Grant Opportunities

HRSA Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (Rural MOMS) 

Applications for 2025 are now closed. 

The Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (Rural MOMS) Program from HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), is open and accepting applications for the program's 4-year period of performance (September 30, 2025 - September 29, 2029). HRSA awards up to 3 cooperative agreements for up to $1,000,000 per year, to provide support to establish innovative, collaborative rural obstetric networks to improve maternity care and access to care in rural communities. 

Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit, or for-profit entity providing prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care services in rural areas, frontier areas, or medically underserved areas, or to medically underserved populations or Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations. 

For more information about this funding opportunity, contact the program administration via email. 

Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (HRSA-25-007)

Applications for 2025 are now closed. 

The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program is open and accepting applications for the programs's 3-year period of performance (August 1, 2025 - July 31, 2028). HRSA will make up to 15 awards, each up to $750,000, to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). 

Eligible applicants include all domestic public and private, nonprofit or for-profit, entities. Applicants must propose a new rural residency program in a qualifying medical specialty. Qualifying medical specialties are family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. 

For complete eligibility requirement, please view the RRPD Program on Grants.gov and the program FAQs. 

For more information about this funding opportunity, contact the rural residency via email. 

Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program (HRSA-25-069) 

Applications are now closed. Applicants will be awarded in July 2025.

The purpose of the AMF program is to expand the number of fellows at accredited addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry fellowship programs trained as addiction medicine specialists. These fellows will practice in medically underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental health disorder and substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services. The fellowship must include training in prevention and treatment services in medically underserved community-based settings, including in rural areas, that have limited or no access to SUD prevention or treatment. The AMF program trains both addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry fellows. 

• View the AMF program on Grants.gov
• Review the top 5 FAQs and additional program questions
• Watch the Technical Assistance webinar recording on the AMF Program page

 
For application questions, please contact Anthony Schlaff at (301) 287-9815 or by email. 

New FY25 ARC Funding Opportunity -- Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE)

Applications are now closed. Awards will be announced in fall of 2025.

For more information and application resources, visit INSPIRE's website and ask questions regarding this funding opportunity via email. 

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has issued a notice of solicitation of applications (NOSA) for its Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE) Initiative. INSPIRE supports projects that create or expand support services that help individuals impacted by substance use disorder (SUD) enter or reenter the workforce. Applicants can request up to $500,000 for implementation projects or $100,000 for planning projects. 

Successful INSPIRE projects focus on the creation and expansion of services in the recovery-to-work ecosystem, including skills and workforce training programs, mentoring, peer support, and other wraparound services tailored to individuals in recovery. INSPIRE projects can also build partnerships and coordination among recovery services and providers, establish or expand recovery-ready workplace models, as well as integrate local economic development plans with existing state and regional recovery-to-work activities. 

See INSPIRE's list of important dates and general application information. 

Alabama Rural Health Association (ARHA) 

The Alabama Rural Health Association (ARHA) monitors the availability of grant opportunities to improve health services for underserved and rural areas of the state. 

A comprehensive listing of state funding and opportunities is available at the Rural Health Information Hub.

Grants.gov

The Grants.gov program management office was established in 2002 as a part of the President's Management Agenda. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Grants.gov is an E-Government initiative operating under the governance of the Office of Management and Budget. Under the President's Management Agenda, the office was chartered to deliver a system that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. Today, the Grants.gov system houses information on over 1,000 grant programs and vets' grant applications for 26 federal grant-making agencies.

• Find and Apply for Federal Government Grants
• Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer
• Grants Applicant Resources

For more information on applying for grants, please contact the Grants.gov Support Center at 1-800-518-4726.