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Rural Residency Planning and Development Program

ID: HRSA-22-094 • Type: Posted

Description

Posted: Oct. 20, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program. The purpose of this grant program is to improve health care in rural areas by supporting the development of new, accredited, and sustainable rural residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine1, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, to address the physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities. This program provides start-up funding to RRPD award recipients to create new rural residency programs that will ultimately be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as, Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, rural residencies are accredited allopathic and osteopathic physician residency programs that primarily train residents in rural training sites for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency, and focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. Rural residencies may be entirely rurally located or integrated within a larger, often urban residency program, also known as a rural training track (RTT). One common model is the 1-2 RTT format, where the first year of training occurs in an urban hospital or academic medical center, and the final two years in a rural health facility. This program aims to expand the number of physician training opportunities in rural settings and subsequently increase the number of physicians choosing to practice in rural areas. As such, RRPD funding will only support the development of new rural residency programs or RTTs and applications from existing programs will not be considered.
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Background
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program. The purpose of this program is to improve health care in rural areas by developing new, accredited, and sustainable rural residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, to support expansion of the physician workforce in rural communities.

Grant Details
The grant program aims to expand the number of physician training opportunities in rural settings and subsequently increase the number of physicians choosing to practice in rural areas. The program will only support the development of new rural residency programs or Rural Training Tracks (RTTs), and applications from existing programs will not be considered. The goal for the RRPD program is for each recipient to establish a new rural residency program that is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and has a strong sustainability plan for a stable future financial outlook by the end of the period of performance. The program also requires recipients to effectively train physicians to practice in and meet the clinical needs of rural populations.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include domestic public, nonprofit or private organizations such as rural hospitals, rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, health centers operated by tribes or tribal organizations, graduate medical education consortiums, faith-based and community-based organizations. Either the applicant organization or a consortium’s primary training partner must be located in a rural area. Applications must propose to develop a new, accredited rural residency program in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, or obstetrics and gynecology. Applications requesting funding to expand an existing rural residency program or RTT are not eligible.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the grant is from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025 (3 years). Recipients will receive the full award amount in the first year of the three-year period of performance and must allocate it across all three years.

Grant Value
$10,500,000 is estimated to be available to fund approximately 14 recipients for the 3-year period of performance. Each recipient may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $750,000 over the 3-year period.

Place of Performance
The specific geographic location(s) where the grant will be performed should primarily be in rural areas as defined by CMS and/or FORHP.
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Overview

Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [HHS]
Category of Funding
Health
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
93.155 - Rural Health Research Centers
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 10/20/21 Health Resources and Services Administration posted grant opportunity HRSA-22-094 for Rural Residency Planning and Development Program with funding of $10.5 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.155 Rural Health Research Centers. It is expected that 14 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
Oct. 20, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Jan. 11, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EST Past Due
Last Updated
Dec. 22, 2021, 2:31 p.m. EST
Version
5

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Eligible entities are domestic public or private non-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations. Specifically, these organizations may include, but are not limited to: 1) rural hospitals; 2) rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, including rural health clinics; 3) health centers operated by a tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization; 4) graduate medical education consortiums, including schools of allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine; and 5) faith-based and community-based organizations.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$750,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$10,500,000
Estimated Number of Grants
14

Contacts

Contact
Health Resources and Services Administration
Contact Email
ruralresidency@hrsa.gov
Email Description
Contact Sheena Johnson, MPH at (301)945-9639 or email ruralresidency@hrsa.gov
Contact Phone
(301) 443-7432

Documents

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