Telehealth Rapid Response Center | HRSA 25 044

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 25 044

The Telehealth Rapid Response Center funding opportunity (HRSA-25-044) is a discretionary grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) focused on strengthening the research evidence behind telehealth policy and program decisions, especially for underserved populations across the United States and its territories. The broader notice also references a companion opportunity, the Telehealth Research Center (HRSA-25-045), and explains that HRSA intends to fund one cooperative agreement under each of the two related awards. Taken together, these centers are meant to generate timely, practical research that helps providers, policymakers, and telehealth stakeholders understand how telehealth is being used, where gaps in access remain, and what policy or regulatory factors are shaping telehealth services in real time.

For HRSA-25-044 specifically, the Telehealth Rapid Response Center is expected to function as a fast-moving research and analysis hub. Its core role is to conduct rapid data analyses and short-term, issue-specific research studies tied to emerging telehealth questions. The idea is to quickly translate data into usable insights and resources that help the public and decision-makers make sense of the impacts of telehealth policies and regulations. A major emphasis is on identifying and addressing disparities in telehealth access, with the center producing information that can support improvements in telehealth availability and usefulness for underserved communities. The opportunity description highlights that the work should track trends and data affecting telehealth disparities and access, the telehealth workforce/provider landscape, policy flexibilities that enable or constrain telehealth care, and the continuation of telehealth utilization across clinical specialties and different modes of delivery (for example, audio-only, video, remote monitoring, and other modalities).

The funding parameters listed for this opportunity include an award ceiling of $950,000, with HRSA expecting to make one award under HRSA-25-044. The application closing date is April 15, 2025, and the program is associated with CFDA number 93.211 under the Health funding activity category. The opportunity is listed as a grant as the funding instrument type, and it is categorized as discretionary funding.

Eligibility is broad but limited to domestic organizations rather than individuals. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations including small businesses; and a range of government entities such as state, county, city or township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia and certain U.S. territories and freely associated states. Independent school districts may also apply, as can Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). In this notice, "domestic" explicitly includes the 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the freely associated states and territories named (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). Individuals are explicitly not eligible to apply under this NOFO.

Although the question centers on the Rapid Response Center, the notice frames it alongside the Telehealth Research Center (HRSA-25-045) to show how the two awards complement each other. The Research Center is described as conducting clinically informed, evidence-based research that fills knowledge gaps on telehealth effectiveness, costs, delivery models, and technology use, and it will maintain a comprehensive evaluation of nationwide telehealth investments in rural and underserved areas. In practice, the Rapid Response Center is positioned as the faster, short-horizon analytics and issue-spotting function, while the Research Center supports deeper evaluation and longer-term evidence building.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Telehealth Rapid Response Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.211.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-04-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $950,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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