Project Grant D76HP20537

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Nursing received a $996,466 Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359). Under the Workforce Expansion Program sub-component, the institution will establish the Rural Nebraska Nursing Fellows program through academic-clinical...

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 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...

Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University System Health Science Center received a $969,558 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) on September 30, 2025. The award supports the Connecting Nursing Education to Rural Communities in Texas project (Project CONNECT), which operates through September 29, 2029. This...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Northeast New York Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Partnership (NENY-BHWETP) received $599,120 in Project Grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professionals, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, supports a collaborative initiative led by SUNY Plattsburgh's Graduate Counselor...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Washington State Department of Health (WA DOH) received a $2.62 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to implement the Rural Nursing Education Program (RNEP) Workforce Expansion component. Awarded on September 30, 2025, and extending through September 29, 2029, this grant supports the development and delivery of a comprehensive...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Avera Health received a $1,894,126 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) on September 30, 2025. The award supports the RETAIN-RNs initiative, a four-year workforce expansion program running through September 29, 2029, developed in partnership with South Dakota State University. The program...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Eastern Oklahoma State College has received a $438,065 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professionals, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029, funds the Rural Nursing Pathways program designed to expand nursing education and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The MGH Institute of Health Professions, in partnership with McLean Hospital, received a $699,920 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029. The award funds "Pathways to Paraprofessional Excellence," a Level 1 pre-service training program designed to expand the behavioral health...

Federal Project Grant Summary Southern Illinois University Edwardsville received a $2.0M Project Grant award 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) for the Workforce Expansion Program, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029. The award addresses critical nursing workforce shortages in rural communities through two primary aims: (1) expanding...