This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the establishment of a comprehensive nursing training laboratory at Spoon River College in Illinois. The primary objectives are to address the critical shortage of healthcare professionals in rural areas by providing state-of-the-art simulation training and enhanced nursing curriculum. Key components include constructing a 7,000 square-foot facility with...
This $2,400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau, under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will allow Lander University's School of Nursing to comprehensively upgrade its nursing simulation facilities, equipment, and technology. The funding will be used to purchase essential instructional audio/visual technology, computers, hospital beds, laboratories, classroom furniture, and other industry-specific equipment and...
This Project Grant award of $9,177,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the relocation and expansion of the nursing simulation center at Fairmont State University in West Virginia. The grant will be used to move the simulation center from its current location in Colebank Hall to the university's Education Building, where the nursing program is housed, to address accessibility issues. Additionally, the funding...
This $856,000 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grant (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable LaGrange College to enhance its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Specifically, the funding will be used to procure new equipment and construct additional classrooms to expand the college's nursing program capacity. This initiative aims to address critical national and statewide nursing...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $8,784,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as Western Nevada College (WNC), to renovate and expand the nursing facilities at its Douglas Campus. This funding will allow WNC to build an addition to its existing Douglas Campus building and purchase the necessary equipment and technology to offer its nursing and other allied health programs,...
This $3,563,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the construction of the Claflin University Public Health Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The new facility will address the critical nursing shortage in the state, especially in rural areas, by enhancing the university's nursing education and clinical simulation capabilities. It will increase the pipeline of baccalaureate-prepared...
This Project Grant award of $15,000,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program. The funding will support the construction of a new nursing education building at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), a Historically Black College and University located in the underserved Arkansas Delta region. The state-of-the-art facility will include advanced classrooms, simulation labs, faculty offices, and community...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,100,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives program) will enable Southern Maine Community College (a sub-awardee of the Maine Community College System) to renovate a floor of its Health Science Building to create a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation center. The simulation center will provide students preparing for careers in healthcare with a realistic, hands-on learning environment to practice...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to St. Francis College to establish a nursing simulation lab for hands-on clinical training. This grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, which aims to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand educational opportunities. Through this 5-year grant,...
This $4,940,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will fund the renovation of the third floor of the B Wing at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. The project aims to unify all of the college's healthcare programs into one area, expand healthcare classrooms and labs, and upgrade outdated facilities to help address critical healthcare worker shortages in rural southern Illinois. The renovated third...