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Rural Residency Planning and Development Program is sponsored by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Grants to expand access to healthcare in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). The program provides start-up funding to create accredited rural residency programs in a qualifying medical specialty.
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Opportunity Listing - Rural Residency Planning and Development Program Rural Residency Planning and Development Program Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration Assistance Listings: 93. 746 -- Rural Residency Development Program Last Updated: June 5, 2026 View version history on Grants. gov 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. Preventive 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.
For-profit organizations other than small businesses Independent school districts Public and state institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Other Native American tribal organizations Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3) Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3) City or township governments Federally recognized Native American tribal governments 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. Grantor contact information File name Description Last updated HRSA-26-047_Final.
pdf HRSA-26-047_Final. pdf Jun 5, 2026 06:02 PM UTC TA_Webinar_Announcement_HRSA-26-047. pdf TA Webinar Announcement HRSA-26-047 Link to additional information Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.
m. , ET, on the listed application due date. Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Your account requires additional identity verification.
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Rural Residency Planning and Development Program is funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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