Rapid Response Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is offering a cooperative agreement to fund one entity that can provide rapid response rural data analysis and issue-specific rural research studies to support timely access to information on pressing rural health issues. The work focuses on short-term, national-in-scope analysis and research that helps rural stakeholders better understand emerging factors affecting rural health and improve healthcare in rural America. Eligible applicants are domestic public or private for-profit or nonprofit organizations, with no cost-sharing requirement, and proposals are expected to show strong rural health expertise, rapid analysis methods, and experience working with large national datasets. The award ceiling is $600,000, with an application due July 8, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. ET through electronic submission, and the grant contact listed is Karis Tyner at ktyner@hrsa.gov.
Eligible Applicants
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.