Telehealth Funding Opportunities
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to healthcare for high-need populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving healthcare demands, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. The Foundations also support medical research and the development of young investigators to help create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health. The board meets to approve grants in March, June, September and December. The average time from proposal submission to grant award is six months. Click Here to Apply.
Funding Agency: Hearst Foundations
Application Dates: Accepted year round.
Three recent enacted laws that, in whole or in part, address the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provided both direct and indirect broadband funding for American Indian tribes, tribal colleges and universities, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service (collectively, “tribal entities”). They are
- the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, P.L. 116-136;
- Division N of Title IX of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021), P.L. 116-260; and
- the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), P.L. 117-2.
This In Focus lists major broadband programs funded by these three laws as well as potential additional funding in subsequently proposed legislation.
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