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Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) grants to start accredited rural physician residency programs

The RRPD program offers start-up funding to help create new accredited rural physician residency programs in selected medical specialties. Programs must train residents in rural clinical sites for more than half of residency time and be designed to prepare physicians for practice in rural communities. Longer-term funding is expected to come from stable sources such as Medicare, Medicaid, or ot…

Source

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration

Award

Total Funding: $11.3M

Award Ceiling: $750,000

Dates

Open Date: June 5, 2026

Close Date: July 8, 2026

Eligibility

government

industry:healthcare

nonprofit

small_business

tribal

university

For profit organizations other than small businesses

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Private institutions of higher education

State governments

Keywords

rural residency

physician training

startup funding

accredited programs

rural health care

family medicine

psychiatry

general surgery

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