Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program (NAT)

Post Date

December 11th 2014

Application Due Date

February 26th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-15-047

CFDA Number(s)

93.124

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=09eefa1c-a7b3-441b-9153-c568302b92c2

Number of Awards

85

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants are collegiate schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, State or local governments and other public or private nonprofit entities determined appropriate by the Secretary that submit an application and are accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.Ф Ф The school must be located in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Eligible Students к To be eligible for NAT Program support, the student must be: ┤ФФФФФФФФ A registered nurse enrolled full-time in an accredited nurse anesthesia program; ┤ФФФФФФФФ A citizen of the United States, a non-citizen national, or foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States (individuals on temporary or student visas are NOT eligible to receive NAT Program support); and ┤ФФФФФФФФ Eligible to sit for the certification examination from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist upon program completion.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2250000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This announcement solicits applications for the FY 2015 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) grant program. The purpose of the NAT Program is to provide traineeship support for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-time students in an anesthesia program.Ф Traineeships will pay full or partial costs of the tuition, fees, books/e-Books, and the reasonable living expenses (stipends) of the individual trainee during the period for which the traineeship is provided.Ф NAT funds are awarded to institutions. Significant Changes in the FY 2015 NAT Funding Opportunity Announcement ┤ФФФФФФФФ HRSA will no longer use a two-tier submission process (Phase 1 к Grants.Gov and Phase 2 кHRSA EHBs for supplemental information) for this program.Ф Complete applications will be submitted via Grants.gov. Ф┤ФФФФФФФФ Applicants must provide a brief Work Plan in the Project Narrative. Ф┤ФФФФФФФФ The page limit for the application is 30 pages (which has been reduced from the previous 45 page limit. Ф┤ФФФФФФФФ NAT grantees will be required to complete and submit a Final Report at the end of the grant. Ф┤ФФФФФФФФ Updated Program Definitions (Section VIII - Other Information).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
  kbreeden@hrsa.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact Karen Breeden, MPA at ((30)1) -443- Ext. 5787 or email kbreeden@hrsa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kbreeden@hrsa.gov