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HRSA-25-008: Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance (RRPD-TA) Program

Closed Closed March 18, 2025 Opportunity HRSA-25-008

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2025.

Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $1.3 million to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make one award worth $1.3 million in total. Applications closed on March 18, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 17, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedJanuary 17, 2025
DeadlineMarch 18, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

All 13 applicant types the notice lists

These types of domestic* organizations may apply: Public institutions of higher education. Private institutions of higher education. Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status. For-profit organizations, including small businesses. State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states. Independent school districts. 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.

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What the grant funds

HRSA’s Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) initiative improves and expands access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs. This initiative comprises two programs: the RRPD grants program, which funds organizations to create new, sustainable rural residency programs, and this RRPD technical assistance (TA) program. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide TA to organizations to create and sustain new rural residency programs that will expand the rural physician workforce. If you receive this award, you will provide TA, tools, and resources to organizations developing rural residency programs, such as RRPD award recipients and applicants, to help overcome the significant challenges and barriers they face. For this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), rural residency programs: • Are accredited physician residency programs. • Train residents in rural training sites for greater than 50 percent of their time in residency. • Focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. This includes programs that meet the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Rural Track Program (RTP) designation, including both new programs seeking accreditation and existing programs that apply for a permanent complement increase to train additional residents at new rural training site(s).

Category: Health.

Who has won Rural Health Research Centers grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Rural Health Research Centers (93.155) awarded $615 million across 341 grant awards, an average of $1.8 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Texas Department of AgricultureTexas1$28.8 million
Kansas Department of Health & EnvironmentKansas1$21.4 million
Iowa Department of Public HealthIowa1$16.4 million
Minnesota Department of HealthMinnesota1$16.3 million
Department of Public Health IllinoisIllinois1$15.8 million

Top states: Texas ($34.2 million), Minnesota ($32.7 million), Georgia ($26.2 million), Kentucky ($24.7 million), Kansas ($23.0 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HRSA-25-008 still open?

No. It closed on March 18, 2025.

Who can apply for Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance (RRPD-TA) Program?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance (RRPD-TA) Program?

Closed March 18, 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 $1.3 million each. About $1.3 million in total for one award.

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.

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