Rural Community Health Support Program
This cooperative agreement funds nationally available technical assistance and coordination for community-based organizations and rural health stakeholders to improve access to and delivery of quality care in rural communities.
⚑ Cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant; significant sponsor involvement may be expected. · Funds technical assistance/coordination, not direct clinical service delivery or primary research. · Open to all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations.
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 technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The purpose of the Rural Community Health Support Program cooperative agreement is to develop, deliver, and coordinate nationally available technical assistance that supports community-based organizations and rural health stakeholders serving rural populations to improve and expand delivery and access to quality care for rural communities.
Eligibility
All domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <mgibson@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)
30/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is related to rural health access and community-based support, which touches IPPRA’s public health and community resilience interests. However, the funding is primarily for technical assistance and program coordination rather than research, evaluation, or survey/data infrastructure, so it is only a weak-to-partial fit. Public universities are eligible, but the opportunity is not a strong research-led match for IPPRA.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 30 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is related to rural health access and community-based support, which touches IPPRA’s public health and community resilience interests. However, the funding is primarily for technical assistance and program coordination rather than research, evaluation, or survey/data infrastructure, so it is only a weak-to-partial fit. Public universities are eligible, but the opportunity is not a strong research-led match for IPPRA. |
| 2026-07-06 | 22 | gpt-5.4-mini | This opportunity is in rural health access and technical assistance, so it has a clear public health relevance, but it is primarily a service/TA cooperative agreement rather than a research grant. IPPRA could contribute indirectly through health communication, program evaluation, or community-based research, yet the topic is not strongly centered on its core survey/risk-policy strengths. Public universities are eligible, but the fit is only weak-to-moderate because the award is focused on implementation support rather than scholarly research. |