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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Public health

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

Indian Highway Safety Occupant Protection Grant
Grants to federally recognized tribes for implementing traffic safety programs and projects designed to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. The 2024 funding round is focused on Child Passenger Safety Seat Grants.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Scholarship
Financial support for American Indian and Alaska Native scholars, health leaders, health professionals, and paraprofessionals serving tribal communities who are interested in attending the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Summer or Winter Institute courses at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Sponsor: Center for Indigenous Health
Grants for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA)
Federal funding for highway and freight projects of national or regional significance, including infrastructure projects in rural areas, expanded access to broadband, and projects that affect public health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Revolving Funds for Financing Water and Wastewater Projects
Grants to help nonprofit organizations establish revolving loan funds that will finance water and wastewater projects in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Utilities Service
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program
Grants for projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, generate regional economic growth, and improve quality of life.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grants to support biomedical and behavioral research that will provide scientific data to inform regulation of tobacco products to protect public health. Projects may focus on one or more classes of tobacco products and on one or more vulnerable populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 6, 2024
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for medical, nursing, and behavioral/mental health clinicians with specific training and credentials to provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in rural communities designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: May 9, 2024
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Health Service Corps, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Vending Machines (PHVMs) in Wisconsin
Funding to purchase, install, and operate public health vending machines in Wisconsin.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Native Public Health Resilience
Grants to support tribes and tribal organizations in implementing or expanding essential public health services and to strengthen tribal public health management capabilities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Native Public Health Resilience Planning
Grants to carry out planning activities for tribes and tribal organizations to determine if developing a public health program that will implement essential public health services for their community is practicable.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services