The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking applications for the Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) program to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses).
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
The program uses comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to provide more inclusive and culturally aligned nursing education environments that will support students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Program Goals
- Increase the number of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including ethnic and racial minorities underrepresented among registered nurses, who are enrolled in nursing degree programs, using evidence-based strategies such as holistic admissions as a best practice.
- Increase the number of nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are retained and graduate from nursing degree programs.
- Increase the number of nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds who receive academic and social support for educational success in nursing degree programs.
Funding Information
- Expected total available FY2025 funding: $22,200,000.
- Funding range per award: Up to $555,000 per annual award.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029.
Eligibility Criteria
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Special district governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) IRS status Nonprofits with an IRS status other than 501(c)(3) State and local governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states County governments City, local, or township governments Special district governments Independent school districts Native American tribal governments Native American tribal organizations Domestic means located in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
