Quinn NRHA Student Awards
Funding Amount
$1,500 per award plus travel allowance
Deadline
Expected ~December
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- December 31, 2026
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: December
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Eligible organizations
- Individuals enrolled in an institution of higher learning in some form or capacity
- Includes: residents, undergraduate, graduate, technical, vocational, community college, or junior college students
Overview
Award Amount: $1,500 scholarship plus travel allowance to attend NRHA's Annual Rural Health Conference
Number of Awards: Two student winners named annually
Eligibility
- Individuals enrolled in an institution of higher learning in some form or capacity
- Includes: residents, undergraduate, graduate, technical, vocational, community college, or junior college students
Focus Areas
Recognizes extraordinary student initiative within the field of rural health including:
- Rural health care delivery
- Education, promotion, research, or advocacy
- Organizing and directing rural health activities or groups
- Significant achievements
- Unique approaches to identifying or meeting needs
- Clinical health care delivery
- Health care infrastructure development
- Significant health care research
- Educational or promotional activities
Background
Established in 2024 through the generosity of longtime NRHA member Kathleen Quinn.
How to Apply
Application Process
- Submit a nomination form with narrative
- Either the nominee or nominator must have a connection to NRHA through membership
- Nominations that do not meet the membership requirement will be disqualified without notice
- Selections made solely on the basis of narrative included on the nomination form
Note: Check NRHA website for current nomination deadline (2026 nominations timeline not specified in source material)
What National Rural Health Association actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 46
- Total given
- $3.28M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $10K–$593K
- By dollars: Maine 18%, North Dakota 16%, Texas 11%. Top recipient cities: Jefferson City, MO; Portland, ME; Fargo, ND.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 4% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Stroudwater Associates · Portland, ME
Technical assistance
$593K
Eide Bailly LLP · Fargo, ND
Improve rural health
$506K
3RNET-National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network · Jefferson City, MO
Behavior health proj
$342K
Forvis · Dallas, TX
Improve rural health
$262K
Wipfli · Milwaukee, WI
Improve rural health
$167K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- Healthcare
- Community health
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