PAFP Resident Community Health Impact Grants are open for FY 2026-27
The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) is accepting applications for its Resident Community Health Impact Grants for projects to be completed in fiscal year 2026-27. The current application cycle opened September 8, 2026 and closes October 8, 2026 at midnight. PAFP does not state a timezone for the midnight deadline, so applicants should not infer one and should submit early.
Funding and purpose
PAFP describes the RIG program as providing grants up to $25,000 for qualifying resident-led community health scholarly projects at Pennsylvania family medicine residency programs. The program is administered through PAFP and has been supported through Pennsylvania Department of Health Primary Care Office funding. PAFP has not published a total FY 2026-27 program pool on the current application page.
Program objectives include increasing access to primary care for rural and underserved populations, integrating community health work into family medicine residency training and scholarship, addressing an identified community health need, and sharing project outcomes at the PAFP RIG Summit and Research Day.
Who can apply
The opportunity is designed for Pennsylvania family medicine residency programs submitting a resident-led community health project. The current application requires a resident lead and a faculty team member. Applicants must identify the project location and impact population, characterize the intended impact as rural, urban or other, document the health need and its sources, and attest to program participation, reporting and documentation requirements.
Eligible project concepts and costs
PAFP expressly identifies the following as examples of projects that can build primary-care capacity and access:
- Diagnostic and screening equipment, training and integration of new services into resident education and the primary-care setting, including examples such as point-of-care ultrasound.
- Mobile health services, immunization clinics, health screenings and referral services.
- Community health education and screenings delivered with community partners.
- Lifestyle medicine and public-health activities for special populations and underserved communities.
The required PAFP budget template is the only accepted budget format. The budget must be well researched and may include program expenses, project-essential clinical personnel/preceptor/faculty costs, required Research Day travel, and other justified project expenses. Placeholder or unsupported estimates should not be used.
Application requirements
The online application requires resident lead and faculty contact information; residency program name; project name and ZIP code; impact population and demographic; whether the proposal continues a prior RIG project; short background, objectives, methods and anticipated-results narratives; identified health need and supporting sources; agreement to attend and present; program-requirements attestation; and upload of the completed PAFP budget template.
All funded projects must be presented at the PAFP RIG Summit and Research Day in Pittsburgh on April 10, 2027. PAFP states that funding will not be awarded to projects without confirmation of presentation. Award announcements are scheduled for October 26, 2026. Selected teams must return the RIG agreement and IRS Form W-9 in November 2026, participate in program-management touchpoints, and submit the final report, project photos, budget reconciliation and required expense documentation by May 31, 2027.
Match, procurement and registrations
PAFP does not state a mandatory applicant match or cost-share requirement in the current published RIG instructions reviewed by Atlas. No separate state vendor registration requirement is stated on the application page. Awardees must return an IRS Form W-9 with the grant agreement. Applicants should follow their residency sponsor’s own purchasing and conflict-of-interest rules for any equipment or vendor purchases.
N9+ and Dr. Miltie fit
This opportunity has a legitimate but still conditional remote-examination technology pathway because PAFP explicitly welcomes diagnostic and screening equipment, mobile health services and community health screenings. A resident-led project could potentially use the Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform to support guided examinations, vitals and remote assessment in rural, mobile or underserved primary-care settings. PAFP does not specifically name N9+ or remote-exam platforms, so device-specific allowability and the final hardware/software budget treatment should be confirmed before submission.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 94/100. The program has a modest award ceiling but unusually strong alignment with primary-care access, resident education, diagnostic/screening equipment and community/mobile health projects.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 88/100 conditional. Strong clinical and educational alignment exists where a resident-led team can document a community health need and integrate the device into a measurable primary-care access or screening project. Do not force N9+ into projects without a clear resident-led use case and PAFP budget confirmation.
Official sources: PAFP 2026-27 RIG Application Instructions, PAFP RIG Application Form, and PAFP RIG Program Overview.