[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22720-22721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10477]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


HRSA-03-096 Fiscal Year 2003 Competitive Application Cycle for 
the Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grant Program Internship 
and Residency Programs (INRE)--CFDA 93.359

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
announces that applications will be accepted for the Nurse Education, 
Practice and Retention Grant Program; Grants for Internships and 
Residency Programs for Fiscal Year 2003.
    Purpose: Grants will be awarded to eligible entities for programs 
to develop and implement internship and residency programs to encourage 
mentoring and the development of specialties.
    Authorizing Legislation: These applications are solicited under the 
authority of title VIII, section 831 of the Public Health Service (PHS) 
Act, as amended.
    Statutory Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: None.
    Eligible Applicants: The following are eligible entities: Schools 
of nursing, health care facilities, or a partnership of such a school 
and facility; academic health centers, State or local governments, and, 
other public and private non profit entities determined appropriate by 
the Secretary. Non profit (entities) means any school, agency, 
organization or institution which is a

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corporation or association or is owned and operated by one or more 
corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which 
inures, or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder 
or individual as defined in Section 801(7) of the PHS Act.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, a funding preference will be applied 
to approved applications with projects that will substantially benefit 
rural or underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing 
needs in State or local health departments. This preference will be 
applied to applications that rank above the 20th percentile of 
applications recommended for approval.
    Review Criteria: Applications will be reviewed by a panel of peer 
reviewers using the following criteria:
    (a) A clearly stated project purpose;
    (b) A documented need for the proposed project;
    (c) The potential effectiveness of the proposed project;
    (d) A clearly articulated project plan including evaluation of 
project objectives;
    (e) A plan for addressing diversity and cultural competence;
    (f) A comprehensive plan for project management;
    (g) The reasonableness of the budget and fiscal plan;
    (h) The presence of established and/or planned linkages with 
relevant entities.
    Final review criteria are included in the application kit.
    Estimated Amount of Available Funds: It is estimated that $3 
million will be available in fiscal year 2003.
    Estimated Number of Awards: This is a new program; the estimated 
number of awards may range from 12 to 30 in fiscal year 2003.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: This is a new grant 
program; the estimated costs are expected to vary considerably with a 
range from $75,000 to $250,000.
    Estimated Project Period: Applications may be submitted for 2 
years, 10 months. The first budget period is September 1, 2003-June 30, 
2004; the second and third budget periods are July 1, 2004-June 30, 
2005 and July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006 respectively.
    Application Requests, Availability, Dates and Addresses: Applicants 
for this program are encouraged to notify HRSA, Division of Nursing of 
their intent to apply. Notification can be made in one of three ways: 
call, e-mail or mail Dr. Madeleine Hess of your intent. Telephone (301) 
443-6336; e-mail [email protected]; mail Division of Nursing, Bureau of 
Health Professions, HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 9-35, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville MD 20857. Application materials will be available for 
downloading via the web at http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/grants.htm on April 29, 
2003. Applicants may also request a hard copy of the application 
material by contacting the HRSA Grants Application Center, 901 Russell 
Avenue, Suite 450, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20879, by calling at 1-877-
477-2123, or by fax at 1-877-477-2345. Applications may not be 
submitted electronically at this time. In order to be considered for 
competition, hard copy applications must be postmarked by the due date 
of June 6, 2003. Applicants should request a legibly dated U.S. Postal 
postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier or 
U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable 
as proof of timely mailing. An application receipt will be provided. 
Applications submitted after the deadline date will be returned to the 
applicant and not processed.
    Projected Award Date: September 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeleine Hess, Division of Nursing, 
Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, Room 9-35, Parklawn Building, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone number: (301) 443-
6336. E-mail: [email protected].
    Paperwork Reduction Act: The Application for the Nurse Education, 
Practice and Retention Grant Program has been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB 
clearance number is 00915-0060. The program is not subject to the 
provision of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100).

    Dated: April 16, 2003.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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