HRSA Announces Funding Opportunity for the the Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Program
The Division of Nursing at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released on November 11, information on the fiscal year 2010 funding opportunity for the Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Program. Nurse Education, Practice, and Retention grants support schools and nurses at the associate and baccalaureate degree level. Grants are provided to schools of nursing, academic health centers, nursing centers, state and local governments and other public or private nonprofit entities. Some grants (such as grants promoting the Magnet Hospital best practices for nursing administration) are also available to health care facilities.
The American Nurses Association provides the following information received from the Division of Nursing within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):
The Division of Nursing is pleased to announce the fiscal year 2010 funding opportunity for the Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Program. The program announcement number for NEPR is HRSA-10-046. The project officers for this program are Janice Young and Daniel Reed.
They can be reached by phone at 301-443-6193 or by email at JYoung2@hrsa.gov or DReed1@hrsa.gov for technical assistance or questions regarding this announcement and the NEPR program.
The submission date for NEPR is December 22, 2009. We encourage applicants to submit early.
You may access the HRSA Funding Opportunities Web site at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm and www.grants.gov for additional information and application instructions.
Prospective applicants may register at http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp to receive email notification for other HRSA funding opportunities.
ANA Government Affairs Staff
Tags: Division of Nursing, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA, HRSA funding opportunities, NEPR, November-December 2009, Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Program
