The following is a breakdown of what the money will go toward, according to the news release:
• $22.1 million: Increasing the number of nurse faculty by providing low-interest loans to nurses to train to become faculty and cancel loans in exchange for service as faculty
• $9.2 million: Supporting advanced nursing education by funding advanced nursing programs that allow RNs to become nurse practitioners and nurse midwives
• $6.7 million: Promoting interprofessional collaborative practice by bringing together teams to develop and implement practice models
• $5.2 million: Improving nursing diversity by expanding educational opportunities for disadvantaged students
• $3.1 million: Helping dental health professional shortage areas develop programs to address dental workforce needs
• $3 million: Supporting accredited residency programs in preventive medicine and public health
• $2.4 million: Supporting the training of doctoral-level psychologists
• $2.2 million: Increasing nurse anesthetist traineeships by supporting programs to provide traineeships to registered nurses enrolled in master’s or doctoral nurse anesthesia programs
• $1.4 million: Funding four health workforce research centers to better understand local and national workforce needs
The money is split between more than 270 grants. Here is a full breakdown of grant recipients.
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