Grants and Funding Opportunities
Telehealth, broadband and equipment related resources
Stay Up-To-Date On The Latest Opportunities
The grant and funding opportunities presented below are due between September 1, 2024 till November 30, 2024. For more information and other opportunities due in 6-months or more, visit the HRSA website for telehealth here.
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NTIA Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program
Proposed programs, projects, and activities will support efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion activities, and spur greater adoption and meaningful use of broadband among the Covered Populations.
Develop and implement digital inclusion activities that benefit one or more of the Covered Populations; Facilitate the adoption of broadband by the Covered Populations in order to provide educational and employment opportunities; Implement training programs for the Covered Populations that cover basic, advanced, and applied skills; Implement 6 Eligible Projects/Topic Areas workforce development programs; Make available equipment, instrumentation, networking capability and digital network technology for broadband services to Covered Populations at low or no cost; Construct, upgrade, expand, or operate new or existing public access computing centers for Covered Populations through community anchor institutions; or undertake any other project or activity the Assistant Secretary finds to be consistent with the purposes of the Program. Grantees may also use not more than 10 percent of the grant amount to measure and evaluate the activities supported with the grant amounts.
Eligible Entities: September 23, 2024
U.S. Territories: October 22, 2024
Exploratory Grants in Cancer Control (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourages the submission of exploratory/developmental research grant (R21) applications that focus on different aspects of cancer control by modifying behavior, screening, and understanding etiologic factors contributing to the development of cancer, and developing ways to control cancer. The overarching goal is to provide support to promote the early and conceptual stages of research efforts on novel scientific ideas that have the potential to substantially advance population-based cancer research, including telehealth and telemedicine.
October 9, 2024
Precision Mental Health: Develop Tools to Inform Treatment Selection in Depression (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
This funding opportunity focuses on accelerating the development and validation of predictive tools and biomarkers in order to inform treatment selection for depression.
October 18, 2024
Digital Technology for Early Detection and Monitoring of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
This notice of special interest (NOSI) funding opportunity aims to promote research on utilizing digital signals and data as a form of digital phenotyping. The purpose of this research is to identify and flag individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias about early stages before cognitive symptoms are detected. Promising areas of research include but are not limited to the use of telehealth and digital health technology.
November 13, 2024
NIDA REI: Reaching Equity at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use: Novel Approaches to Address HIV Related Health Disparities in Underserved Racial and/or Ethnic Populations (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
As part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)’s Racial Equity Initiative (REI), this funding opportunity focuses on supporting pilot or feasibility research on structural factors, organizational practices, policies, and other social, cultural, and contextual influences that lead to inequities at the intersection of HIV and substance use among underserved racial and/or ethnic minority populations affected by persistent HIV disparities.
November 15, 2024
Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program
EPA’s new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and stakeholder input. They are designed to deliver on the transformative potential of the IRA for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments.
November 21, 2024
Telehealth Related
Funding Opportunities
See funding opportunities for telehealth and broadband related programs from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Weekly Rural Health Updates
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) prepares regular policy announcements focusing on the impact regulations may have on rural communities. Sign up for their weekly updates.
Rural Development Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers Rural Development opportunities focused on a variety of areas including internet access, energy, telecommunications, community facilities and more.
Grants.gov - Federal Register Listserv
The Grants.gov System-to-System Listservs, are designed to support grantor agencies and applicants using a system-to-system interface to post funding opportunities and submit grant applications, respectively. The Listservs also allow members to post and receive messages from other members.
Equipment and Broadband Related
Find information on funding opportunities for broadband and learn about programs that exist to help qualified households pay for internet connectivity and telephone service.