ForecastedOpportunity HRSA-27-046

Rural Residency Planning and Development Program

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

At a glance

Rural Residency Planning and Development Program is a forecasted federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The agency's forecast estimates an application due date of March 18, 2027; forecast dates can change. Individual awards are listed as up to $750K, with about 15 awards expected and $11.3M in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.746 (Rural Residency Development Program).

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

Key facts

Aug 7, 2026Forecast posted
Dec 18, 2026 (est.)Full notice expectednext date
Mar 18, 2027 (est.)Application deadline
Jul 1, 2027 (est.)Est. award date

Posted: Aug 7, 2026
Est. close date: Mar 18, 2027
Est. award date: Jul 1, 2027
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
Fiscal year: FY2027

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
Public & Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
Small businesses
Others (see notice)
Unrestricted (any entity type)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Only domestic organizations are eligible. "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. Faith-based organizations are eligible.

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 Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands rural health care access. It does this by developing new, accredited, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). Newly created rural physician residency programs increase training and ultimately practice in rural areas to address physician shortages. The RRPD program provides start-up funding to create new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties. Long-term sustainability funding must come from viable and stable sources, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private sources. Qualifying medical specialties are:

Family medicine.
Internal medicine.
Psychiatry.
General surgery.
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) for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency.
Focus on preparing physicians to practice in rural communities.

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Watch for the full noticeThe agency estimates posting it around December 18, 2026. Save this grant to track changes.
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyJason Steele · ruralresidency@hrsa.gov Open ↗
Submit before March 18, 2027Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. Submit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.746Rural Residency Development ProgramProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.746

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$12M

FY25

$14.2M

FY26

$10.5M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.746. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Jason Steele
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov
301-443-2203

Quick answers

Is “Rural Residency Planning and Development Program” open for applications yet?

Not yet. It is a forecast — an agency's advance notice of an expected opportunity. The agency estimates posting the full notice around December 18, 2026. Forecast details and dates can change.

Who is eligible to apply for “Rural Residency Planning and Development Program”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How much funding is available through “Rural Residency Planning and Development 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 Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-27-046), 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