| Grants Totaling $20.1 Million Awarded to Address Nursing Shortage |
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MICUA Matters
“I am pleased to see that these grants are going to some of Maryland’s best colleges and universities to address our State’s nursing shortage,” says Secretary of Higher Education James Lyons. Twenty-one new projects were funded, including a project at College of Notre Dame of Maryland (in partnership with Anne Arundel Medical Center, Higher Education and Conference Center, and Upper Chesapeake Medical Center) and two projects at Johns Hopkins University (one in partnership with Stevenson University, Howard Community College, Montgomery College, Bowie State University, and Harford Community College).
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The Health Services Cost Review Commission has awarded 18 institutions grants totaling $20.1 million over five years as part of the fourth round of funding in the Competitive Institutional Grants component of the Nurse Support Program II (NSP II). This innovative program is a unique venture that teams hospitals and colleges to create partnerships to relieve the critical shortage of nurses. The projected outcomes of this fourth round of institutional grants are expected to increase new Registered Nurses (RNs) by 880, new Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates (BSNs) by 436, and new master’s graduates (who will be eligible to become faculty) by 452.