Closed · HRSA-19-020 · CFDA 93.301 · Discretionary

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
January 3, 2019
Close date
46
Expected awards

The verdict

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Varies by applicant across 46 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,731 other opportunities from Health Resources and Services Administration.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
46
expected awards
93.301
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program is closed (last close January 3, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 93.301 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Health Resources and Services Administration still indexes 1,731 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed January 3, 2019

Posted Oct 1 Closes Jan 3

Est. Total Funding

$18,771,000

Expected Awards

46

Instrument

Grant

Description

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP). This program supports eligible hospitals in meeting value-based payment and care goals for their respective organizations, through purchases of hardware, software and training. SHIP also enables small rural hospitals: to become or join accountable care organizations (ACOs); to participate in shared savings programs; and to purchase health information technology (hardware and software), equipment, and/or training to comply with quality improvement activities, such as advancing patient care information, promoting interoperability, and payment bundling.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HRSA-19-020

Grants.gov marks Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Health Resources and Services Administration book (1,128 peers, 65% of 1,732).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 93.301

Healthy Start Initiative

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Agency Contact

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration jmeyers@hrsa.gov

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What to do next

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.301 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Healthy Start Initiative indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Health Resources and Services Administration lists 1,731 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants