Rural Health Network Advancement Program
This program funds integrated network collaboration projects for rural hospitals, clinics, and related entities to improve operations, preserve services, and expand care lines while maintaining local autonomy.
⚑ Applicant must be a domestic public or private nonprofit or for-profit entity with demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, rural populations. · Program is a pilot focused on network collaboration and operational strengthening rather than research. · No cost-sharing mentioned in the notice.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds service delivery, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The Rural Health Network Advancement Program is a pilot initiative to support networks comprised of independent rural hospitals and clinics in integrated network collaboration. It bridges support to offset small scale structural barriers that make it difficult for rural providers to compete in an increasingly consolidated health care system landscape and is designed to help bring economic efficiencies to small independent rural entities by expanding and enhancing their ability to strengthen operations, preserve existing services, and build new lines of care through integrated network collaboration that preserves local autonomy.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including:Domestic faith-based and community-based organizationsTribes and tribal organizationsFederally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)Community Health CentersRural Health Clinics (RHCs)Hospitals,Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, populations in rural areas.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <mnunez@hrsa.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions SEE AN HHS EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.