HRSA nursing workforce applications are notoriously dense: a data-driven needs assessment, a detailed workplan, measurable outcomes, allowable-cost budget justification, and a long list of required forms and attachments — all under a hard federal deadline. The Chief Strategy Officer had no dedicated grants-writing team to hand it to, and this kind of application would normally consume 100+ hours or an outside consultant just to reach a submittable state.
Avila processed the Notice of Funding Opportunity and turned it into a clear map of eligibility rules, required information, and scored criteria — then generated a first-draft narrative grounded in the university system's own data and auto-filled the federal forms. Throughout, Avila kept the application aligned to grant guidelines (clearly surfacing allowable vs. non-allowable costs) and organized the full set of required forms and attachments, so the team always knew exactly what was needed and what was done.
Framed exactly what information each section required — ‘really helpful’
Allowable vs. non-allowable costs made ‘very easy to see and understand’
The Required Forms & Attachments breakdown was ‘great’ for submission
With Avila generating the draft narrative and forms, the $2 million application was submitted with roughly seven hours of total staff time — about four from the Chief Strategy Officer and three from the campus team — against a task that typically runs well over 100. The team spent its limited hours refining substance and strategy instead of deciphering the NOFO, writing from a blank page, and chasing formatting.
“The tool did a great job simplifying the grant process and structuring the information — and it kept me aligned with grant guidelines. Allowable versus non-allowable costs were very easy to see and understand.”
— Chief Strategy Officer, statewide public university system
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