funding to implement and expand evidence-based home visiting services in tribal communities. The goals of the Tribal Home Visiting program are to support healthy, happy, successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through a coordinated, high-quality, evidence-based home visiting strategy, and to continue to build the evidence base for home visiting in tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 30, 2023
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Health Care Coordination Program Inactive
Funding for rural health consortiums to improve and expand delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. Primary focus areas include: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, and maternal health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indigenous Communities Fellowship Inactive
Fellowships for Native individuals who propose innovative solutions to address barriers and issues that are experienced by indigenous communities. The primary question fellows are asked to solve is, "How are Indigenous innovators in the U.S. building upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet the social, environmental, and economic goals of their communities?"
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 9, 2023
Sponsor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citizens' Institute on Rural Design: Request for Host Applicants Inactive
Opportunity to host a leadership workshop and/or participate in a learning cohort that connects rural communities to design resources, enabling communities to act on ideas for improvements to a community's streets, buildings, public spaces, or landscapes to address the specific physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges facing rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 21, 2023
Sponsors: Housing Assistance Council, National Endowment for the Arts