Open Date: 05/06/2026
Close Date: 06/01/2026
Rural Residency Planning and Development Program
Funding: Up to $750,000
Eligible Entities: Institutions of Higher Education, Local Government, Non-Profits
Description
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands rural health care access by developing new, accredited, sustainable rural residency programs. 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
- Preventive medicine
- Psychiatry
- General surgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Additional Details
Open Date: 05/06/2026
Close Date: 06/01/2026
Funding: Up to $750,000
Eligible Entities: Institutions of Higher Education, Local Government, Non-Profits
Recent Opportunities
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES: Local Government
Open: 05/06/2026
Close: 06/15/2026
Funding: Up to $445,000
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-Profits
Open: 05/27/2026
Close: 07/09/2026
Match: 50%