Grants and Loans:
Open Grant Opportunities

This page is intended to help potential applicants find open grant opportunities available through the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). You can receive updates on this page by clicking the Subscribe link.

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Open grant opportunities are organized by date posted. Visit the program site for more information and to view the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Please note: information provided on the program site takes precedence over any information presented here. If you have questions about the grant opportunity, please follow the question and answer instructions as outlined in the Request for Proposal.

Open Opportunities

Grant Information:

2025 Hydration Station Competitive Grant Program 
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, November 14, 2025, 2:00 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

Any Minnesota organization such as schools, Head Start centers, community centers, non-profits, clinics etc. receiving water from a municipal community public water system (PWS) is eligible to apply. 

Rural Hospital Planning and Transition Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, December 12, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

An eligible applicant for this grant program is a non-federal, general acute care hospital in Minnesota that:

• Is located in a rural area, as defined in federal Medicare regulations, or in a community with a population of less than 15,000 according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, outside the seven-county metropolitan area,
• Has 50 or fewer beds, and
• Is not for profit.

Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, December 12, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

An eligible applicant for this grant program is a non-federal, general acute care hospital in Minnesota that:

• Is located in a rural area, as defined in federal Medicare regulations, or in a community with a population of less than 15,000 according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, outside the seven-county metropolitan area,
• Has 50 or fewer beds, and
• Is not for profit.

Home and Community-Based Services Employee Scholarship Grant and Loan Forgiveness Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, December 12, 2025, 4:30 PM CT
Eligible Applicants:

• For-Profit Organizations
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Tribal Governments

Skin Lightening Products Public Awareness and Education Competitive Grant
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Monday, November 3, 2025
Eligible Applicants:

• Non-profit organizations
• Community-based organizations

988 Minnesota Lifeline Youth Peer Leader Grant
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, October 24, 2025
Eligible Applicants:

• Youth-serving organizations
• Peer-driven initiatives
• Youth collectives
• Youth advocacy teams
• Out-of-school programs

Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants:

• Pediatric mental health training programs for pediatric primary care providers, located in outpatient primary care clinics.

Community Clinic Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Friday, November 7, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants:

• Clinics
• Institutions of Higher Education
• Local Units of Government (cities, towns, counties)
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Tribal Governments

Stroke Team-Based Care 
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• Clinics or Health Care Organizations
• Community-based Organizations
• Community Health Boards
• Local Public Health
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Faith-based Organization
• Tribal Governments
• Social Service Organizations

Medical Education and Research Cost (MERC) Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: n/a
Application Deadline: See grant materials. (submission timelines)
Eligible Applicants: 

• Clinics
• Hospitals
• Institutions of Higher Education

Dental Safety Net Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Application Deadline: Friday, November 14, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• The provider is a nonprofit organization;
• The provider is not affiliated with, owned by, or managed by a hospital or medical group;
• The provider offers free or reduced-cost oral health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275 percent of federal poverty guidelines who do not have insurance coverage for oral health care services;
• The provider is eligible to become or is a Critical Access Dental provider, as designated by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and;
• The provider is able to demonstrate that more than 80 percent of patient encounters in the last 12 months were with patients who are uninsured or covered by Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare.

Mental Health Safety Net Grant Program
Intent to Apply Deadline: Friday, September 26, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• Community Mental Health Centers or Clinics
• Nonprofit Community Mental Health Clinics designated as an Essential Community Provider