Funding in a Challenging Climate:
Exploring Options to NIH
Donna Felber Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP
Seeking Funding Sources
• Professional organizations
– International Sigma Theta Tau
• Foundations
– Robert Wood Johnson
• Organizations with specific foci
– National Council State Boards of Nursing
Next steps
• Contact directly
• Discuss your research ideas – “fit” – Organizational goals and research agendas
• Develop a relationship
• Ongoing conversations
• Follow grant submission guidelines closely
• Devil is in the details
Budget
• Limits
• Faculty % effort – Small or not allowed
– Support from College for research time
• Indirect costs – Small or not allowed
• Additional restrictions – Travel
– Supplies
» computers
Why Bother?
• Important research
• Pilot work
• Ability to disseminate – Pubs
– presentations
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