Cooperative Agreement R44CK000444

This $294,660 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142), will support Radiation Emergency Services LLC to develop a prototype simulation game and training platform. The RadTeamSim-ROUTE simulation aims to address gaps in hands-on radiological field survey training by blending radiological dose modeling with gaming software. This will create...

This $798,529 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) will enable Louisiana State University's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training Academy of Counter Terrorist Education (NCBRT) to customize and validate its existing DHS-certified de-escalation training course for delivery via a large-scale immersive virtual reality system. The project aims to improve NCBRT's capacity to...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $1.625 million Project Grant to Victoria County Junior College District under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on July 8, 2021. The grant funds will support the creation of an interdisciplinary medical simulation lab to provide cross-training opportunities for healthcare students and increase skillsets for employability, including COVID-19 response. The lab will replicate emergency room, intensive care unit, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $899,421 to Vanderbilt University to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies that support reflection-based learning in nursing simulation training. The key products delivered under this 3-year award, beginning October 1, 2024, include: A multimodal data analysis pipeline to collect and integrate learning...

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....

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 $4,100,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) to renovate a floor of its Health Science Building to establish a new Healthcare Simulation Center. This center will simulate various healthcare environments, from home settings to emergency rooms, to provide students with realistic, hands-on training and experiential learning...

This $582,959 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) aims to integrate a "Universal Test-and-Connect" (UTC) strategy for HIV prevention and treatment services into two high-volume emergency department (ED) settings in Cape Town, South Africa. The 3-year project, running from September 2024 to September 2027, has three key objectives: Integrate HIV assessment into...

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 Project Grant award of $445,500 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (CFDA 93.145) supports The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland to develop and enhance the capacity of healthcare providers to deliver high-quality HIV prevention, care, and treatment services. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund a range of...