Rural Residency Planning and Development Program
UpcomingHealth Resources and Services Administration · Opportunity number HRSA-27-046 · Forecast
Closing date explanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Eligibility
Nonprofits are listed as eligible applicants.
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- Small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and state controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- County governments
- 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.
Description
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.
• 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.
Funding
| Total program funding | $11,250,000 |
|---|---|
| Award floor | Not listed |
| Award ceiling | $750,000 |
| Category | Health |
| Assistance listing | 93.746 |
Official sources
Last verified on Grants.gov Nov 4, 2026. Grantvello is not affiliated with Grants.gov or Health Resources and Services Administration. The notice on Grants.gov is the binding text.