The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs), that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), to address the physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities. This program provides start-up funding to RRPD award recipients to create new rural residency programs that will be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as, Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources.
The goal for the RRPD program is for each recipient to establish a new rural residency program (including RTPs) by the end of the period of performance that is accredited by ACGME and will be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as, Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. RRPD-funded rural residency programs will effectively train physicians to practice in and meet the clinical needs of rural populations. As a result, we expect that the proportion of graduates from these programs entering careers in practices primarily serving rural populations will markedly exceed that seen in other programs across the nation.
Objectives
- Residency Program Development
- Program Sustainability
- Graduate Tracking Plan
Funding Information
- It estimates $11,250,000 will be available to fund 15 recipients for the 3-year period of performance. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $750,000 total cost (reflecting direct and indirect costs) for the entire 3-year period of performance.
- The period of performance is August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2027 (3 years).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible entities are domestic public or private nonprofit, or for-profit entities. These organizations may include, but are not limited to:
- rural hospitals;
- rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, including Rural Health Clinics;
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), or health centers operated by a tribal government or tribal organization;
- graduate medical education consortiums, including institutions of higher education, such as, schools of allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
