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Rural Residency Planning and Development Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA-26-047
HHS-HRSA
General Information
Est. Program Funding:
Closing Date:
Expected No. of Awards
Award Ceiling
Opportunity Number:
HRSA-26-047
Owning Agency:
HHS-HRSA
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary (D)
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 | Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, State governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| 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 |
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CFDA Program(s)
- 93.746: Rural Residency Development Program
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