ClosedOpportunity HRSA-25-007

Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program

Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was April 10, 2025. Individual awards are listed as up to $750K, with about 15 awards expected and $11.3M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include federally recognized tribal governments, native american tribal organizations, private colleges & universities and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.155 (Rural Health Research Centers).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Jan 10, 2025Posted
Apr 10, 2025Application deadline

Posted: Jan 10, 2025
Close date: Apr 10, 2025
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $750,000
Est. total funding: $11,250,000
Expected awards: 15
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Federally recognized tribal governments
Native American tribal organizations
Private colleges & universities
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

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.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

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.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.155Rural Health Research CentersProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.155

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$7.7M

FY25

$6.09M

FY26

$6.43M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.155. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Health Resources and Services Administration
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov
301-443-7432

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Federally recognized tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, Private colleges & universities and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $750k, total estimated program funding is $11,250,000 and the agency expects to make about 15 awards.

How do I apply for “Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-25-007), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.912