Project Grant U1Q53058

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $262,808 in funding to the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) for the Geroscience Education and Training 2 (GET2) Network. The key objectives are to enhance access to GSA's Geroscience Certificate Research Program through a centralized virtual-hybrid option, and to increase the geroscience workforce across more institutions and research/clinical disciplines....

This $950,005 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grant Program (CFDA 93.359) will support the University of West Georgia and West Georgia Technical College in expanding the nursing workforce in rural and underserved areas of Georgia. The funding will provide scholarships, monthly stipends, and technology for 70 nursing trainees to increase educational access and completion rates. An...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a 5-year, $849,993 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Ohio State University to develop an electronic health record (EHR) navigator that collates geriatric care information based on the "4Ms" framework (What Matters, Mentation, Medications, Mobility) to improve hospital care for older adults. The project aims to engage stakeholders, including experts from five national geriatric quality improvement programs, to design the...

This $733,356 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) will fund the George Washington University (GWU) School of Nursing's "RNs Beyond the Beltway" initiative. The project aims to increase enrollment in GWU's Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) and Veterans to BSN (VBSN) programs by 20% over the 4-year...

The Center For Excellence In Aging & Geriatric Health was awarded a $999,623.00 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI) (CFDA 93.470). The purpose of the 3-year project is to develop and expand the availability of dementia-capable supports and services for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Specifically, the project will focus on developing a...

This $500,000 Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) project grant, awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals, will establish the Northeast Pennsylvania Community Continuum of Care (NEPA CCC) to increase the number of internal medicine physicians trained in street medicine to provide care for people experiencing homelessness. The grant will enable The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (TWCGME) to deliver essential medical...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $858,000 Project Grant under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research to the University of Colorado-Denver to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of the E-GAPCARE telehealth intervention. E-GAPCARE aims to expand the reach of the in-person Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Care (GAPCARE) fall prevention program for older adult emergency department patients. The 2-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, will test the...

This $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging will support the Gerontological Society of America's Biological Sciences Section program at the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The program aims to highlight high-quality, translational aging research and promote exchange of information across disciplines through a single-track meeting program...

This $750,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living's Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (CFDA 93.470) aims to implement a dementia-capable Community Health Worker (CHW) model in North Central Florida. The project, led by the Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (dba Elder Options), will expand access to early dementia detection, evidence-based caregiver interventions, and direct services for individuals living...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (CFDA 93.732), awarded Adelphi University $599,961 to continue its Interdisciplinary Education and Training Experience (IDEATE) program. The IDEATE program will train 120 social work and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students over 4 years to address critical gaps in behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and transition-aged youth in...