2.  Federal Governmental Agencies  National Nursing Organizations  Specialty Nursing Organizations  Private Foundations

3.  National Institute for Nursing Research www.ninr.gov Information on Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Grants for Predoctoral Grants available – see separate PowerPoint under resources in course documents Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov

4.  American Nurses Foundation ( a subsidiary of the American NursesAssociation)  www.anfonline.org www.anfonline.org  Sigma Theta Tau International – Honor Society for Nursing www.nursingsociety.orgwww.nursingsociety.org  National League for Nursing  www.nln.org www.nln.org

5.  Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation Grant  Emergency Nurses Foundation Grant  Association of Nurses in AIDS Care  Association of Peri-operative Registered Nurses Grant  Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End of Life Nursing Care Foundation Grant  Midwest Nursing Research Society Research Grant  Southern Nursing Research Society Research Grant

6.  Johnson and Johnson  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Kaiser Family Foundation  Heritage Foundation

7.  Each grant request must be developed within the guidelines that each agency provides.  Most grants make information known on their websites now, including required forms

8.  A grant request must have a budget attached  Key components of a budget include: ◦ Financial needs for each year of the grant indicated: ◦ Examples include salaries (scientist, transcriptionists, statistician, etc.); equipment for study; hardware or software; stipend monies for participants; printing costs; stationary; stamps; tape recorders; data costs; etc. ◦ Detail must be specific

9.  An institutional review board (IRB), also known as an independent ethics committee (IEC) or ethical review board (ERB) is a committee that has been formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans with the aim to protect the rights and welfare of the research subjects. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (specifically Office for Human Research Protections) regulations have empowered IRBs to approve, require modifications in planned research prior to approval, or disapprove research. An IRB performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on human subjects that are scientific, ethical, and regulatory.committee biomedicalbehavioralresearchhumans research subjectsUnited StatesFood and Drug AdministrationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesOffice for Human Research Protections