Office for Nursing Research
Supporting Faculty Science and Student Scholarship
The Office for Nursing Research (ONR) facilitates the development of research at the School of Nursing by creating opportunities for original scholarship, enhancing productivity, boosting the richness and intensity of the scholarly environment, and helping students and faculty secure external funding to support their work. ONR works to strengthen the School's nursing research infrastructure to improve efficiency and support scholarship and dissemination of findings, and to build and sustain a diverse community of scholars committed to research and scholarly excellence.
Prospective faculty members whose research interests, experiences, and pursuits align with ours (Aging Research, Healthcare Technology, and Social Determinants of Health) are encouraged to explore current faculty openings, set up meetings with current faculty scholars and HR professionals, and apply to join our growing community of scholars.
ONR staff consult and mentor faculty members through every stage of the proposal process, including:
- Research concept and grant proposal writing
- Grant budgeting and budget justification
- Boilerplate descriptions of the University, entities within and the School of Nursing
- Assistance with obtaining requisite University signatures
- Special handling and delivery of grants
ONR also supports nursing students interested in research with:
- Multiple seminars on research topics throughout the year
- Individual consultation with visiting scholars
- Workshops on publication writing
- A yearlong paid summer internship program for undergraduates
- Biostat consultation
- Data consultation
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- PowerPoint presentation and poster templates (requires NetBadge)
School of Nursing funding for faculty
The Intramural Funding Overview offers an overview of the purpose, available assistance, and process for intramural funding awards at the School of Nursing. Internal funding sources and school-specific grants available to faculty and students
- To support preliminary research to increase the strength and success of proposals for significant external funding (e.g. R01, program projects, U awards or similar scope from RWJ Foundation, PCORI, CDC)
- Open to all faculty members of the School of Nursing. This has a rolling due date to allow for preparation of grants with different deadlines.
Jeanette Lancaster Endowment Fund of Faculty Excellence
- To support the School’s research and teaching mission and the professional development of nursing faculty. The funds available for distribution will be equally divided to support research and education
- Open to all faculty members of the School of Nursing who have completed the report from any previous award(s), have no carry-over funds and are not a senior administrator
- Funded by the Nursing Alumni Association
Katharine M. Donohoe Clinical Research Award
- To support clinical research projects in the School of Nursing
- Eligible award recipients include graduate nursing students, nursing faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and partnerships between nursing faculty and/or graduate nursing students and nurse clinicians. Preference is given to partnerships, and in particular those partnerships that include clinicians at the UVA Medical Center. Non-tenure track faculty members, new investigators, and DNP students are encouraged to apply. Research projects should focus on clinical nursing research aimed toward testing clinical practices to improve patient care. Preference is given to projects that explore chronic health conditions.
Oscar and Ruth Lanford Research Award
- To support research projects that meet the needs of chronically ill people regardless of their age
- Open to faculty members employed by the School of Nursing; more than one award may be given each year.
- To provide summer support for tenure track, non-tenured faculty members employed by the School of Nursing
- Funded by the Nursing Alumni Association.
Compassionate Care Research Pilot Funding 2024
- To support the research activities of UVA SON PhD candidates and post-doctoral fellows.
- All applications will be reviewed, and final selections made by an external faculty review board not associated with CCR. Please click on the CCR Pilot Funding Announcement 2024 and CCR Pilot Funding Template 2024 for additional details.
UVA funding opportunities
UVA-wide research funding programs available to School of Nursing faculty
- Center for Global Health
- VPR Office Internal Funding Opportunities
- Offices Supporting Clinical Research
- Strategic Investment Fund
- iTHRIV
- Grant Forward
- 4-VA Research Grant Program
- UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center
Funding discovery tools
Tools to help researchers search for applicable funding opportunities, like searchable databases or newsletters
- Funding discovery databases help identify opportunities from public and private funders. UVa has licensed three tools for funding discovery:
- Pivot - includes over 28K federal, non-federal, foundation, and private funding opportunities from over 15K funders around the globe, as well as 3M awarded grants and profiles (sponsored by the UVA Vice President for Research)
- Grant Forward - grants from over 15K sponsors worldwide, from federal, corporate to private funding organizations, with 3K pre-solicitations and 1.3M funded awards (sponsored by the UVA Vice President for Research)
- Foundation Directory Online - database of over 140K foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. (access provided by UVA Corporate and Foundation Relations)
In addition, several resources allow you to search grant-related publication data in order to see trends and patterns:
- Web of Science - this literature database allows you to refine your search results to view funders associate with the publications you retrieved.
Faculty Mentorship Award
Recognizing exceptional efforts made by faculty to support the development of junior faculty researchers
- $250 funded by the Alumni Association with proceeds from the Nursing Annual Fund
- Recipients are chosen by the tenure-track, early career faculty, post-doctoral scholars and PhD students; Nominations and feedback may be solicited from other faculty, if desired.
- The member of the research committee who meets the criteria of being a tenure-track, early career will be responsible for organizing the appropriate voting individuals to make the selection and to provide the name of the recipient and a paragraph describing the contribution of this individual that can be used with announcing the award.
- Nominations should be emailed to Jeanne Alhusen, associate dean for research
- Deadline: February 15
Outstanding Faculty Research Publication Award
Funded by the Nursing Alumni Association to recognize exceptional publications that promote the School of Nursing's established goal of increasing the number of faculty publications in top-tier journals
- $250 funded with proceeds from the Nursing Annual Fund
- Awards go to faculty members employed by University of Virginia School of Nursing
- Nominees must be first author of the publication, and only those publications in print the prior year will be eligible for the upcoming award
- Faculty are invited to self-nominate one peer-reviewed, data-based research publication for consideration; nominated publications are assessed by faculty emeriti reviewers for scientific rigor of the research study, clarity of interpretation of findings, applicability of findings to nursing practice and quality of peer-reviewed journal
- Emailed submissions must include a copy of the publication with a cover memo requesting review for this award to Jeanne Alhusen, associate dean for research. Deadline: February 15
