Grants for Community Health Initiatives and Education Programs

Grants for Community Health Initiatives and Education Programs is sponsored by The Grant Portal (Aggregator, specific funder not listed in snippet). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

## Medical Student Education Program (MSE) Who can apply: To determine eligibility, HRSA uses the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) projections1 through 2038, which indicate there are 41 states with a projected shortage of primary care physicians.

The top quartile of states with projected shortages of primary care physicians include 12 states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. HRSA has identified accredited public, osteopathic and allopathic medical schools in the eligible states using the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

Excluding schools with active MSE grants, Appendix A lists the 23 public medical schools in six states that appear eligible for this funding opportunity. Note: Grantees currently receiving MSE funding are not eligible to apply for this notice of funding opportunity.

## Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program Who can apply: Eligible applicants must be a rural domestic public or nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services, such as a critical access hospital, a rural health clinic; or be another rural provider or network of small rural providers identified by the Secretary as a key source of local or regional care; and not previously have received an award under this subsection for the same or similar project.

The applicant organization must be located in a rural area. ## Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Who can apply: Eligible health professions schools include the following: 1. Medicine (Doctor of allopathic medicine, Doctor of osteopathic medicine); 2.

Dentistry (Doctor of dentistry); 3. Other health disciplines (Doctor of veterinary medicine, Doctor of optometry, Doctor of podiatry medicine, Doctor of pharmacy, Doctor of chiropractic medicine); 4.

Behavioral and mental health (Graduate degree in clinical psychology; Graduate degree in clinical social work; Graduate degree in gerontological counseling; Graduate degree in marriage and family therapy; Graduate degree in mental health counseling; Graduate degree in rehabilitation counseling); 5. Public health (Graduate degree in health administration; Graduate degree in public health); 6.

Allied health (Bachelor's and graduate degrees in dietetics; Graduate degree in audiology; Graduate degree in occupational therapy; Graduate degree in physical therapy; Graduate degree in speech pathology; Bachelor's and graduate degrees in dental hygiene; Bachelor's and graduate degrees in medical laboratory technology, Bachelor's degree in radiologic technology); 7.

Nursing (Associate, bachelor's, and graduate degrees in nursing (pre-nursing is not eligible)); 8. Midwifery (Certified nursing and non-nursing graduate degrees in midwifery (pre-nursing or pre-midwifery is not eligible)); and 9. Physician Assistant (Graduate degree in physician assistant studies).

## Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program Who can apply: Prior to publishing this NOFO, HRSA published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) detailing the methodology and data sources used to determine eligible hospitals. You can view the FRN at https://www. federalregister.

gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08300/rural-hospital-provider-assistance-program. You can apply if you: 1) have no more than 50 acute care inpatient beds, 2) have an established wage index value of less than 0. 90 as determined by the Secretary of HHS under section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

1395ww(d)(3)(E)), and 3) are located in a rural area as defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. ## Maternal Health Emergency Management Training (MHEMT) Who can apply: All domestic public or private, non-profit, and for-profit, entities are eligible to apply.

"Domestic" means the fifty 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, or the Republic of Palau. ## Regional Pediatric Prevention Network Who can apply: Eligible applicants include children's hospitals (centers) as defined by 42 U.S.C.

§ 256e (Section 340E of the PHS Act, as added by P. L. 106-129) or their affiliated university pediatric partners.

You will demonstrate eligibility according to 42 U.S.C. § 256e (Section 340E of the PHS Act, as added by P. L.

106-129). Eligible applicants include children's hospitals (centers) as defined by 42 U.S.C. § 256e (Section 340E of the PHS Act, as added by P.

L. 106-129) or their affiliated university pediatric partners. You will demonstrate eligibility according to 42 U.S.C.

§ 256e (Section 340E of the PHS Act, as added by P. L. 106-129).

## Screening & Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MMHSUD) Who can apply: The Secretary shall make grants to States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25).

* 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 ## Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention - Transition to Practice Program (NEPQR-TPP) Who can apply: Section 801(2) defines school of nursing as an accredited (as defined in paragraph 6) collegiate, associate degree, or diploma school of nursing in a State where graduates are (A) authorized to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination-Registered Nurse (NCLEXRN); or (B) licensed registered nurses who will receive a graduate or equivalent degree or training to become an advanced education nurse as defined by section 811(b).

, such as:Baccalaureate nursing programs; andCommunity colleges that train associate-degree nurses.