Delaware RHTP — 4-Year Medical School Branch Campus Partnership (HSS26061)

HSS26061 funds establishment of a four-year medical school branch campus in Delaware — Delaware's largest single Year 1 RHTP investment at $42,500,000. This solicitation addresses Delaware's physician pipeline gap: the state has historically had no in-state four-year medical school, creating long-term physician supply constraints that disproportionately affect rural Kent and Sussex counties, which lack the specialist density of New Castle County.

A four-year branch campus is structurally different from a one- or two-year partnership program. It involves clinical training infrastructure, faculty recruitment, curriculum development, and long-term institutional commitment. This scope and price point ($42.5M Year 1) strongly signals that the solicitation is written for accredited academic medical institutions — either an existing medical school expanding into Delaware or a partnership between an existing Delaware higher education institution and an accredited medical school.

Eligible applicants are expected to be accredited medical schools or academic medical centers seeking to establish a branch campus in Delaware; higher education institutions in Delaware partnering with accredited medical schools; or consortia of Delaware universities and external medical school partners. Healthcare provider organizations (FQHCs, hospitals, clinics) are unlikely to be primary eligible applicants for this solicitation.

Download the full RFP (HSS26061-MEDSCHPSHP) immediately. The close date was March 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET. If your institution did not submit and is interested, contact ricky.williamson@delaware.gov to ask whether DHSS intends to re-release this solicitation.