Supports development of new accredited rural residency programs and rural track programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. Funding covers start-up costs for programs training residents primarily in rural areas to increase rural physician workforce and improve healthcare access. Long-term funding must come from stable sources like Medicare or Medicaid.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, nonprofit organizations (including those with and without 501(c)(3) status), tribal organizations, small businesses, educational institutions, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. Various types of public and private entiti
