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HRSA-24-022
Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration

General Information

Document Type:Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:HRSA-24-022
Funding Opportunity Title:Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program
Opportunity Category:Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type:Grant
Category of Funding Activity:Health
Category Explanation:https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=80e2eb80-38b8-4734-96fb-eb6d6ca2e56d
Expected Number of Awards:15
Assistance Listings:93.155 -- Rural Health Research Centers
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No
Version:Synopsis 1
Posted Date:Nov 14, 2023
Last Updated Date:Nov 14, 2023
Original Closing Date for Applications:Feb 12, 2024
Current Closing Date for Applications:Feb 12, 2024
Archive Date:
Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 11,250,000
Award Ceiling:$750,000
Award Floor:$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
County governments
Independent school districts
Special district governments
Small businesses
State governments
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:Eligible entities are domestic public or private nonprofit, or for-profit entities. These organizations may include, but are not limited to: 1) rural hospitals; 2) rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, including Rural Health Clinics; 3) Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), or health centers operated by a tribal government or tribal organization; 4) graduate medical education consortiums, including institutions of higher education, such as, schools of allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Additional Information

Agency Name:Health Resources and Services Administration
Description:This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program. The purpose of this program is to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs), that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), to address the physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities. This program provides start-up funding to RRPD award recipients to create new rural residency programs that will be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as, Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), rural residency programs are accredited physician residency programs that train residents in rural training sites for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency, and focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. This includes programs that meet ACGME RTP Designation, including both new programs and permanent complement increases for new rural training site(s) for existing programs. There are two pathways for this program: General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway and Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway. General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway: This pathway supports the development of new rural residency training programs that focus on training to meet significant rural health needs. The eligible specialties in this pathway are family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine1, psychiatry, and general surgery. Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway: This pathway supports the development of new rural residency programs with a focus on training to provide high quality, evidence-based maternity care and obstetrical services in rural areas. The eligible specialties in this pathway are obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine with enhanced obstetrical training. Enhanced obstetrical residency training must provide family medicine residents with extensive clinical experience in comprehensive maternity care, as outlined in ACGME’s program requirements, including dedicated training on labor and delivery and operative obstetrics. These programs must have faculty with clinical expertise to prepare family medicine residents for the independent practice of obstetrics in rural communities.
Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov