Project Grant D19HP31820

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Dallas College a $2,451,013 Project Grant under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The 4-year grant, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029, will fund the implementation of a comprehensive program to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce in Dallas County. Key goals...

The University of San Francisco (USF) received a $999,766 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) program. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2025, will fund the Nurse Health Equity Scholars Initiative (NHESI) through September 29, 2029. NHESI aims to: (A) increase the number of nursing students enrolled, retained, and graduated from USF's baccalaureate nursing program; (B) provide additional specialized...

This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) will be used by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) to expand nursing workforce capacity in rural and long-term care settings. The key objectives are to: 1) Collaborate with community colleges, universities, and...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), through its Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), awarded Innovative Design Labs Inc. a $1,022,341 project grant to develop a comprehensive modular simulator for venipuncture, peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC), and injection training. The project, with a performance period from September 2025 to May 2027, aims to create a simulator that accurately represents the diversity of patients...

This Project Grant award of $984,096 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grant Program (CFDA 93.359). The grant funds the "Oakland Nursing Initiative for Community Health" (ONICH) program led by Samuel Merritt University's College of Nursing (SMU CON) to address nursing shortages in medically underserved areas of Oakland, California. The...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grant Program (CFDA 93.359), awarded Indian River State College (IRSC) a $992,817 Project Grant to expand the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program and address nursing workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas of Florida. The "Project Nurse" initiative will increase nursing student enrollment, provide specialized training in acute and long-term care...

The University of South Carolina Beaufort was awarded a $998,015 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants (CFDA 93.359) program. The grant aims to address the nursing shortage in South Carolina by providing a comprehensive program to recruit, retain, and graduate diverse nursing students, and transition them into the nursing workforce, particularly in...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grant Program (CFDA 93.359) aims to increase the supply and distribution of the registered nurse (RN) workforce in Louisiana. The $714,599 award to Northwestern State University of Louisiana will develop and implement a new Allied Health to Associate of Science in Nursing concentration program. Key...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 per year Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). The grant will fund a three-school collaborative among FDU's School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Allied Health, and School of Psychology and Counseling. The goal is to expand the supply of a diverse...

This $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund research at Michigan State University from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 examining board composition and firm effectiveness as it relates to diversity as an organizational capability. A subaward of $50,000 will support related research at the University of Florida assessing how board diversity...