Grants and Loans:
Open Grant Opportunities

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Open grant opportunities are organized by date posted. Visit the program site for more information and to view the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Please note: information provided on the program site takes precedence over any information presented here. If you have questions about the grant opportunity, please follow the question and answer instructions as outlined in the Request for Proposal.

Open Opportunities

Grant Information:

Clinical Preparation for International Medical Graduates Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2026, 4:30 PM CT
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants for this grant funding are existing clinical medical education programs that fulfill the following criteria:

• Are located in Minnesota
• Currently provide clinical medical education, and
• Have the capacity and expertise to provide clinical preparation in primary care, including exposure to outpatient and inpatient medicine in one or more of the following specialties: family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and psychiatry.

Quit Partner^TM Ambassadors
Intent to Apply Deadline: Monday, December 29, 2025, 4:00 P.M. CT, (strongly encouraged but not required)
Application Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026, 4:00 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• Community-based Organizations
• Non-profit Organizations
• Faith-based Organizations
• Community Clinics
• Tribal Governments
• Tribal Clinics

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, January 9, 2026, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• Eligible small rural hospitals are non-federal, short-term general acute care facilities located in a rural area of the United States and the territories, including faith-based hospitals. They may be for-profit, not-for-profit or tribal organizations. To verify that your location meets HRSA requirements, use the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer Tool (https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health). 

Alzheimer's Awareness Grant Funding 
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Thursday, January 8, 2026, 11:59 PM CT
Eligible Applicants:

• Community-based organizations
• Tribal organizations
• Nonprofit organizations
• Faith-based organizations
• Social service organizations
• Clinic or healthcare organizations
• Community Coalitions

Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Team Development and Implementation Grant
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Monday, February 2, 2026, 4:30 PM CT
Eligible Applicants:

• County, tribal, city or local government
• American Indian-led nonprofit organizations
• Recovery community organizations
• Culturally specific nonprofit organizations
• Hospitals and healthcare organizations
• Federally Qualified Health Centers
• 245G chemical health treatment programs

Minnesota Health Care Loan Forgiveness Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 11:59 PM CT
Eligible Applicants:

• Individuals

Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants:

• Pediatric mental health training programs for pediatric primary care providers, located in outpatient primary care clinics.

Medical Education and Research Cost (MERC) Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: See grant materials. (submission timelines)
Eligible Applicants: 

• Clinics
• Hospitals
• Institutions of Higher Education