Rural Residency Planning and Development Program
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- HRSA-27-046
- Agency
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Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Up to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- County Governments
- State Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Independent School Districts
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Unrestricted
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Special District Governments
- Points of contact
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- Beverly Smith ruralresidency@hrsa.gov (301) 443-7065
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is soliciting applications to develop newly accredited, sustainable rural physician residency programs under the Rural Residency Planning and Development program, with application due by July 8, 2026. Eligible applicant categories are unrestricted and include state and local governments, federally recognized and non-federally recognized tribal governments and organizations, public and private higher education institutions, 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, independent school districts, small businesses, for-profit organizations, and special district governments. Only domestic organizations—the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau—are eligible. Faith-based organizations are eligible.
Funded residency programs must be accredited physician residency programs that train residents in clinical sites physically located in rural areas as defined by HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy for greater than 50 percent of their total residency time and prepare physicians to practice in rural communities. Qualifying medical specialties are family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. Long-term sustainability funding must derive from Medicare, Medicaid, or other public or private sources rather than federal continuation funding. The Rural Residency Planning and Development core program award is non-renewable. A separate Technical Assistance award is available for up to five-year project periods with non-competitive renewal contingent on satisfactory performance and fund availability. Applicants must submit electronically through Grants.gov and complete preapplication coordination. HRSA forwards qualified applications to an objective review committee for evaluation, with the program official responsible for final selection and funding decisions. Recipients must maintain grant accounting records for three years after Federal Financial Report submission; entities expending one million dollars or more annually in federal awards are subject to single or program-specific audit requirements. CFDA: 93.746.
Forecast synopsis
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands rural health care access. It does this by developing new, accredited, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). Newly created rural physician residency programs increase training and ultimately practice in rural areas to address physician shortages. The RRPD program provides start-up funding to create new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties. Long-term sustainability funding must come from viable and stable sources, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private sources. Qualifying medical specialties are:
- Family medicine.
- Internal medicine.
- Psychiatry.
- General surgery.
- Obstetrics and gynecology.
For this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), rural residency programs:
- Are accredited physician residency programs.
- Train residents in clinical training sites that are physically located in a rural area as defined by HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency.
- Focus on preparing physicians to practice in rural communities.
Eligibility
Only domestic organizations are eligible. "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. Faith-based organizations are eligible.
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