MRC Funding Opportunities
NACCHO is proud to be able to provide funding to MRC units through our continued partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Office of the Medical Reserve Corps.
| MRC Award | About the Award |
|---|---|
| 2025 Operational Readiness Awards | NACCHO Announces Medical Reserve Corps Operational Readiness Awards to More Than 150 Communities. The awards will support 157 units to build MRC response capabilities (Tier 1) or strengthen and sustain MRC response capabilities (Tier 2). |
| 2024 Operational Readiness Awards | NACCHO Announces More Than $1.2 Million in Medical Reserve Corps Operational Readiness Awards. The awards, totaling $1.26 million, will support 153 units to build MRC response capabilities (Tier 1) or strengthen and sustain MRC response capabilities (Tier 2). Learn more about the progress the awardees have made in the 2024 MRC ORA Interim Project Report. |
| MRC COVID-19 Response, Innovate, Sustain, and Equip (RISE) Awards - Round 1 and Round 2 | Through support from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), NACCHO awarded 188 MRC RISE Awards totaling $11,431,250 million through $25,00, $50,000, and $75,000 award tiers. The second round of funding, through additional support from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), awarded 71 MRC RISE Awards totaling $3,783,750 million through $25,00, $50,000, and $75,000 award tiers. More information on the impact of the RISE Awards can be found and shared through this RISE Award Fact Sheet. The MRC Program Recognition Awards were also held at the MRC National Summit, highlighting outstanding contributions in innovation, enhancing resilience, response, preparedness, mentorship, leadership, and more. View here: 2024 MRC Recognition Awards (youtube.com). |
| 2023 Operational Readiness Awards | NACCHO awarded more than $1.255 million to support 146 units in building (Tier 1) or strengthening MRC response capabilities (Tier 2). Learn more about the progress the awardees made in both the 2023 MRC ORA Interim Project Report and the 2023 MRC ORA Final Project Report. |
| 2022 Operational Readiness Awards | Continuing the goals of the MRC Operational Readiness Awards (ORA), NACCHO awarded more than $1 million to support 129 units in building (Tier 1) or strengthening MRC response capabilities (Tier 2). Learn more about the progress the awardees have made in both the 2022 MRC ORA Interim Project Report and the 2022 MRC ORA Final Project Report. |
| 2021 Operational Readiness Awards Round 1 and Round 2 | The 2021 ORAs aimed to continue building the operational readiness capabilities of MRC units to meet the emergency preparedness and response needs of their local, regional, or statewide stakeholders. The awards were intended to be flexible to meet the needs of all MRC units, support efforts to build and strengthen MRC capabilities, raise stakeholder awareness of MRC capabilities, and identify or sustain the integration of the MRC into local, state, and/or regional emergency response plans. Learn more about the progress the 174 awardees have made in the 2021 MRC ORA Interim Project Report and in the 2021 MRC Operational Readiness Awards Final Report |
| 2020 COVID-19 Operational Readiness Awards | This award funding supported 32 MRC units that were actively supporting or planning COVID-19 responses by building unit response capabilities through the development of response plans to support COVID-19 and providing resources to support their activities. |
| 2020 Operational Readiness Awards | The 2020 ORAs were intended to build the operational readiness capabilities of MRC volunteers and units to meet the emergency preparedness and response needs of their local, regional, or statewide stakeholders. This award funding supported 202 MRC units to increase their volunteer capacity (Tier 1) or strengthen the unit’s response capabilities as a whole (Tier 2). More information is available in the 2020 MRC ORA Final Report. |
| 2018 Challenge Awards | The 2018 MRC Challenge Awards focused innovation towards projects that align with nationally recognized health initiatives, are significant at the local level, and demonstrate capability within the MRC network. Project proposals may draw from ASPR’s National Health Security Strategy (NHSS), the six Surgeon General’s Priorities which includes the National Prevention Strategy (NPS), the CDC‘s Winnable Battles, or the strategic plans of other partner organizations. |
