February 22, 2024

The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has been awarded a grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation aimed at tackling systemic racial inequities in nursing education. The $7,500 grant, “Eliminating Structural Racism in Nursing Academia: A Systems Change Approach to Anti-Racist Nursing Education,” covers a three-year period. UMSON is one of only 12 nursing schools in the country to receive the grant.

Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, assistant professor and associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, said she is grateful that UMSON was chosen. “I am happy and thankful that we are going to be leading the efforts with the other 11 schools in this work and creating and sustaining that national presence,” Conyers said.

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