Minnesota FY2027 Site-Based Clinical Training Grant Program

Minnesota Department of Health has $3.451 million available for site-based clinical training, with FY2027 priorities focused on rural primary care and oral health. Applications are due September 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM CT.

Broad Eligibility

The grant supports clinical healthcare training in Minnesota. The clinical training site must be actively enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Program and have a valid National Provider Identifier. FY2027 grants are based on fiscal-year 2025 clinical training and are determined by eligibility criteria, formula and Commissioner priorities, which remain rural primary care and oral health in both rural and urban sites.

Atlas Analysis

Opportunity Overview

The Minnesota Department of Health Site-Based Clinical Training Grant Program supports clinical healthcare training at eligible Minnesota training sites. FY2027 awards are based on FY2025 clinical training activity, with Commissioner priorities focused on rural primary care and oral health in both rural and urban settings.

Funding and Deadline

MDH lists $3.451 million for the FY2027 cycle. The number of awards and a maximum award amount are not predetermined because grants are calculated using eligibility criteria, a funding formula, and Commissioner priorities. Applications must be completed in the MERC Online Portal by September 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM Central Time.

Eligibility

Clinical training sites must be actively enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Program and have a valid National Provider Identifier. Rural status is based on county data associated with the site’s MHCP enrollment, and primary-care designations use FY2025 data submitted to the Medical Education and Research Costs program.

Why This Matters

The program rewards actual clinical-training activity at care-delivery sites and gives additional strategic importance to rural primary care and oral health. Hospitals, community health centers, FQHCs, rural health clinics, dental sites, and other qualifying training locations should treat accurate historical training data and site eligibility as the core of the application.

N9+ / Dr. Miltie Strategic Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score: 94/100. This is a meaningful workforce-capacity program with explicit rural-primary-care relevance and a substantial statewide funding pool.

N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 10/100. Awards are tied to clinical-training activity and formula criteria rather than a stand-alone technology procurement. A connected-exam platform should only be considered where a training site can show it is an allowable and necessary component of the funded clinical-training model.

Application Strategy

Applicants should verify MHCP enrollment and NPI data, reconcile FY2025 clinical-training records, confirm rural and primary-care designations, review the MERC workflow and SBCT guidance, resolve any site-level data discrepancies early, and submit the complete MERC Online Portal application by the September 30 cutoff.

Verified source: Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care Grants and Funding page, current as of September 1, 2026.