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McAllister & Quinn is excited to announce that Jessica Schor has been promoted to Vice President in the Higher Education Practice.
St. Bonaventure University was awarded a four-year, $2.3 million federal grant to expand and strengthen the behavioral health workforce in rural communities across Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania. The grant, provided by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through its Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, will fund St. Bonaventure’s new BRIGHT Project — Behavioral Health Resources for Increasing Growth in Healthcare Training. The McAllister & Quinn team has partnered with St. Bonaventure University for years to seek funding for institutional priorities.
Even as higher education looks to foundations to fill the gap left by federal cuts, foundation leadership will be challenged by the speed and dimension of proposed changes that they are being summoned to “fix.” The National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation have terminated more than 1,000 grants each and the agencies have canceled many more granting programs due to their connections to DEI. These funders are primary engines of innovation and support for college and university students and faculty.
Even with signs that work resumed for many (but not all) agencies, the Trump transition increased uncertainty about federal funding, especially for programs in higher education. Given these events, it seems timely to review the history of federal support for research and development as a reminder of the mutually beneficial relationship between the policy goals of the federal government and grant-funded research at institutions of higher education (IHEs).