Here are a list of federal grant and other funding opportunities with either a focus or strong potential for telehealth applications that have spring (April through mid-June) proposal due dates.  

(We recommend that you bookmark this page or add it to your home screen as we will be adding to this list periodically from now through June as more opportunities are announced!)

  • USDA Community Connect Grants:  The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants that will provide broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where service does not exist..  Applications are due June 20, 2023 no later than 11:59 AM ETClick Here for More Information.
  • HRSA State Maternal Health Innovation Program:  The purpose of this program is to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) 1 by supporting state-led demonstrations focused on improving maternal health and addressing maternal health disparities through quality services, a skilled workforce, enhanced data quality and capacity, and innovative programming.  Applications are due June 2, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • HRSA Screening and Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Program:  The purpose of this program is to expand health care providers’ capacity to screen, assess, treat, and refer pregnant and postpartum people for maternal mental health and substance use disorders. This will be accomplished by establishing, improving, and/or maintaining statewide or regional networks that provide real-time psychiatric consultation, care coordination support services, and culturally and linguistically appropriate training to maternity care providers and clinical practices.  Applications are due June 2, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • HRSA Rural Health Care Coordination Program:  The purpose of this program is to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. This award is intended to serve as initial seed funding to implement creative community-based health solutions in rural communities to expand access to and coordination of care with the expectation that awardees will then be able to sustain the program after the federal funding ends. Applications are due May 26, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • HRSA Integrated Maternal Health Services Program:  The purpose of this program is to foster the development and demonstration of integrated health services models, such as the Maternity Medical Home (sometimes referred to as the Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH)) which is modeled after the patient- centered medical home. The models developed and demonstrated by this program will support comprehensive care (including clinical, ancillary, behavioral health, and support services) for pregnant and postpartum people who experience health disparities and have limited access to basic social and health care services. Applications are due May 24, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP):  The purpose of this program is to establish and expand sustainable behavioral health care services for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years who live in rural communities, and to prevent substance misuse. Applications are due May 24, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • CDC Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program:  The purpose of this program is to support health system interventions aimed at preventing, controlling, and managing high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol and may include aligning with national guidelines and recommendations; supporting better continuity of care across health care settings; maximal use of electronic health record data; technological advances that improve medication adherence; fully utilizing community health workers, and other related interventions supporting community and clinical links and partnerships. Applications are due May 23, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • SAMHSA Promoting the Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care Program:  The purpose of this program is to (1) promote full integration and collaboration in clinical practice between behavioral healthcare and primary physical healthcare, including for special populations; (2) support the improvement of integrated care models for behavioral healthcare and primary/physical healthcare to improve the overall wellness and physical health status of adults with a serious mental illness; adults who have co-occurring mental illness and physical health conditions or chronic disease; children and adolescents with a serious emotional disturbance who have a co-occurring physical health conditions or chronic disease; individuals with a substance use disorder; or individuals with co-occurring mental and substance use disorder; and (3) promote the implementation and improvement of bidirectional integrated care services, including evidence-based or evidence-informed screening, assessment, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and recovery services for mental and substance use disorders, and co-occurring physical health conditions and chronic diseases. Applications are due May 22, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • HRSA Delta Health Systems Implementation Program:  The purpose of this program is to improve healthcare delivery in rural areas by implementing projects that will improve the financial sustainability of hospitals and allow for increased access to care in rural communities. These projects focus on financial and operational improvement, quality improvement, telehealth, and workforce development in hospitals in the in the rural counties and parishes of the Delta region. The DSIP provides funding to support critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals (inpatient prospective payment system facilities with up to 100 beds) in the Delta region that have received previous technical assistance (TA) through the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program or another similar TA program within the last five years. Applications are due May 18, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • OVC Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations Program:  The purpose of this program is to to establish or expand sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs. Applications are due April 20, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • Foundation for Rural Service Virtual Living Room Grant Program:  Funding is for blending technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs resources and local support to encourage veteran use of advanced medical technologies.  The Virtual Living Room is intended to feel like home, offering a comfortable, safe space to help veterans simulate the experience they would have while using VA telehealth services at home.  Applications accepted on a rolling basis.  Click Here for More Information.

Following are funding opportunities with cyclical deadlines:

  • USAC Healthcare Connect Fund Program:  Provides a 65% discount on eligible broadband connectivity expenses for eligible rural health care providers (HCPs).  You can apply as an individual health care provider or as a consortium, i.e., a group of HCPs that can be both rural and non-rural.   Applications are normally due April 3 of each year.  For 2023, the filing window has been extended to May 1, 2023.   Click Here for More Information.
  • USAC Telecommunications Program:  Provides reduced rates to rural health care providers (HCPs) for telecommunications and voice services for the use of telemedicine and telehealth. Eligible services are discounted at the difference in cost between urban and rural areas in your state.   Applications are normally due April 3 of each year.  For 2023, the filing window has been extended to May 1, 2023.  Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH Research to Improve Native American Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional):  This funding opportunity will support developmental/exploratory studies in preparation for health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, or treatment services research to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between May 17, 2021 - May 17, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03):  This funding opportunity supports health services research projects, including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.  Rural and frontier areas are priority populations.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between September 17, 2018 - July 8, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH/NIDA New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services (R34 - Clinical Trial Optional):  This funding opportunity will support the development and testing of enhanced models of care that are able to optimally integrate HIV, addiction, and primary care services..  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between November 18, 2021 - August 11, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18):  Funding is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more ac­cessible, equitable and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. Within the mission, AHRQ’s specific priority areas of focus are: 1) research to improve health care patient safety; 2) harnessing data and technology to improve health care quality and patient outcomes and to provide a 360-degree view of the patient; and 3) research to increase accessibility and affordability of health care by examining innovative market approaches to care delivery and financing.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between August 24, 2018 - October 1, 2023Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH/NIBIB/NIMHD Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional):  This funding opportunity encourages grant applications to develop and translate medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. Appropriate medical technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to those who need them.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between January 11, 2021 - January 26, 2024Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional):  Funding will support innovative research to develop, test and evaluate multi-level/multi-component strategies (including models of health care) to effectively adapt and implement comprehensive clinical care for individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from populations with health disparities concordant with recommended and evidence-based guidelines. Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between October 5, 2021 – June 5, 2024.  Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH/NIMH Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed):  Funding will support innovative research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health services to benefit the greatest number of individuals with, or at risk for developing, a mental illness.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between October 5, 2021 – June 5, 2024.  Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH Health Care Models for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions from Populations that Experience Health Disparities: Advancing Health Care Towards Health Equity  (R01 Clinical Trials Optional):  Funding will support innovative, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary research designed to study the effective adaptation, integration, and implementation of recommended guidelines of care of persons with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) from populations that experience health disparities. Projects would be expected to involve more than one component and/or more than one level of influence within existing or newly proposed health care models.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between March 18, 2022 – June 5, 2024.  Click Here for More Information.
  • NIH/NIMH Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional):  Funding will support studies that develop and test the effectiveness of strategies for implementation and sustainable delivery of evidence-based mental health treatments and services to improve mental health outcomes for underserved populations in low-resourced settings in the United States. Studies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from evidence-based practices (EBPs) and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations.  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between October 5, 2021 - June 5, 2024Click Here for More Information.
  • AHRQ Using Innovative Digital Healthcare Solutions to Improve Quality at the Point of Care (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional): Funding is  research projects that test promising digital healthcare interventions aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services delivery at the point of care.  Research should be designed to test promising digital healthcare solutions that enable or facilitate technology-driven, point of care process solutions that use advanced analytics, patient-centered clinician and patient facing digital healthcare technologies, or clinical decision support systems to improve quality and health outcomes at the point of care. A theoretical framework should inform the research study and incorporate the use of care models when appropriate..  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between February 9, 2021 - July 18, 2024Click Here for More Information.
  • Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Telehealth Strategies for Individuals with HIV and Substance Use Disorders:  Funding is for research to explore and develop telehealth methods and strategies for diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and population analysis in individuals living with HIV and substance use disorder (SUD)..  Applications are due in a repetitive cycle between May 7, 2021 - September 8, 2024Click Here for More Information.

For additional funding opportunities for telehealth and broadband related programs, visit the TELEHEALTH.HHS.GOV Funding Opportunities web page.

If you are looking for grants to support rural health, the RHIhub has developed a Topic Guide on Applying for Grants to Support Rural Health Projects and a Rural Philanthropy Toolkit that might be of interest to you.