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Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program

ID: HRSA-22-170 • Type: Posted

Description

The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) is to support the creation of academies, consisting of academic-clinical-community partnerships, that develop and implement formal nurse education training curriculum used to train clinical nursing faculty and preceptors
Background
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is accepting applications for the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program. The program aims to increase the nursing workforce by recruiting, training, and producing skilled qualified clinical nursing faculty and preceptors to address health equity, increase access to care, and increase the capacity of the nursing workforce.

Grant Details
The NEPQR-CFPA program aims to create academies consisting of academic-clinical partnerships to develop and implement a formal curriculum to train clinical nursing faculty and preceptors. The program will focus on training nurses to serve as clinical nursing faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings in rural and/or underserved areas. The program also requires eligible entities to have a training-focused emergency preparedness plan in case of public health emergencies.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include accredited schools of nursing, health care facilities (including federally qualified health centers or nurse-managed health clinics), or a partnership of such a school and facility. 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.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the grant is from September 30, 2022, through September 29, 2026 (4 years).

Grant Value
The total available funding for FY2022 is approximately $10,000,000 with an estimated number of up to 10 grant awards (one per HHS Region). Each award may be up to $1,000,000 per year. Cost sharing/matching is not required for this program.

Place of Performance
The NEPQR-CFPA will comprise a program that serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the six U.S. Pacific Jurisdictions based on the 10 HHS regions.

Overview

Category of Funding
Health
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 7/20/22 Health Resources and Services Administration posted grant opportunity HRSA-22-170 for Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program with funding of $10.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.359 Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants. It is expected that 10 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
July 20, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Aug. 22, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
July 20, 2022, 7:48 a.m. EDT
Version
1

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
In accordance with 42 U.S.C § 296p(f) (section 831(f) of the PHS Act), eligible entities include, accredited schools of nursing, as defined by 42 U.S.C § 296(2) (PHS Act section 801(2)), a health care facility, including federally qualified health centers or nurse-managed health clinics, or a partnership of such a school and facility. Schools of nursing affiliated with the proposed project must be an accredited public or non-profit 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 as Attachment 9. Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply. In addition to the 50 states, entities located in the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau may apply. Tribes and Tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. Foreign entities are not eligible for this HRSA award.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
Not Listed
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$10,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
10

Contacts

Contact
Health Resources and Services Administration
Contact Email
Email Description
Contact Jasmine Price, MHA at (301)443-7151 or email JPrice@Hrsa.gov
Contact Phone
(301) 443-7432

Documents

Posted documents for HRSA-22-170

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