Bryant awarded $2.5M grant from Warren Alpert Foundation

BRYANT UNIVERSITY has secured a $2.5-million challenge grant from the Warren Alpert Foundation to support its School of Health Sciences.
BRYANT UNIVERSITY has secured a $2.5-million challenge grant from the Warren Alpert Foundation to support its School of Health Sciences.

SMITHFIELD – The Warren Alpert Foundation gave a $2.5 million grant to Bryant University’s School of Health Sciences which the institution will match as part of its Expanding the World of Opportunity: The Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future, according to a statement by the university on Tuesday.

Once matched, the Warren Alpert Foundation Challenge Grant will put $5 million toward growing the School of Health Sciences as well as develop programming to address current challenges in the health care industry.

In light of the recent fluctuating nature of the health care industry and its critical role in the nation’s economy, Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley highlighted it as “an important growth area” for the school in its strategic plan Vision 2020, according to the university’s release.

In a statement, he added: “Bryant is boldly positioning the School of Health Sciences programs to prepare innovative leaders for the future our health care system.”

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The Warren Alpert Foundation Challenge Grant brings the university’s total fundraising campaign effort to $68 million – $7 million short of its $75 million goal.

The School of Health Sciences was established in 2014 in tandem with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies – its first clinical program, which will graduate its first class in March.

The Warren Alpert Foundation focuses on supporting innovative individuals and organizations dedicated to understanding and curing disease through ground-breaking research, scholarship and service.

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