FY27 Nursing School Grant
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View & apply on Grants.gov →This Illinois Board of Higher Education grant is limited to Illinois institutions offering accredited associate, RN-to-BSN, or bachelor's-level registered nursing programs; two eligible institution…
- Deadline
- Oct 2, 2026
- Posted
- Aug 19, 2026
- Award amount
- $10,000–$150,000
- Focus areas
- Education
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In plain English
This Illinois Board of Higher Education grant is limited to Illinois institutions offering accredited associate, RN-to-BSN, or bachelor's-level registered nursing programs; two eligible institutions may apply jointly with one serving as fiscal agent. Funds ($10,000-$150,000) can support things like faculty hiring, clinical partnership improvements, NCLEX exam preparation, recruitment, and classroom or lab upgrades, with priority for proposals addressing equity gaps in enrollment and completion. The application deadline is October 2, 2026. Only Illinois nursing education programs qualify, not other applicant types.
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Who can apply
Education Organizations — Illinois institutions offering registered professional nursing programs at the associate, baccalaureate, and master level. — Grant awards may be used for the following DIRECT COSTS: • Expand or enhance student services offered for student success in Nursing programs. • Implementation of the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) exam. • Training, a pilot program, and/or adoption of competency-based education and assessment methods for nursing education. • Strategies to improve clinical partnerships and/or students’ clinical experiences . • Special recruitment strategies focused on nursing students. • Hire additional qualified nursing faculty and staff. • Develop or expand instructional programs (e.g., online, weekend, evening). • Improve or increase space for nursing classrooms or laboratories. • Purchase equipment and other program-related instructional materials. Two or more eligible institutions may submit a cooperative project and identify one institution to be the grantee and fiscal agent.
About this grant
This grant program seeks to increase the number of registered professional nurses with high quality post-secondary credentials to meet the demands of the Illinois economy. Eligible nursing programs include Associate Degrees in Nursing (ADN), Registered Nursing to Baccalaureate Degree Completion Programs (RN-BSN), and Baccalaureate Degrees in Nursing (BSN). Programs must meet accreditation requirements and other eligibility criteria. Nursing schools that meet the eligibility criteria will be able to compete for grant awards. Grant proposals must improve or expand existing nursing programs using strategies that are supported by current research and best practices. Also, proposals must relate to institutional performance measures and goals. Additionally, the Board will be looking for evidence of proposals that will help to close equity gaps in enrollment, course completion, graduation, and/or licensure by student who are African American, Latino, low-income, first-generation college, from rural communities, working adults or students with disabilities.
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