48 Open Health & Public Health Grants (2026): $9.8M Available
FindGrants indexes open health and public health opportunities for FQHCs, health nonprofits, clinics, and county health departments — from HRSA, SAMHSA, and the CDC to state and county health departments and foundations. Below are open behavioral health, substance use, and community health programs you can actually apply to, with amounts, deadlines, and a guided application builder for each.
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SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health)
CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
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48 open health & public health grants you can apply to · $9.8M in total available funding
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TBI State Partnership Program
openAdministration for Community Living
N/A
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Medical Student Education Program (MSE)
openHealth Resources and Services Administration
The Medical Student Education (MSE) Program provides support to public medical schools in the top quartile of states with a projected primary care provider shortage to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians.
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Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
openNational Institutes of Health
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism solicits applications for an R01 Clinical Trial Required mechanism focusing on alcohol treatment and recovery research. This NOFO will focus broadly on topics relevant for treatment of and recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD), including: medications development, precision medicine, behavioral therapies and mechanisms of behavioral change (MOBC), recovery, translational research, and innovative methods and technologies for AUD treatment and recovery.
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Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
openNational Institutes of Health
The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for studies that will enhance knowledge of mechanisms associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD). The findings are expected to advance mechanistic understanding of both biobehavioral and neurobiological pathways leading to NPS. Findings may also provide insight into novel therapeutic targets that can be advanced into interventions to treat and prevent the development of NPS in AD and/or ADRD
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Limited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional)
openNational Institutes of Health
Limited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional)
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Advancing Research on the Application of Digital Health Technology to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes (R01- Clinical Trail Required)
openNational Institutes of Health
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites applications designed to examine the efficacy and clinical effectiveness of multimodality digital health technology approaches to the remote management of diabetes.
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Exploratory Clinical Trial Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R61 Clinical Trial Required)
openNational Institutes of Health
This Exploratory Clinical Trial Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R61 Clinical Trial Required) PAR, a re-issue of PAR-24-035, was re-issued as a result of the Simplifying Review of Research Project Grant Applications [link: https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/peer-review/simplifying-review]. The Simplify Review changes in Section V are the only changes that have been made. All other aspects of this funding opportunity remain the same.
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Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
openNational Institutes of Health
The goal of this NOFO is to support R21 applications for novel theory and methods development that better delineate how genetic and non-genetic factors contribute to complex trait variation across individuals, families, and populations. Approaches should be interdisciplinary across the natural and social sciences, account for interdependencies across scales of biological, social, and ecological organization, and make extensive use of theory, simulations, and validation using available large-scale datasets
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Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
openNational Institutes of Health
<p>Not available</p>
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NIDA Animal Genomics Program (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
openNational Institutes of Health
NIDA Animal Genomics Program (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
openNational Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement is intended to identify and support research projects by exceptionally promising Early Stage Investigators with a long-term career interest in pursuing innovative research in genomics. This opportunity is open to research in all areas relevant to the mission of NHGRI, including genomic sciences, genomic medicine, genomic data science, and ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics.
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What is a health or public health grant?
A health grant is funding awarded to deliver or expand health services and public health programs — behavioral and mental health care, substance use prevention and treatment, community and primary care, health-disparity and health-equity work, and disease prevention. The largest federal sources are HRSA (the Health Resources and Services Administration, which funds health centers and the safety net), SAMHSA (mental health and substance use), and the CDC (public health), alongside state and county health departments and private foundations.
Who can apply for health funding?
Most health grants are open to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and look-alikes, community mental health and substance use treatment providers, clinics and primary care associations, county and local health departments, hospitals and health systems, and 501(c)(3) health nonprofits. Some programs are competitive and open directly to providers; others flow as formula or block grants to state and county health departments that re-grant the funds. Eligibility and application windows are set by each program.
What can health grants pay for?
Eligible uses include clinical and care-coordination staffing, behavioral health and substance use treatment services, community and preventive health programs, screening and immunization, health-equity and outreach work, equipment and capacity building, and program operations. HRSA grants commonly fund health center services and the safety net; SAMHSA funds mental health and substance use programs; CDC funds public health and prevention. Each program sets its own allowable costs.
When are health grant applications due?
Federal HRSA, SAMHSA, and CDC programs run on their own notice-of-funding cycles, while state and county health-department and foundation grants have their own windows. Browse the open opportunities below for current deadlines, or run your organization's profile through FindGrants to see the health grants you qualify for right now.
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Start with HRSA — the agency behind health centers and the safety net, and the most common entry point for FQHCs, clinics, and health nonprofits. Learn who qualifies, the grant types, what the funds can pay for, and how to put together a competitive application.
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