This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.359) provides $2,000,000 in funding to the University of the Pacific School of Health Sciences. The goal of the Pacific Nursing Workforce Education Program (PNWEP) is to create an educational pipeline for disadvantaged students in the Central and Sacramento...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $264,676 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361 - Nursing Research) to Yale University to establish the "Comprehensive Advancement in Research Education and Training for Social Determinants of Health (CARES)" program. The 3-year program aims to address gaps in the education and training of nursing researchers in social determinants of health (SDOH). Key objectives include orienting emerging nurse researchers to SDOH principles, developing...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $535,562 Project Grant under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to the partnership of Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences. The grant will fund the "Nursing Program for Advancing Training in Health and Social Determinants" (N-PATHS), a 10-month research training program. The program aims to enhance nurse scientists' and allied professionals' knowledge and skills in applying social...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $457,600 in Project Grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals through June 2079 to support graduate nursing education under the Nursing Student Loans program (CFDA 93.364). The award will provide long-term, low-interest loans to students pursuing nursing degrees to increase their educational opportunities. As the awardee, the University's...
This $3,842,300 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.359) will enable Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) to expand its LPN/Paramedic-RN Fast Track Bridge program into two rural Georgia counties, Butts and Jasper. Over the four-year grant period, the program aims to enroll 80 students per year, producing approximately 320 new undergraduate nursing...
The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) - Workforce Expansion Program. The grant funding will be used to develop and implement the OHSU Rural Nursing Scholars (ORNS) program, an innovative model for rural undergraduate nursing education. The program aims to...
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....
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), provides $254,210 to Emory University to develop and execute an Advanced Research Training (ART) program in social determinants of health (SDOH). The primary goals are to increase the number of nurse scientists and investigators in aligned fields who are prepared to conduct research on how SDOH influence individual, family, and community health, as well as to...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) supports the establishment of a new rural family medicine residency program by Claiborne Memorial Medical Center in partnership with Willis-Knighton Health System. The program aims to address healthcare access challenges in rural northwest Louisiana by training physicians dedicated to serving rural populations. Key objectives include...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $523,503 Project Grant under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to The Johns Hopkins University to support the Nursing Science Incubator for SDOH Solutions (N-SISS) and the Nursing Science Incubator for Systemic Solutions (N-SISS) programs. These programs will develop innovative and rigorous nursing research focused on addressing health equity, social determinants of health, and health system gaps. The core program will...