The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands access to health care in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs).
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Program Objectives
To achieve this goal, you must achieve the following objectives if funded:
- Develop a new rural residency program that is accredited by ACGME.
- Finalize a validated sustainability plan that includes ongoing funding streams to sustain long-term resident training after the program is established.
- Develop a structured plan to track and publicly report on resident career outcomes after graduation for at least 5 years after the first graduating class to assess retention in rural communities.
Program Pathways
There are two pathways for this program. In your application, you will specify to which pathway your proposed residency program corresponds.
- Pathway 1: General primary care and high-need specialty
- This pathway supports developing new rural residency training programs that focus on training to meet significant rural health needs.
- Pathway 2: Maternal health and obstetrics
- This pathway supports developing new rural residency programs with a focus on training to provide high-quality, evidence-based maternity care and obstetrical services in rural areas.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $11,250,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000.
Grant Period
3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
