Project Grant AR54959BIL

The Delta Regional Authority awarded a $159,430 Project Grant under the Delta Area Economic Development Program (CFDA 90.201) to Arkansas State University-Newport (ASU-Newport) to construct a state-of-the-art Nursing and Allied Health Professions Simulation Workforce Training Center. This facility will provide simulation-based training to support workforce development in high-demand healthcare fields. ASU-Newport is a state-controlled educational institution that serves northeastern Arkansas....

This $9,177,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Fairmont State University to relocate and expand its nursing simulation center. The funding will be used to move the simulation center from Colebank Hall to the Education Building, where the nursing program is located, and to renovate the first floor of the Education Building to accommodate the expanded center. This will enhance the simulation...

The University of South Carolina Upstate (Upstate) was awarded a $1,300,031 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, a civilian agency, to equip its Simulation Center for Teaching Excellence with state-of-the-art nursing equipment and technology. This funding will be used to purchase movable equipment, not for construction or fixed equipment, in order to expose nursing students to real-world clinical scenarios and prepare them for...

This $10,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the University of Alaska Anchorage's (UAA) Sally Monserud Hall renovation project. The objectives are to expand the capacity of UAA's existing healthcare education programs by improving and enhancing opportunities for high-fidelity simulations. This will be achieved by renovating existing space to create a state-of-the-art simulation and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) provides $2,000,000 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas (CSCLV). The funding will be used to acquire additional simulation mannequins, medical training equipment, and task trainers to enhance the quality of education and training for over 1,000 nursing students, as well as students in dental,...

The College of Southern Nevada received a $2,300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to upgrade the nursing simulation lab at the Henderson campus. The award, effective September 1, 2024, will support the enhancement of the college's nursing education facilities and training capabilities over a 3-year period ending August 30, 2027. The grant aims to improve the quality, accessibility, and...

This $8,784,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Western Nevada College (WNC) to renovate and expand its Douglas Campus to offer nursing and allied health programs. The funding will allow WNC to build an addition to an existing building on the Douglas Campus and purchase necessary equipment and technology. Once completed, the expanded facility will enable WNC to offer its nursing...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will provide $10,000,000 to the NWTI Education Foundation to construct a 45,000 sq. ft. medical education building on the campus of Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale, Arkansas. This new facility will expand capacity for the institute's allied health programs in licensed practical nursing,...

This $2,400,000.00 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will support Lander University's School of Nursing in implementing a simulation-based intensive nursing education program. The funding will be used to comprehensively upgrade the university's nursing simulation facilities, equipment, and technology, including providing essential instructional audio/visual systems, computers, hospital...

This $4,400,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) aims to enhance the healthcare education programs at Troy University's College of Health Sciences. The funding will be used to develop state-of-the-art clinical simulation and diagnostic training facilities for the School of Nursing and Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion. These new learning...