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.
Response Date	Jul 08, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Posting Date	Jun 05, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Archive Date	Aug 08, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Award Ceiling	750,000
Award Floor	N/a
Cost Sharing	No

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

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

Additional Info on Eligibility:

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.

Additional Information

Agency Name	Health Resources and Services Administration
Link to Additional Information:	N/a
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: GrantSolutions Help Desk Phone: 301-443-7432

CFDA Program(s)

• 93.746: Rural Residency Development Program