- Estimated deadline
- Mar 18, 2027
- Expected posting
- Aug 7, 2026
- Award size
- Up to $750K
- Total program funding
- $11.3M
- Expected awards
- 15
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding type
- Grant
- Category
- Health
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
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About this opportunity
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.
Who can apply
- For-profit organizations
- Small businesses
- Other (see eligibility)
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Private universities
- County governments
- State governments
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status
- Anyone (unrestricted)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- City or township governments
- Public and state universities
- Special district governments
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.
Agency contact
Jason Steele
301-443-2203
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Details from Grants.gov, last updated Aug 7, 2026. Deadlines and requirements can change: always confirm them in the official notice.