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Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Program

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

TraditionalFederal grant

Four-year cooperative agreements supporting university-based centres that conduct policy-oriented rural health services research on how social factors, financing, organisational structures and behaviour affect access, quality and cost. Centres pick enduring topics of concentration and publish plain-language policy briefs on the Rural Health Research Gateway.

Indicative award
$700k–$950k per year (per year)The page states a base award of up to $700,000 per year for four years, plus an Optional RHRC Supplement of up to $250,000 awarded no more than once per year, at HRSA's discretion and subject to appropriations and performance. The $950,000 upper figure is base plus supplement in a single year.
Timing
Periodic callsPeriodic calls · MayNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The last competition (HRSA-24-004) ran 2024-03-22 to 2024-05-23 with awards estimated 2024-09-01 for a four-year period of performance, so the next competition would be expected around 2028. The programme remains listed as current on HRSA's Rural Health Research and Policy Programs page.
Who can apply
Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty
Eligibility
Domestic organisations located in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and other US territories and freely associated states. The programme funds health services research only; clinical and biomedical research and direct health care delivery are excluded.
SSWR clusters
Topics
rural health services research · health policy · access to care · policy briefs
Apply at
https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/HRSA-24-004
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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