Funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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Scholarships for People with Disabilities - This scholarship provides assistance to individuals with physical and sensory disabilities. Geographic coverage: Minnesota -- Courage Center

Jay and Rose Phillips Award - Awards to people with disabilities to prepare for and find employment in their chosen field. Geographic coverage: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota South Dakota -- Courage Center

Phillips Caregiver Award - The Phillips Caregiver Award acknowledges and honors a caregivers contribution that is vital to the independence and quality of life of a person with a disability. Geographic coverage: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and North and South Dakota. -- Courage Center

Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP); Grants for Satellite, Rural Library Broadband, and Technical Assistance - Funding to extend loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- USDA Rural Utilities Service

Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) - Funding to demonstrate how telehealth programs and networks can improve access to quality health care services in underserved rural and urban communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Rural Health Policy

Tribal Tobacco Control Programs to Reduce Commercial Tobacco Use Among American Indians and Alaska Natives - Funding to reduce commercial tobacco use and abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native tribal members; eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke; promote commercial tobacco cessation; and prevent youth initiation to commercial tobacco use. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MCH Research Network Programs - Funding for the establishment and maintenance of a pediatric applied research network that will develop new ideas for study, will pilot multiple protocols, and will implement full studies based on previous piloted projects. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards - Awards to community-based organizations judged outstanding for their innovative, creative approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the U.S. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- World Hunger Year

Telehealth Resource Center Grant - The primary purpose of the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program (TRCGP) is to support the establishment and development of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC). Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Rural Health Policy

Ameriprise Financial Community Relations Program - Funding to improve the lives of individuals and build strong communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Ameriprise Financial

Jenny's Heroes Community Grant Program - Grants to individuals who submit the best ideas for tangible, lasting community projects. Geographic coverage: Nationwide --

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence (Round 2) - Funding for projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

First Children's Finance Loan Fund - Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities. Geographic coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Texas -- First Children's Finance

Texas Small Business Loan Fund - Funding to provide a tool for rural Texas communities to assist their small businesses access capital by providing awards to eligible cities and counties for loans to businesses with 100 or fewer employees. Geographic coverage: Texas -- Texas Department of Rural Affairs

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program - Funding supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- American Academy of Pediatrics

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program - Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- American Academy of Pediatrics

Promise Neighborhoods Program - Funding to improve significantly the educational and developmental outcomes of children in our most distressed communities, and to transform those communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Education

Alzheimer's Foundation of America Bi-Annual Grant - Grants to its nonprofit member organizations to develop or enhance educational and support services. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Alzheimer's Foundation of America

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Grants - Awards grants in the areas of higher education, social services, health and hospitals. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Charles A. Frueauff Foundation

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Technology Improvement Awards - Award for the purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of information technologies that enhance access to health information. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region

Illinois Oral Health Needs Assessment and Planning Grant Application - Funding to assist communities to determine oral health status and plan comprehensive oral health programs designed to meet community needs. Geographic coverage: Illinois -- Illinois Department of Public Health

Dental Sealant Grant Program - Grants to assist providers of public health services to develop and implement appropriate and feasible programs with clear and measurable objectives to provide dental sealants to Illinois children at high risk for dental caries. Geographic coverage: Illinois -- Illinois Department of Public Health

Rural Health Disaster Relief and Recovery 2009 - Grants to assist rural hospitals and rural health clinics in response to the federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Ike. Geographic coverage: Texas -- Texas Department of Rural Affairs

AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13) - Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Rural Dental Scholarship Program - A scholarship program for rural dental students. Geographic coverage: Virginia -- State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

Active Living Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity - Funding to support opportunistic, time-sensitive studies on emerging or anticipated changes in physical activity-related policies or environments. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Training and Information for Parents of Children With Disabilities--Parent Training and Information Centers - Funding to ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Education

Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Community Parent Resource Centers - Grants to local community parent resource centers for parents of children with disabilities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Education

Flex Rural Veterans Health Access Program - Grants to provide mental health services and other services to veterans and other residents of rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Rural Health Policy

ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals-Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry - Funding for equipment to support activities and the goals of the Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry program. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Professions