Research Grants

NASN Research Grants

The total amount available for grants awarded in 2024 is $30,000. Applications may range from $1,000-$30,000.

The number of grants awarded will depend on the quality of application and funding requested. Several small grants or one grant for $30,000 may be awarded.

NASN reserves the right to negotiate the budget and not to make the grant or award if negotiations are unsuccessful or if no application meets minimum scoring criteria as determined by review committee.

Purpose

To encourage and support research regarding school nursing and health of school aged children. 

To advance and fund quality school nursing practice and school-affiliated delivery of healthcare.

History

NASN has a history of supporting and encouraging school nursing research which began with several generous donors who provided research funds to honor the earliest school nursing leaders. Early research grants included:

  • Lillian Wald Research Award for research impacting the health of children (1982).  Lillian Wald was the founder of school nursing in America through the Henry Street Settlement in New York City on October 1, 1902.
  • Pauline Fenelon Research Award for research in school nurse practice issues (1987).  Pauline Fenelon was an NASN President, 1984-85.
  • Lina Rogers Award for research impacting school nursing services for students (2001). Lina Rogers was the first school nurse in America. These three awards were first combined in 1997 to allow increased funding for research.
  • NASN Directed Research Grant for specific research goals as set by NASN (1998). Carol Costante, a school nurse administrator for Maryland who served as NASN President (1997-1998), made a monetary donation which provided the seed money for this targeted grant to promote research efforts related to school nursing and student health. 
  • In 2001, NASN approved separation and renaming of early award and grants to establish research grants for the purpose of funding proposed research. In 2014, NASN combined and renamed the NASN research grants to begin 2015 funding of the research grants through the NASN Endowment Fund.

Applicant Responsibility

Research Application Process

APPLICATION/APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS 

  • The principal investigator or a member of the research team who participates in the entire process including proposal, design, and implementation of the research project must be a:
    • school nurse(s) engaged in the practice or leadership of school nursing; and
    • current member of NASN.
  • Applications must be future research projects (i.e. not completed research projects).
  • Applicant(s) must follow all instructions, inclusive of specified format and application completeness.
  • Upon notification of receipt, the applicant must sign NASN’s Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) [Form 212] that lists expectations for the project. This includes submitting completed research results to The Journal of School Nursing (JOSN) following the guidelines outlined by The JOSN.

SPECIFIC FORMAT OF APPLICATION

  • Refer to Form 203 (below).
  • Applications not meeting the criteria will not be reviewed.

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE INSTRUCTIONS

Research proposals must be emailed as one email with 2 pdf documents to awards@nasn.org with the subject line: Research application.

Applications must be emailed no later than October 31st at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

Faxed and hard copies of the application are not accepted.

AWARD PROCESS

  • Proposals will be awarded through a competitive process.
  • All qualified applications will be read and rated by an independent review panel. The reviewers will assign a score to each application using Scoring Criteria/Ranking Sheet [Form 503]. The application(s) with the highest ranking will be considered for funding.
  • Scoring criteria include the overall impact; and the strength and weaknesses of: significance, qualifications of investigators, innovation, approach, and environment.
  • Selected applicants will be notified by the NASN President.
  • NASN reserves the right to negotiate the budget and not to make the grant or award if negotiations are unsuccessful or if no application meets minimum scoring criteria as determined by review committee.
  • The decision of the independent review panel shall be final.

TERMS OF AGREEMENT

  • The applicant will, upon receipt of award, submit a proposed 1 year budget that will determine the amount allotted at appropriate time intervals (usually 6 months). The budget must be approved by the NASN Director of Research before disbursement of funds can occur. Funds will not be released until a letter of exemption or approval from an institutional review board is provided.
      
  • Awardees must submit reports every 6 months and will not receive the next allotment of funding until the report is reviewed and progress approved by NASN. The report, no longer than 2 pages, will include progress of the project and request for the amount for the next 6 months. The last portion of funds will not be dispersed until a manuscript of results has been submitted to a peer reviewed scholarly journal.
      
  • Money must be used within 2 years of the award.

FORMS