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Every grant opportunity from Grants.gov in our database is classified by its relevance to rural communities. Click a tier to filter, or use the search and agency filters below.

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Rural Exclusive
Programs designed exclusively for rural communities — typically USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, and similar agencies whose mission is rural-focused.
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Rural Priority
Programs that give priority or preference to rural applicants, or that have a significant track record of funding rural areas (e.g., EDA, ARC, tribal programs).
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Rural Eligible
Programs where rural communities are eligible to apply but that do not specifically target or prioritize rural areas.
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Suggested Programs USASpending.gov
Programs with high per-capita federal award spending in non-metro counties, identified from USASpending.gov obligation data.
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BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Nov 8, 2027
Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSGs) for NCI-designated Cancer Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Sep 25, 2028
Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Sep 28, 2027
Community Based Participatory Research To Advance DAta and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) For Optimizing Oral Health For All Across the Lifespan (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Community Engagement Evaluation and Data Coordination (CEED) Hub to Advance Data and Practice Transformation for Optimizing Oral Health For All Across the Lifespan (U01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible May 7, 2028
Continuation of the Collaborative Islet Transplantation Registry (U01 Clinical Trial Not allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Continued Development of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Data Resource Center (U2C Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Core Centers for Clinical Research (CCCR) (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Data Coordinating Center for the Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Brain Atlas (AD-MBA) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Development of Collaborative Research Facilities or Research-Resource Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Early-Stage Dissemination and Implementation Research in Communication Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Jun 17, 2027
Effectiveness Trials to Test Mental Health System Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Oct 15, 2027
Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
For Funding Opportunity for Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Advanced Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) (U54 - Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Academic Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Coordinating Center National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Renew the Funding Opportunity Announcement for Multiple Chronic Disease Research Centers Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Required) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Forecast to Renew the Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Multiple Chronic Disease Research Centers National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Full-Scale Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Oct 15, 2027
Funding Opportunity Announcement - NIBIB Technology Development Networks National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Gabriella Miller Kids First Training and Outreach Core (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Genomic Community Resources (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
GREGoRi Data Coordination and Outreach Center (U01, Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) for Whole Recovery: Health Systems National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
HEAL: Translating Addiction Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Research into Practice (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
IGVF Data and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Implementation Science to End the HIV Epidemic National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Informatics, Coordination and Service Center for the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible May 1, 2026
Interdisciplinary Research Networks to Advance Biomedical Research on Resilience and Health Optimization National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Jan 7, 2027
Investigator Initiated Innovation in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Sep 7, 2027
Investigator Initiated Innovation in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Sep 7, 2027
Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Jan 7, 2028
Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases - Fostering the AdvanceMent of an Interactive Learning communitY - Coordinating Center (KUH-FAMILY) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Lasker Clinical Research Scholar's Program (Si2/R00 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Nov 15, 2027
Limited Competition for the HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study – Coordinating Administrative Core and Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Limited Competition: Biospecimen Banks to support NCI National Clinical Trials Network Biospecimen Banks (NCTN Biobanks) and the NCI Early-Phase and Experimental Clinical Trials Biospecimen Bank (EET Biobank) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
Limited Competition: Building Partnerships and Broadening Perspectives to Advance Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (BBAER) Program (UM1), Clinical Trial Optional National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible Aug 2, 2026
Limited Competition: Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers for Schools and Colleges of Nursing with Limited NIH Funding (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health Rural Eligible -
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