Open — applications due October 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM CT
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE)
Oklahoma's Year 2 ROOTS grant will support 60 rural PK-12 schools with professional development, mentoring and up to $10,000 for approved equipment to strengthen physical education, fitness and wellness.
Required next actionConfirm the school site is in an eligible rural Oklahoma community and secure both site administrator and PE teacher approval before applying. Review the current Year 2 ROOTS requirements, define the physical education, fitness or wellness barrier to address with OSDE-approved equipment, and confirm readiness for the required coaching, professional development, OAHPERD convention training, book study and communities of practice. Submit the OSDE Year 2 application by October 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM CT.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
15 days leftVerified October 6, 2026
Utah's Rural Health Transformation Program is accepting RISE Initiative 2.3 applications through October 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM MDT. The opportunity supports K-12-to-healthcare workforce pathways in rural Utah and requires a consortium with an education partner and rural healthcare employer/provider.
Required next actionConfirm the current Utah RHTP application requirements, build the required education and rural-healthcare-employer consortium, document rural geography and measurable pathway outcomes, and submit by October 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM MDT.
Closed — September 28, 2026 LOI deadline passed; no new LOIs for this cycle
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 28, 2026
Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence
The Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence at UT Health Sciences is accepting second-cycle Letters of Intent for rural Clinical Practice Transformation planning and implementation grants focused on operational excellence, technology implementation, or shared services and regional transformation. The Center homepage and dedicated RFP page now both state September 28, 2026. Neither publishes an exact closing time or time zone, so applicant outreach remains withheld until those submission controls and applicant-level qualification are verified.
Required next actionSubmit the LOI through InfoReady by September 28, 2026. Verify the portal cutoff because the public RFP does not state a closing time or time zone. Include the required project summary, rural-health experience, applicant biosketch, budget range, outcomes, partners, and sustainability information.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Foundation for Healthy Communities
GO-NORTH funding to transform rural primary care toward sustainable, team-based, technology-enabled, and community-connected delivery models.
Required next actionSuperseded duplicate. Use canonical Atlas record #615.
Open — applications due October 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM CT
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
16 days leftVerified September 29, 2026
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
Minnesota's Rural Family Medicine Residency Grant opens its Letter of Intent window September 1, 2026, with approximately $1 million available for three to four grantees and up to $400,000 for each new residency position. LOIs are due September 30 at 4:30 PM CT and full applications are due October 30.
Required next actionReview the current RFP and ORHPC portal instructions for all eligibility conditions, required preliminary steps, attachments, match or cost-share terms, allowable and ineligible costs, scoring, and amendments. Confirm whether the request is for planning/development or sustainability funding and submit the complete application through the ORHPC Grants Portal by October 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM CT.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Verified September 10, 2026
Superior Health Foundation
Opportunity Overview The Superior Health Foundation Q4 2026 U.P. Health Impact Grant supports transformational, health-centered projects serving communities across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A required concept call or one-page concept paper is due September 3, 2026, followed by the full application deadline of September 9, 2026. The Foundation does not publish a submission clock time, so […]
Required next actionQ4 2026 full applications closed September 9, 2026. Do not initiate new outreach or new package work for this cycle. Preserve the record for history and watch for the next Superior Health Foundation U.P. Health Impact cycle.
Closed to new applications - controlling RFA deadline passed October 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET; the GO-NORTH program page still displays the opportunity link as Live.
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Verified October 5, 2026
$350,000 GO-NORTH opportunity for New Hampshire organizations to build or expand rural youth healthcare and allied health career exploration, including clinical simulations and experiential learning.
Required next actionThe controlling RFA deadline was October 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET and late applications were not to be considered. Treat this cycle as closed to new submissions, monitor the GO-NORTH page for a successor round, and preserve the rural-eligibility, participant, budget, and reporting requirements for future-cycle screening.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Verified October 7, 2026
Foundation for Healthy Communities
GO-NORTH funding to expand or launch preventive oral health services in rural New Hampshire schools, including electronic dental record adoption.
Required next actionThis 2026 round is closed. Applicants that submitted by September 25, 2026 should retain their submission confirmation and monitor the Foundation for Healthy Communities for award notices, amendments, or follow-on instructions; other organizations should monitor for a future School-Based Oral Health funding cycle.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
17 days leftVerified September 30, 2026
Tulane University's WSPH-SOM Collaborative Research Seed Awards are accepting proposals through October 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT, with at least four 12-month interdisciplinary health research awards of up to $100,000 each.
Required next actionIdentify a qualified Tulane WSPH/SOM faculty pair and shape a pilot concept around a priority health area, with an explicit external-funding follow-on plan and any external partner role documented in the proposal.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified August 31, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Rural Health Transformation funding for rural-serving organizations to recruit and retain health professionals at qualifying rural sites.
Required next actionArchived on August 31, 2026 after the 3:00 PM PT application deadline passed. Monitor the California Rural Health Transformation program for any successor recruitment and retention round or formal reopening.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified September 10, 2026
West Virginia Department of Health
West Virginia is seeking organizations to establish and operate Rural Health Link regional hubs and mobility-coordinator functions supporting statewide rural healthcare access, transportation coordination, standardized workflows and data integration. Applications are due September 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET through wvOASIS.
Required next actionThe September 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET deadline has passed. Do not initiate new applicant outreach for this cycle. Preserve the regional-hub, mobility-coordination, transportation-partnership, staffing, platform-integration and performance-reporting intelligence for successor Rural Health Link funding or implementation procurements, and monitor the West Virginia Department of Health RHTP funding page and wvOASIS for any reopening, amendment or successor solicitation.
Active — Cycle 1 LOI open through October 15, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Daniel Foundation of Alabama
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama is accepting 2027 Rural Grant Cycle 1 Letters of Intent from eligible 501(c)(3) public charities for qualifying work in Tier 1 and Tier 2 rural Alabama counties. Cycle 1 LOIs are due October 15, 2026; the Foundation does not publish an exact closing time or time zone.
Required next actionConfirm 501(c)(3) public-charity status, verify the project is based in or delivered 100% within an eligible Tier 1 or Tier 2 rural Alabama county, confirm any prior Daniel Foundation grant is closed and its full grant period has expired, then submit the LOI through Foundant GLM by October 15, 2026.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified October 6, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
HCAI's Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program provides rolling state grants to qualified California small, rural, and Critical Access hospitals for seismic safety compliance. HCAI currently reports $46 million available. The program is highly relevant to rural hospital sustainability but does not provide a legitimate N9+ equipment funding path.
Required next actionEligible hospitals should confirm program eligibility, submit the required seismic compliance plan, and use HCAI's application process for eligible seismic-safety work. Applications are continuously accepted and ranked quarterly based on eligibility, project readiness, and available funding.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Illinois Community College Board
Illinois funding to expand rural clinical and allied-health workforce pipelines through community colleges, instructional capacity, student supports, partnerships, and innovative delivery models.
Required next actionEligible HRSA-rural Illinois community colleges should complete the Euna/AmpliFund application package and submit by September 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM CT.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified August 27, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Rural Health Transformation funding for first-time certified EHR adoption or replacement of existing EHR systems at qualifying rural facilities.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 5, 2026
Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC)
ARH-TAC Cohort 3 closed September 4, 2026. Atlas now retains the program as archived rural-health service-line intelligence and directs Appalachian rural providers that missed the deadline to contact ARH-TAC about other technical-assistance options and monitor for future cohorts.
Required next actionDo not submit a new Cohort 3 application or begin applicant outreach. Organizations that missed the deadline may still contact ARH-TAC about other technical-assistance options and should monitor for future cohorts. Preserve service-gap, patient-leakage, workforce, referral, financial-performance and community-need data for reapplication, and re-verify the next cohort's controlling eligibility, deadline and seed-funding terms before pursuing it.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 11, 2026
New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority
New Hampshire CDFA is accepting rolling qualifications from consultants to support GO-NORTH Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program applicants and awardees with project development, grant writing, and grant administration. Client-side consulting assistance can reach up to $50,000 for project development, $4,000 for grant writing, and $100,000 for grant administration depending on project size.
Required next actionConfirm Dr. Miltie's three qualifying similar-project examples, including at least one New Hampshire municipality/nonprofit engagement, two permissioned professional references, relevant 2 CFR Part 200 experience, service-area selection, staffing capacity and fee structure before any direct submission.
Draft healthcare scope hold
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 24, 2026
Maryland DHCD's FY2027 NourishMD Round 2 will open September 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST and close November 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. The program offers $25,000 to $150,000 grants to eligible Maryland food retailers serving high-need fresh-food-access areas, with up to $3.67 million available, including $1.67 million tied to Maryland's Rural Health Transformation Program.
Required next actionEligible Maryland food retailers should complete the Tier 1 eligibility application through the official NourishMD portal by November 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM after confirming a Fresh Food Gap Score of at least 65, operating-frequency requirements, healthy-food inventory or sales-space requirements, Maryland good standing, and any Rural Health Transformation rural-location requirements. The current DHCD public notice does not state a deadline time zone, so submit early rather than infer one. Tier 1 is an eligibility and community-need screen; only applicants that pass will advance to Tier 2. Do not treat website publication as customer outreach authorization or create post-outreach lifecycle actions from it.
Active — FY2027 Georgia ARC cycle; pre-application due October 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.; full application due October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. FAIL CLOSED for ORIGINAL outreach/package production pending DCA clarification of the $1,000,000 versus $2,000,000 official funding-cap conflict and the unpublished deadline-specific time zone.
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
<p>Georgia DCA’s FY2027 Appalachian Regional Commission Area Development cycle is open, with pre-applications due October 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. and full applications due October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Current DCA notices conflict on the project funding ceiling: the August 17 FY2027 NOFO states $1,000,000, while DCA’s May 14 infrastructure-program update expressly extended a $2,000,000 limit to the October 9 cycle. DCA also does not state a deadline-specific time zone, so Atlas is fail-closed for ORIGINAL outreach and package production pending clarification.</p>
Required next actionObtain authoritative DCA clarification of the October-cycle project funding ceiling because the May 14 infrastructure update expressly extends a $2,000,000 limit to the October 9 deadline while the newer August 17 FY2027 NOFO states $1,000,000 per project. Also confirm the operative deadline time zone. Until both are resolved, do not initiate ORIGINAL outreach or applicant-specific package production. After clarification, qualify an eligible Appalachian Georgia applicant and project, verify county classification and match, applicant-defined scope and budget, PER/PAR and procurement requirements for construction, equipment/vendor allowability, federal registrations, and all CRM Contact/opt-out/bounce/Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue/prior-send gates.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified October 8, 2026
Alaska Department of Health Year 2 Fall 2026 funding for rural health planning and implementation, including EMS, care coordination, and value-based care readiness.
