Office of Research
DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to address bottlenecks in training the United States nursing workforce and to expand and diversify the pipeline of qualified nursing professionals who can fill quality jobs in healthcare. Applicants will apply for one of two training tracks: 1) The Nurse Education Professional Track will increase the number of nursing instructors and educators by training new or upskilling experienced nurses into the advanced postsecondary credentialing necessary to become nursing instructors or educators. 2) The Nursing Career Pathways Track will train participants as frontline healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals, including direct care workers, to advance along a career pathway and attain postsecondary credentials needed for middle- to high-skilled nursing occupations.
This grant program is grounded in the principles of worker-centered sector strategies, where employers; education and training providers; labor unions, labor-management partnerships, and other worker organizations; workforce development entities; and workers collaboratively address nursing occupation needs in real time and prepare for the future of work with a focus on equity, job quality, and attracting, training, hiring, and retaining skilled workers, especially from underserved communities.
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
- If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
- CV (not NIH format) of the PI
to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Proposals are due to the sponsor 1/6/2023, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 12/27/2022 if given the go‐ahead by the review committee.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.