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.
Small & Mid-Sized Colleges & Universities
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).
Higher education associations are key actors in helping college and university presidents gather and process the information required to make sound decisions. Even as they provide intelligence and analysis on specific agencies and programs, they are also providing broader advice that is coalescing around two themes.
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A confluence of forces—demographic, economic, and financial—have increased the pressure on colleges and universities, such that analysts regularly suggest that higher education has reached an “inflection point.” To right-size budgets and introduce new programs that will attract students, most institutions are striving to identify extramural funding to supplement endowment and tuition revenue. The ability of many schools to survive may depend on the capacity of academic leaders to collaborate with their counterparts in advancement. The importance of this relationship—between academic leaders and advancement—was obvious during my time as a provost and an academic administrator, when I was frequently asked to be the interlocuter between my colleagues in advancement and faculty who could partner with them.
Dr. Jessica C. Gerrity, Senior Vice President and Leader of the Higher Education Practice of McAllister & Quinn, recently sat down with Sean Creighton, President of The New American Colleges & Universities (NACU) to discuss how small colleges can pursue federal grant opportunities that catalyze transformative change on campuses.