Project Grant U4E46213

Federal Grant Award Summary Southern Illinois University Edwardsville received a $2.0 million Project Grant award from the Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) effective September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2029. This four-year Workforce Expansion Program award funds initiatives to address nursing workforce shortages in rural communities and long-term care settings, where students...

Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Nursing received $1,992,932 in federal funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) under the Workforce Expansion Program track. The award, obligated on September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2029, supports the development and delivery of the Rural Nebraska Nursing Fellows program. This...

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...

Federal Grant Award Summary South Dakota State University's College of Nursing received a $1.0M project grant 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), awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2029. The award supports the Growing Underserved Communities Through Innovation, Development, and Education for Registered Nurses and Students...

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,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern State University of Louisiana received a $714,599 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359) awarded on September 30, 2025. The grant funds a four-year workforce expansion initiative (through September 29, 2029) designed to increase the supply and distribution of registered nurses (RNs) in Louisiana, with particular...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Loyola University Chicago's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (LUC MNSON) received a $1.9 million project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359). The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029, funds the "Nursing - Providing Access to Rural Acute and Long-Term Healthcare (N-PARALTH)"...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of San Francisco's School of Nursing and Health Professions received a $1.999 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants program (CFDA 93.359), awarded September 30, 2025, with completion expected September 29, 2029. Through the Nurse Health Equity Scholars Initiative (NHESI), the institution will partner with...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) received a $979,449 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants program (CFDA 93.359) for its Nursing Workforce Expansion Program. The award, dated September 30, 2025, supports a four-year project period through September 29, 2029. UNCG will expand its nursing education capacity...

Samuel Merritt University's College of Nursing received a $1.97 million Project Grant 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) awarded September 30, 2025. The Oakland Nursing Initiative for Community Health (ONICH) will expand and enhance nursing workforce capacity to address critical shortages in Oakland, a designated Medically Underserved Area....