The Rural Family Medicine Residency Grant Program addresses the shortage of primary care physicians in rural areas of Minnesota by supporting opportunities for family medicine residents to practice in these settings.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: Anoka County (MN), Carver County (MN), Dakota County (MN), Hennepin County (MN), Ramsey County (MN), Scott County (MN), Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/08/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Expanding training opportunities in rural-focused programs gives residents experience and connections that encourage them to remain in rural practice.
Funding Information
The Minnesota Legislature has appropriated $1,000,000 in grant funds for fiscal year 2025. Funding will be allocated through a formula process. Funds will be allocated first to proposed new family medicine residency positions. Up to $400,000 will be available for each new residency position. New residency positions will be funded for up to three years.
Grant Period
June 30, 2027, or June 30, 2029.
Eligible Expenses
- Resident, faculty, and preceptor salaries and fringe.
- Recruitment, training, and retention of residents and faculty.
- Travel and lodging for residents.
- Funding for training site costs directly related to the training of residents.
- Contractual services directly related to the training of residents.
- Equipment purchases directly related to the training of residents.
- Other costs directly related to establishing, maintaining, or expanding training for family medicine residents.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are family medicine residency programs that fulfill all the following criteria:
- Are located in Minnesota, outside the 7-county metropolitan area: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties).
- Demonstrate a focus on educating and training family medicine physicians to serve communities outside the 7-county metropolitan area.
- Demonstrate that at least 25% of graduates from the previous three years currently practice in Minnesota communities outside the 7-county metropolitan area.
- Demonstrate current accreditation, or candidacy for accreditation, with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and are compliant with the institutional and program requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine.
For more information, visit MDH.
