Cooperative Agreement 23016

Q-Rounds Inc. received a $1,021,840 Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), effective September 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The award supports the development of innovative virtual rounding software features designed to enhance multidisciplinary family-centered rounds in hospital settings. Q-Rounds' platform provides real-time updates to nurses, patients, and families regarding when physicians will conduct...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received $791,220 in Project Grant funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), awarded on September 22, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. This research project examines the effects of short-term rental assistance on cardiovascular health outcomes among 430 economically vulnerable individuals experiencing housing instability. The study leverages a natural...

Summary Northwestern State University of Louisiana received a $714,599 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) awarded on September 30, 2025. The four-year project, concluding September 29, 2029, focuses on expanding the registered nurse workforce in Louisiana through development and implementation of a new Allied Health to Associate of Science in...

Dallas College received a $2.45 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) for the Workforce Expansion Program, awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2029. The grant supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive nursing workforce expansion initiative designed to increase diversity...

This $275,997 National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation Project Grant supports the development of a nursing workforce optimization algorithm and software by 1442 S. Fallon Street, LLC of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Under the SBIR PHASE I award issued on May 15, 2021 and set to be completed by April 30, 2022, the vendor will create an algorithm and matching software tool to optimize nursing staff scheduling, assignments, and resource allocation within the Engineering...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Board of Regents received a $1,992,932 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029. This Workforce Expansion Program grant supports the development and delivery of the Rural Nebraska Nursing Fellows...

Federal Grant Award Summary New York University School of Medicine received a $4.1 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), awarded September 4, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. The award funds a research initiative examining the role of New York City's Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) expansion on child health and education outcomes. The research leverages the NYC Student Population Health...

The Economic Development Administration awarded the University of Alaska Anchorage a $9 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on May 19, 2022. The grant funds will support renovating approximately 10,000 square feet of instructional space at the university to expand certified nursing assistant labs, add a diagnostic medical sonography lab, and enhance the surgical technology procedural space. The additional facilities will allow the university's health programs...

Federal Grant Award Summary South Dakota State University's College of Nursing received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359), awarded September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2029. This Workforce Expansion Program, titled "Growing Underserved Communities Through Innovation, Development, and Education for...

This $110,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities will support the development of an augmented/virtual reality nursing assistant training program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The training program aims to address staffing shortages in long-term care settings through improving certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) attitudes, perceptions and communication skills related to caring for older adult patients....