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