Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Program
This cooperative agreement funds a domestic organization to provide technical assistance, guidance, and information dissemination to Rural Health Clinics on policy, regulatory, programmatic, and clinical issues.
⚑ Domestic organizations only; foreign entities are ineligible. · Award is a cooperative agreement for technical assistance, not research or direct clinical service delivery.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: policy analysis, community engaged; 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
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Program. The Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance (RHC TA) Program funds an entity to provide technical assistance (TA) to Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) through targeted support, specialized expertise, and guidance. The purpose of this program is to:Identify key policy, regulatory, programmatic, and clinical issues facing RHCs.Inform RHCs and other rural stakeholders about key RHC issues that affect, or could affect, health care delivery and improve care. Identify and disseminate information on tools, resources, and strategies as possible solutions to challenges faced by RHCs.
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 <lnienstedt@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 a rural health technical assistance program focused on supporting clinics with policy, regulatory, and clinical issues, so it has some public health relevance. However, it is primarily service/technical assistance rather than research or evaluation, so it is only a partial fit for IPPRA’s research mission. Public domestic organizations are eligible, so a public university could apply, but the research component does not appear substantial enough for a higher score.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 30 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a rural health technical assistance program focused on supporting clinics with policy, regulatory, and clinical issues, so it has some public health relevance. However, it is primarily service/technical assistance rather than research or evaluation, so it is only a partial fit for IPPRA’s research mission. Public domestic organizations are eligible, so a public university could apply, but the research component does not appear substantial enough for a higher score. |
| 2026-07-06 | 45 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a rural health systems/technical assistance opportunity with a clear policy and programmatic component, so IPPRA could contribute on health communication, stakeholder outreach, and evaluation of TA effectiveness. However, it is primarily a service/TA award rather than a research-focused grant, and the topic is narrower than IPPRA’s core behavioral-health or crisis-response strengths. Public universities are eligible as domestic organizations, so there is no eligibility cap issue. |