Foundation for California Community Colleges

The Nursing Education Investment Grants Program provides funding to support projects that facilitate, coordinate with, or complement efforts to educate and train nurses through California community colleges and that address at least one funding priority described below and in the Application Guidelines. We anticipate three or more grants that total up to $522,000.

Eligible applicants must submit an application by April 3, 2023. Only one proposal per applicant may be submitted.

Proposed projects must align with the grant program’s purpose to facilitate, coordinate with, or complement efforts to educate and train nurses through California community colleges.

Additionally, proposed projects must address at least one of the following priorities:

• Priority 1: Address systemic racism in nursing education programs, including efforts that aim to diversify education pipelines, reduce harmful bias in learning environments, improve classroom or clinical placement climate for students of color, or enhance curriculum by integrating a focus on eliminating racial discrimination in health care
• Priority 2: Implement strategies that lead to well-prepared and diverse nursing faculty and program directors
• Priority 3: Increase the supply of nurses in specific regions of California with documented shortages
• Priority 4: Create educational and career pathways through new, enhanced, replicated, or expanded programs, which may include effective practices for remote or virtual learning that will lead to nursing student success
• Priority 5: Promote academic progression for registered nurses to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or higher degree
• Priority 6: Provide academic, clinical, and/or other work-based learning opportunities that ensure nurses are well-prepared to assume evolving and expanded roles in changing practice environments

The full Application Guidelines can be found on the Nursing Education Investment Grants Program website.