Samford University’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing in Birmingham has received more than $2.3 million to help make graduate nursing education more affordable for currently practicing or teaching nurses committed to careers in nursing education.
Samford’s $2,347,221 Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration is the second largest in the country and 1 of only 4 nationally that exceeds $1 million. This is Samford’s 15th year to receive funding for the program.
NFLP grants are designed to help ease a national shortage of nursing educators, according to Jane Martin, nursing school senior associate dean and project director of the grant. Students who receive loans for master’s or doctoral degree programs can have up to 85 percent of the loan forgiven in exchange for service as full-time nursing faculty members at an accredited school of nursing.
Largest grant in state
The NFLP was approved by Congress in 2002 and Samford was 1 of the first 55 nursing schools from across the U.S. to receive funds. Samford’s NFLP grants now total more than $11.4 million and 585 students have benefitted from NFLP awards at Samford and are serving as nurse educators across the country.
The 2017–18 grant is expected to help more than 150 students from 15 states in Samford’s doctoral nursing education program. Samford received the largest of five grants in the state of Alabama. (Samford)
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