Rural Health Research Dissemination Program
Funds a domestic entity to maintain a public website and disseminate rural health services research to decision makers and rural stakeholders through webinars, listservs, social media, presentations, and conference exhibits.
⚑ Domestic organizations only (includes U.S. territories and freely associated states listed in the notice). · Cooperative agreement; successful applicant must maintain an ongoing public-facing dissemination platform. · Funds dissemination of rural health services research, not primary research. · Award ceiling $230,000.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: substantial; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Health Research Dissemination Program. The purpose of this program is to fund an entity to disseminate and promote rural health services research to broad audiences, such as decision makers and rural stakeholders at national, state, and community levels. FORHP funds health services research through the Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Program and other cooperative agreements. The successful applicant for this program will develop and maintain a website that catalogs this research so that it is easily and freely accessible to the public. The successful applicant will also develop and maintain strategies to disseminate this research through a variety of innovative mechanisms including (but not limited to) a listserv, social media accounts, presentations, and exhibits at national conferences, and webinars.
Eligibility
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.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <ktyner@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.
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
25/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a public-health dissemination and outreach cooperative agreement focused on rural health services research, not a research award. IPPRA’s survey, behavioral, and policy expertise could support dissemination strategy or evaluation, but the core work is website maintenance and communications rather than original research, so the fit is limited. Domestic public organizations are eligible, but a public university would be more of a support partner than a lead research institution.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 25 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a public-health dissemination and outreach cooperative agreement focused on rural health services research, not a research award. IPPRA’s survey, behavioral, and policy expertise could support dissemination strategy or evaluation, but the core work is website maintenance and communications rather than original research, so the fit is limited. Domestic public organizations are eligible, but a public university would be more of a support partner than a lead research institution. |
| 2026-07-06 | 32 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a health services dissemination and outreach cooperative agreement focused on rural health research, so it has a clear public health and community engagement angle. However, it is primarily a knowledge-brokerage/communications role rather than a research project, and it does not strongly align with IPPRA’s signature risk-communication or behavioral research portfolio. Domestic organizations are eligible, so a public university could apply, but the fit is still only tangential for IPPRA. |