Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) | HRSA 19 003

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 19 003

The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program is a federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It is a discretionary grant under CFDA 93.247 and is designed to strengthen the primary care workforce by supporting academic-clinical partnerships that train advanced practice nurses for service in rural and underserved communities. The core idea behind the program is that simply graduating more clinicians is not enough; ANEW emphasizes preparing Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs), and Nurse Midwives (NMs) to successfully transition from school into real-world practice settings where resources can be limited and patient needs are often complex.

A central focus of ANEW is improving access to primary medical care for populations that historically face shortages of healthcare providers. By funding programs that educate and graduate advanced practice nurses specifically prepared for these environments, the opportunity aims to increase the number of clinicians who are not only trained in primary care, but also ready to work effectively in rural areas and other underserved communities. The program highlights the importance of clinically grounded training experiences and structured partnerships between educational institutions and clinical sites, reflecting the expectation that training should be closely connected to the settings where graduates are ultimately needed.

Eligibility for the grant is broad, reflecting HRSA's goal of encouraging a wide range of institutions to participate in workforce development. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; public and private institutions of higher education; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) entities (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category). The listing also includes an "Others" category, with the expectation that applicants review HRSA's additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.

In terms of funding scale, the award ceiling is listed at $700,000, and the agency anticipated making approximately 53 awards under this opportunity. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is health, consistent with the workforce training and access-to-care goals of HRSA programs. The opportunity was originally posted on October 19, 2018, with an original application closing date of January 8, 2019.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an investment in the advanced nursing pipeline that ties education directly to community need. Through academic-clinical partnerships, ANEW seeks to produce primary care NPs, CNSs, and NMs who are ready to enter practice in settings that tend to struggle with recruitment and retention, ultimately aiming to expand reliable access to primary care services in rural and underserved areas.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.247.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 19, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 08, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $700,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 53 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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