American Nurses Foundation Nursing Research Grants Program

2010Margarete L. Zalon

PhD, RN, ACNS-BC

Chairperson, Board of Trustees

Eastern Nursing

Research Society

March 24, 2010

Providence , RI

American Nurses Foundation

Established in 1955The Research, Education and Charitable Affiliate of the

AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION

Mission: ANF is the charitable and philanthropic arm of ANA supporting ANA and its work to promote the welfare and well being of nurses, advance the nursing profession, thereby enhancing the health of the public.

Board of Trustees

Margarete Zalon, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ChairPatricia W. Underwood, PhD, RN, FAAN Vice Chair Patricia R. Messmer, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Treasurer

Tricia R. Hunter, MN, RNLouise C. Waszak, PhD-BC, CNP-AC, FNP-BC

Barbara Reck, BA

American Nurses FoundationObjectives

• Provide educational opportunities and materials

• Advance nursing research

• Advance the public awareness of nursing

• Increase nursing’s influence in health care decision-making and delivery

• Support ANA in its work to advance the profession

2010 Nursing Research Grants

• Fifty-five consecutive years of grant awards

• Grants totaling $ 4 million awarded to nearly 1000 nurse researchers

• Approximately 1/3 of ANF Scholars have received federal research funding

• Program established to encourage the research career development of all nurses

• Important source of funding for beginning and experience nurse researchers

• Endowed and externally funded awards

Funding Priority• Total value of grants available: $ 228,500 • 2009 Success rate for applications: 1 OUT OF 4• Priority for funding is based upon proposal’s scientific

merit• Consideration given to:

• Investigator’s ability to conduct the study• Project’s potential for:

– Further research– Methodology development– Theory development

• Innovation• Specific criteria for certain awards

2010 Nursing Research Grants• No specific priority give to topic area

• All types of research considered

• Master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation research will be considered only if project has been approved by committee

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval required before release of funds

Qualifications

• Principal investigator (PI) must be a registered nurse

• PI must have one degree, baccalaureate or higher in nursing

• Beginning and experienced nurse researchers are encouraged to apply

• Some grants specify level of expertise required

2010 Grant Levels31 Grants availableGrants awarded at the following levels:

$3,000 (1)$3,500 (13)$4,500 (1)$5,000 (6)$7,500 (5)$10,000 (1)$20,000 (1)$25,000 (2) $28,000 (1)

Postmark Deadline is May 3, 20101 Hard copy and CD/DVD with electronic files

Grants awarded August 31, 2010 for 1-year period September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011

Internally Funded Grants• American Nurses Association Presidential Scholar Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR

• Jean E. Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN

• Virginia Stone, PhD, RN, FAAN

• Hildegard E. Peplau, PhD, RN, FAAN

• Anne Zimmerman, RN

• Martha E. Brill, RN

• Mary Elizabeth Carnegie, DPA, MA, RN, FAAN

• Margretta Madden Styles, PhD, RN, FAAN

• Gloria Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN

Externally Funded Grants

• Southern Nursing Research Society• Eastern Nursing Research Society• Midwest Nursing Research Society• Western Institute Of Nursing• Sigma Theta Tau/American Nurses Foundation• Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science

(CANS)• Nurses Charitable Trust of Miami• Sanofi-Pasteur• The Josie King Foundation

Specialty Association Funded Grants

• Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN)

• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

• Association of PeriOperative Nurses(AORN)

• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)

• Emergency Nurses Association Foundation (ENAF)

• Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Foundation (HPNF)

• Infusion Nurses Society (INS)

• International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)

• National Association of School Nurses (NASN)

• National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO)

• Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)

2010 Research Review

• Conducted by a team of doctorally-prepared nurse researchers – Reviewers (50+)– Nursing Research Review Committee (12)

• Each proposal is reviewed by 3 people

• Nursing Research Review Committee reviews all proposals and makes a recommendation for the grant award

• All proposals receive a review and written critique

2010 ANF Nursing Research Review Committee (NRRC)

Patricia Pearce, MPH, PhD,  FNP-BC, Chair

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Joachim Voss, PhD, RN, Vice-Chair University of Washington

Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Pennsylvania

Emma  (EJ) Brown, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN

Charm, Inc. Lake City, FL

Linda Costa, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Jacqueline A Dienemann, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Jennifer Elder, PhD, RN, FAAN                          

University of Florida at Gainesville

  

Zhen Lin, PhD, RNUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Graham McDougall, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN University of Texas , Austin, TX

Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, RN, NNP, FAAN

Virginia Commonwealth University

Sharon Wyatt, PhD, CANP, FAAN

University of Mississippi Medical Center,

Jackson, MS

Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN, FAAN

Case Western Reserve University

ANF Scholars

Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC Colombia University

Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAANBoston College

Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAANUniversity of Pennsylvania

Nancy Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Yale University

Kathy Hutchinson, PhD, RN, FAAN

New York University

Judith Vessey, PhD, RN, FAANBoston College

Willa Doswell, PhD, RN, FAANUniversity of Pittsburgh

Susan Albrecht, PhD, RN,FAAN University of

Pittsburgh

It’s easy to apply Only a 5 page application

2010

Grant Application Tips

• One $100 application fee for all grants• Some grants have restrictions set by either endowment or

funding agency• Determine whether your proposal meets the criteria for

more than one funding mechanism• 24 of 31 grants for experienced researchers

– More than 3 research-based refereed journal publications– More than $15,000 as PI in extramural funding in one particular

area• 30 of 31 grants for beginning researchers

If you don’t apply you will never get a grant!!!!

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Do it today!

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The Margretta Madden Styles Fund for Credentialing Research

Nurses Rock the Foundation Endowment

ANF Disaster Relief Fund

The money donated will go toward disaster relief, including rebuilding the Haitian nursing infrastructure  and assisting the National Association of Haitian Nurses, Association Nationale des Infirmières Licenciées d'Haïti . www.anfonline.org

Thank you

• To our ANF Scholars,

• To our applicants,

• To all our reviewers and review committee members,

• To all our volunteers, past and present,

• To all our friends and

supporters.