Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants

Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP): The purpose of this program is to improve and strengthen health in the nursing workforce with education and training to provide quality care in rural and underserved areas. The program will encourage recru

Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP): The purpose of this program is to improve and strengthen health in the nursing workforce with education and training to provide quality care in rural and underserved areas. The program will encourage recruitment and training of nursing students improve the health of vulnerable populations in rural and underserved areas through nurse-led mobile health training sites. The NEPQR-MHTP will create and expand experiential learning opportunities for nursing students, including the provision of high-quality care, identification of health issues in local communities, engagement in critical thinking, and clinical practice highlighting a collaborative team approach to care. Nursing Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program: The purpose of this program is to increase the nursing workforce by recruiting, training and producing skilled qualified clinical nursing faculty and nursing preceptors. The program will prepare nurses to serve as nursing clinical faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings. The NPA program aims to create academies consisting of academic-clinical partnerships to develop and implement a formal curriculum to train clinical nursing preceptors. Registered Nurse Training Program (NEPQR-RNTP): The purpose of this program is to enhance nursing education and practice to advance the health of patients, families, and communities and improve health outcomes through innovative interprofessional training programs in acute care settings aimed to improve the health and health literacy of vulnerable populations. Simulation Education Training (NEPQR-SET): The purpose of the NEPQR-SET program is to enhance nurse education and strengthen the nursing workforce by increasing training opportunities for nursing students through the use of simulation-based technology, including equipment, to increase their readiness to practice upon graduation. This training expands the capacity of nurses to advance the health of patients, families, and communities in rural or medically underserved areas experiencing diseases and conditions such as stroke, heart disease, behavioral health, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and obesity. Pathway to Registered Nurse Program (NEPQR-PRNP): The purpose of this program is to create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice through the creation and implementation of Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) to Registered Nurse (RN) Bridge Programs and employment of Clinical Nurse Faculty. Workforce Expansion Program (NEPQR-WEP): The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) - Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) is to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

Schools of nursing affiliated with the proposed project must be an accredited public or private school. Applicants must provide documentation of current accreditation by a national nurse education accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for the purposes of nursing education. Eligible applicants are accredited schools of nursing, health care facilities, or a partnership of such a school and facilities. Individuals are not eligible to apply.

Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans), Private nonprofit institution/organization, Native American Organizations, Health Professional, State, Local, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization Specialized group (e.g., health professionals, students, veterans), Private nonprofit institution/organization, Native American Organizations, Health Professional, State, Local, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization NEPQR Project participants (NEPQR-IPCP BHI, NEPQR-SET, NEPQR-CFPA, NEPQR-RNTP, NEPQR-PRNP, NEPQR MHTP, NEPQR-WEP), or students in the eligible accredited nursing program, must be U.S. Citizens, non-citizen nationals, or foreign nationals who possess visas permitting permanent residence in the United States. Individuals on temporary student visas are not eligible. The program requires RNs and APRNs to hold a valid license and be an employee of the accredited school of nursing as defined by section 801(2), health care facility, or partner of such a school and/or facility.

Funds may be used for salaries of personnel specifically employed for the project; consultant fees; supplies and equipment necessary to conduct the project; essential travel expenses and other expenses related to the project. Financial support for student participants is permissible under the PRNP, SET, RNTP, WEP, and MHTP grant programs.

Indirect costs under training awards will be budgeted and reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment.

SET and RNTP support a three-year project period. CFPA, MHTP, PRNP, and WEP support a four-year project period.

Procedures for assessing the technical merit of grant applications have been instituted to provide an objective review of applications and to assist the applicant in understanding the standards against which each application will be judged. Critical indicators have been developed for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation. Competing applications are reviewed by non-Federal expert consultant(s) for technical merit recommendations. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated against the following criteria: (1) Purpose and Need; (2) Response to Program Purpose; (3) Impact; (4) Organizational Information, Resources and Capabilities; and (5) Support Requested. See the most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria.

Notification of award is made in writing (electronic) by a Notice of Award.

Approximately 120 - 180 days after receipt of applications.

Depending on Agency priorities and availability of funding, during the final budget year of the approved project period competing continuation applications may be solicited from interested applicants.