Closed · HRSA-21-020 · CFDA 93.178 · Discretionary

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
January 19, 2021
Close date
32
Expected awards

The verdict

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Varies by applicant across 32 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,731 other opportunities from Health Resources and Services Administration.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
32
expected awards
93.178
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program is closed (last close January 19, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Health Resources and Services Administration still indexes 1,731 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed January 19, 2021

Posted Nov 20 Closes Jan 19

Est. Total Funding

$16,100,000

Expected Awards

32

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of the NWD program is to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HRSA-21-020

Grants.gov marks Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Health Resources and Services Administration book (1,128 peers, 65% of 1,732).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration RNwankwo@hrsa.gov

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What to do next

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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