# Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-25-007-rural-residency-planning-and-development-rrpd-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355357

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $750,000 to colleges and universities and tribes. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $11.3 million in total. Applications closed on April 10, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-25-007 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 10, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $750,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 15 |
| Total funding | $11.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.155 |

## Who can apply

- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

These types of domestic* organizations may apply: Public or private institutions of higher education, as part of a graduate medical education (GME) consortium, including:Schools of allopathic medicineSchools of osteopathic medicineHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Rural hospitals Rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, including Rural Health Clinics Native American tribal governments Native American tribal organizations *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. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

## What the grant funds

The purpose of the Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) 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). These residency programs must achieve accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Newly created rural residency programs will increase the number of future physicians training in rural areas, and ultimately the number of physicians practicing in rural areas with the goal of addressing the physician workforce shortages in rural communities. The RRPD program provides start-up funding to create new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties that will be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. Qualifying medical specialties are family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and 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) [1] for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency. •Focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. The purpose of the RRPD Program is to fund the development of new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties. For this funding opportunity, we consider “new” programs to include both programs seeking accreditation for the first time and existing programs that apply for a permanent complement increase to train additional residents at new rural training site(s) as part of an RTP. To be responsive to the program purpose and be considered for funding, you must propose a new rural residency program in a qualifying medical specialty. For this funding opportunity, we do not consider the following to be new programs: •Programs that have received accreditation or a permanent complement increase for their proposed rural residency program before the application due date. •Programs seeking to increase resident full-time equivalents at an existing RTP site without adding a new rural training site.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-25-007 still open?

No. It closed on April 10, 2025.

### Who can apply for Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from colleges and universities and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program?

Closed April 10, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $750,000 each. About $11.3 million in total across about 15 awards.

### Who has won Rural Health Research Centers grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Texas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Iowa Department of Public Health. The program made 341 awards worth $615 million in that time.