March 21, 2025
HRSA Needs Rural Reviewers for Grant Applications
Are you an expert in certain subjects related to health care? If so, you may be able to help the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) review grant applications.
What is a grant application reviewer?
- Professionals who use their health care knowledge and experience to evaluate grant applications.
- Their feedback is part of HRSA’s process in deciding who receives grant awards.
Expectations:
- Get trained on how to evaluate applications and use HRSA’s online portal – the Application Review Module (ARM),
- Review applications using published evaluation criteria,
- Provide scores and comments in the ARM, and
- Discuss scores and evaluation with other reviewers on your panel.
How to Become a Grant Reviewer:
- If you have experience in health care, register via HRSA’s Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM).
- HRSA is looking for people who are experts in these areas:
- Behavioral health
- Health workforce training
- HIV/AIDS
- Maternal and child health
- Primary care delivery
- Rural health
- Health equity
- HRSA also wants reviewers who have:
- Lived experience, such as:
- A member of an underserved community,
- Having a disability or health condition.
- Expertise in social determinants of health,
- Experience working with underserved communities, and
- Familiarity with social, cultural, or health care issues of people in rural areas, migrants, or Native Americans.
- Lived experience, such as:
Does a grant reviewer get paid?
- HRSA compensates nonfederal reviewers
Click Here to Learn More
Click Here to Access HRSA’s Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM)