Welcome to the Center for Rural Health Innovation

We strengthen the health and economic vitality of rural communities and their care providers through innovation and collaboration.

We are a national platform with a mission to build a health and care system that works for rural residents and communities, and a vital resource for those leveraging State Rural Health Transformation Programs (RHTP).

RHTP at a glance

$50Bprogram, federal fiscal years 2026 to 2030

$10Bawarded in Year 1

50state programs, every state awarded

Rural Health MapExplore

Next milestone: first quarterly reports due November 29, 2026. See the program timeline

Why us?

Rooted in St. Louis, close to rural America

St. Louis has a long-standing track record in health and ag-tech innovation. For the past 25 years, BioSTL, our parent organization, has built on the region's scientific strength as well as our geographic proximity and deep ties with America's rural heartland.

About the Center

Current projects

Working with state programs now

We are currently contracted by the Missouri and Kansas RHTPs and in negotiations with 10 other states. In addition, we have growing partnerships with global hubs and their rural programs.

Members get the national case studies and the emerging archetypes of implementation models as we document them. See membership