Background and History
The NLN is the only nursing organization that funds nursing
education research. Nursing education and other sectors in the
education community are being held accountable for outcomes related
to their programs. Evidence-based education and evidence-based
practice are rapidly becoming the gold standard for nursing regulatory
and nursing accrediting agencies. The NLN maintains its leadership
role by establishing nursing education research as the foundation
for building the science of nursing education, facilitating and
funding research in this area, and developing novices to become
expert researchers.
In the early 1980s, the NLN created the Council for Research
in Nursing Education and made a commitment to provide funds to
support small investigator research projects. After a short period
of dormancy during the 1990s, the funds were re-allocated in
2000. Since then, the level of support has continuously grown,
from an initial $12,000 to $40,000.
The NLN’s Nursing Education Research Grants Program follows
an RFP model: a request for proposals is issued to our members.
While the RFP calls for a statement of how the proposed study
relates to the NLN’s Priorities
for Research in Nursing Education, the specific focus of the study remains the prerogative
of the investigator, and not the NLN.
The new goal of the NLN’s Nursing Education Research Grants
Program for 2006 is to support multi-site projects that (a) are
clearly relevant to the first of the NLN’s Priorities
for Research in Nursing Education, namely, Innovations
in Nursing Education: Creating Reform, and (b) relate to
a research topic selected by the Nursing Education Research Advisory
Council.
Furthermore, these studies are to be implemented through partnerships
between established researchers and beginning researchers who
will be mentored throughout the process.
The NLN is proud to support nursing education research
and to provide leadership in the ongoing development of the science
of nursing education. We look forward to your participation in
this initiative.
To get a sense of the kinds of projects supported
by the NLN research grants program, you are invited to look
at the list of 2000,
2001, 2002,2003 and
2004
NLN NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS.
To
download a printable list of all past grant recipients, please
click one of the following, Authors
by Last Name, Award
Date or Title
of Proposal.
