Compassionate Care Research Fund
Since the founding of the Compassionate Care Initiative in 2009, UVA School of Nursing has been a pioneer in the advancement and delivery of compassion within healthcare. Compassionate Care Research (CCR) pilot funding aims to move compassionate care-focused research from prominence to preeminence by supporting research conducted by UVA School of Nursing PhD students, faculty members, and postdoctoral fellows designed to generate new knowledge related to compassionate care.
CCR funding supports high-impact research related to compassionate care, defined as work that aims to alleviate suffering and improves the well-being of patients, families, organizations, and communities. CCR grants also work to reduce disparities, address social determinants of health, and enhance health equity, both locally and globally.
Applicants for CCR funding should submit a research plan (no more than five pages, 11 pt. Ariel or Times New Roman font, single-spaced, 0.5" margins) that includes a letter of support from a faculty mentor, as well as information detailing:
Research plan
- Background/significance (why does this matter? what's the work's impact?)
- Purpose and specific aims statement (a brief description of what you will do)
- Innovation (how the proposed study is novel and fills a gap)
- Approach (how the aims will be accomplished), including recruitment, data collection, and data analysis for each aim
- Anticipated challenges and how they will be addressed
- How the project advances compassionate care research science and the scholar's own research trajectory
- Any human participant considerations and anticipated challenges, and how they will be addressed
- References (do not count toward page total)
Plans for follow-up studies
(1/2 page maximum, required for post-doctoral candidates only)
Study timeline with indicated milestones
Budget
NIH biosketch
A letter of support from primary faculty mentor
Other Details
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted
- All applications submitted for CCR funding are reviewed and final selections made by an external faculty review board not associated with CCR
- Projects should be designed to be completed in 12 months and have a maximum budget of $15,000 (final budgets may require adjustment based on number of applications, funding, and scope)
- Midyear and final accomplishments report as well as other deliverables are required
Applicants may choose to follow the Compassionate Care Research funding application template.
Questions about CCR funding may be directed to CCR program director Amber Steen.
Previous CCR Grant Recipients
- Carmen Diaz, post-doctoral fellow and School of Nursing research associate
- Lauren Catlett, PhD in nursing student
- Kathryn Laughon, associate professor and PhD program director
