The Division of Nursing at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for various Title VIII nursing workforce development programs. Interested applicants can find more information at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview. Following is a brief summary of these programs and their deadlines.
Nursing education loan repayment.
Grants are awarded to RNs to repay up to 85% of their outstanding student loans in return for working for at least two years in a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses. HRSA plans to make 810 awards averaging $21,300 each. Deadline is February 25, 2005.
Nursing scholarship program.
Provides scholarships to nursing students who agree to work for at least two years in a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses upon graduation. HRSA plans to make 261 awards averaging $42,000 each. Deadline is May 27, 2005.
Nurse faculty loan program.
Provides schools of nursing with funding to establish and operate a student loan fund to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty. Institutions make loans from the fund to students preparing to teach at a school of nursing. Loan recipients may cancel up to 85% of the loan in exchange for service as full-time nurse faculty at a school of nursing. HRSA plans to make 75 awards averaging $62,600 each. Deadline is April 25, 2005.
Deadlines for the following programs have already passed, but information is being provided to show the full slate of grants for this fiscal year and to indicate programs that may be available again next year. For more information, see http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview.
Advanced education nursing traineeship.
Grants are awarded to schools to train RNs enrolled in programs as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse administrators, nurse educators, public health nurses, and other nursing specialties that require advanced education. HRSA expects to fund 335 grants averaging $31,000 each.
Nurse anesthetist traineeships.
Grants are awarded to schools to train licensed RNs enrolled as full-time students beyond the 12th month of study in a nurse anesthesia master's program. HRSA expects to fund 70 grants averaging $7,100 each.
Advanced education nursing grants.
Grants are awarded to schools to support the education and practice of nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators, and public health nurses. HRSA expects to fund eight grants averaging $250,000 each.
Nursing workforce diversity.
Grants are awarded to schools, academic health centers, state or local governments, American Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and other entities to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing student scholarships or stipends, preentry preparation, and retention activities. HRSA expects to make 33 grants averaging $273,000 each.
Nurse education, practice, and retention.
Grants are awarded to schools of nursing, health care facilities, nursing centers, academic health centers, state or local governments, and American Indian tribes or tribal organizations for projects to strengthen and enhance the capacity for nurse education, practice, and retention to address the nursing shortage. HRSA expects to make 66 grants averaging $250,000 each.