Project Grant T4852021

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville $2 million on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The recipient will expand nursing workforce capacity in rural and long-term care settings through recruitment outreach programs in middle and high schools, intentional diversification efforts, and funding...

The Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Samuel Merritt University $1,968,192 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to expand nursing education capacity in Oakland, California. The Oakland Nursing Initiative for Community Health (ONICH) expands the university's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program enrollment by 13 percent, increasing from 64 to 72 students per cohort, or...

The Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the University of South Carolina Beaufort $1,996,030 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to expand nursing workforce capacity in South Carolina. The award funds a comprehensive workforce expansion program designed to recruit and retain diverse nursing students in a baccalaureate degree program and increase their employment in acute and...

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,...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Northwestern State University of Louisiana $714,599 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to develop and implement an Allied Health to Associate of Science in Nursing (AH to ASN) concentration within its established ASN program. The concentration targets students holding associate degrees in...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded South Arkansas College $786,468 under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) on September 30, 2025, to develop and implement the South Arkansas Traditional Registered Nurse Program (SATRN-P), a new registered nurse education track designed to prepare graduate nurses for acute and long-term care settings in rural Arkansas. The...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Luzerne County Community College $1,521,954 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to expand nursing education capacity and support student success in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. The college will increase sustainable enrollment in its Associate of Applied Science Registered Nursing...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, through its University of Nebraska Medical Center division, $1,992,932 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) to establish and operate the Rural Nebraska Nursing Fellows program. The award funds a fellowship program that prepares Bachelor of Science...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded the University of San Francisco $1,999,532 on September 30, 2025, under the Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The School of Nursing and Health Professions at USF will execute the Nurse Health Equity Scholars Initiative (NHESI) in partnership with Alameda Health System and the San Francisco Department of Public Health and SF...

Federal Grant Award Summary Samford University's Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing received $747,718 in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) Workforce Expansion Program track, awarded September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2029. The project establishes and enhances academic-clinical...