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Frontier Nursing University Receives $499,871 in Grant Funding from HRSA Frontier Nursing University has been awarded grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) program in the amount of $350,000 and the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) in the amount of $149,871. The AENT program will allow Frontier to award funding for traineeships to more than 100 students in the 2016-2017 year. This assistance is provided to nurse-midwifery and nurse practitioner students in financial need with priority for students living and planning to work in federally designated rural counties and medically underserved areas. The purpose of NFLP is to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty to facilitate education of the nurses needed to address the nursing workforce shortage. FNU will provide NFLP funds to students who plan to complete the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and wish to work as faculty at an accredited school of 11