Rural Residency Planning and Development Program

Federal funding opportunity HRSA-26-047 from Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services).

Posted: June 5, 2026
Closes: July 8, 2026
Award ceiling: $750,000
Program funding: $11,250,000
Expected awards: 15
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Grant
Assistance listing: 93.746
Category: Health
Archives: August 8, 2026

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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.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.

Who can apply

Independent school districts
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Special district governments
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Small businesses
County governments
State governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
City or township 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.

How to apply

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Agency contact: Health Resources and Services Administration · ruralresidency@hrsa.gov · 301-443-7432

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