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Be a Grant Reviewer

Help HRSA improve the health of rural communities across America. Register now to be a grant reviewer. When you register, enter “rural health” as one of your specialties on the form and attach your resume or CV showing your experience in rural health.

Why

  • Help select the best projects from competitive groups of grant applicants
  • Use your expertise to objectively evaluate and score applications against published review criteria
  • Assist in funding decision making
  • Understand the Federal grant-making process and HRSA rural health grant programs
  • Receive an honorarium for your service to rural health

How it works

Grant reviewers give their time and expertise. HRSA makes all logistical arrangements, pays travel expenses and other costs, and tries to make the process convenient and easy for reviewers. HRSA conducts reviews in several formats to accommodate your schedule:

  • In person: two-to four-day meetings, usually in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Reviewers discuss applications they have independently reviewed and scored.
  • By teleconference: one-to three-day phone calls. Reviewers discuss applications they have independently reviewed and scored;
  • Field reviews: Reviewers independently review and score applications. No group discussion is held.

Learn more at the Grant Reviewer Portal.

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Did You Know
  • About a third of rural dwellers lose all of their teeth by age 65 for lack of dental services and fluoridation.
  • Some 2,000 rural communities have only one pharmacist, who often is the only local health care provider.
  • Rural residents experience greater rates of chronic disease than any other segment of the U.S. population.