Friday, August 6, 2010

Virginia Health Professional Grants: $5.6 Million

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce $159.1 million in grants to health care workforce training programs that will support programs to train nurses, geriatric specialists and improve the performance and recruitment of underrepresented minority students. Here are the grantees from Virginia. Congrats to all:

Advanced Education Nursing Grants
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Charlottesville $408,395.00
Hampton University Hampton $382,846.00
Old Dominion University Research Foundation Norfolk $236,764.00
Old Dominion University Research Foundation Norfolk $246,966.00
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond $210,581.00
Shenandoah University Winchester $248,621.00

Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grants
Marymount University Arlington $13,184.00
University of Virginia Charlottesville $79,150.00
George Mason University Fairfax $64,146.00
Hampton University Hampton $39,647.00
James Madison University Harrisburg $26,795.00
Old Dominion University Research Foundation Norfolk $47,528.00
Radford University Radford $26,241.00
Carilion Medical Center (doing business as Jefferson College of Health Sciences) Roanoke $18,992.00
Shenandoah University Winchester $35,215.00

Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grants
Old Dominion University Research Foundation Norfolk $4,184.00
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond $27,488.00

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants
Virginia Highlands Community College Abingdon $1,221,175.00
George Mason University Fairfax $313,170.00
Hampton University Hampton $266,381.00
Old Dominion University Research Foundation Norfolk $238,175.00

Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants
Hampton University Hampton $399,305.00
Southwest Virginia Community College - Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program Richlands $306,394.00

Geriatric Education Centers Grants
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond $413,113.00

Comprehensive Geriatric Education Programs Grants
George Mason University Fairfax $157,481.00
Radford University Radford $124,368.00