Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Nurse Faculty Loan Program - Overview: This is a request for a competing continuation for the NFLP for The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing (SoN). NFLP reduces financial barriers for doctoral students committed to a career in nursing education for the purpose of increasing the number of qualified nursing faculty. The SoN requests new NFLP funding for the 2024-2025 academic calendar year for the four previously funded continuing full-time DNP students along with the six incoming full-time students (1 PhDs and 5 DNPs) (Total = 10 NFLP recipients). We estimate that there will be no NFLP funds left from 2023-2024 award to carry over. Objectives for the NFLP: 1. Successfully administer the NFLP within HRSA guidelines as evidenced by following Standard Operating Procedures including annual performance reporting. 2. Recruit projected number of doctoral students motivated to become nursing faculty as evidenced by drawing down all available funds for the NFLP within 18 months. 3. Develop NFLP recipients into qualified nursing faculty as evidenced by 100% of NFLP recipients taking at least 2 nursing education courses that incorporate strategies that promote workforce resiliency and state of the art teaching along with content addressing health equity, health disparities, and social determinents of health (SDOH). 4. Facilitate NFLP graduates finding faculty positions as evidenced by 75% of NFLP graduates obtaining nurse faculty positions that meets NFLP requirements. We will offer the NFLP program to both DNP and PhD students. Our 45-semester credit hybrid post-master's DNP program is designed to be efficiently delivered in 5 consecutive semesters. Our PhD program is designed to be completed by full-time students in 4 years (course work in first 2 years followed by dissertation). To recruit for the NFLP, information about NFLP will be provided to new and continuing students in various formats. Interested students meet with the Project Director to establish understanding of the program and complete the necessary paperwork. Approved student applications, loan disclosures, and promissory notes are sent to Office of Student Accounts Receivable for processing and then the Office of Student Financial Services submits payments for disbursement to NFLP recipients. The Office of Student Accounts Receivable monitors and tracks NFLP-supported graduates until loan cancellation. To develop NFLP recipients into qualified nurse faculty, which includes the ability to address health equity, health disparities, and SDOH, the SoN will: a) require students complete at least two 3-credit, on-line nurse educator courses that include strategies to promote workforce resiliency; b) offer opportunities to gain experiences in nursing education (e.g., teaching internships); c) provide health equity, health disparities, and SDOH content in training curricula; d) provide opportunities to work with our career placement services on skills tailored for finding faculty positions (e.g., curriculum vitas, cover letters, interviews); and e) provide advising about the nurse faculty role. This project addresses the clinical priority of transforming the workforce by developing diverse faculty that can prepare clinicians to work in underserved areas.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).