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January 2023 Advisory Council Video Available
Video of the January 2023 public session of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research is now available to view.
NINR Seeking Program Officers and Scientific Review Officers
NINR is seeking exceptional candidates for several positions to move nursing research forward.
Research Funding Opportunities to Expand the Use of "All of Us" Data
NINR is working with the "All of Us" Research Program and 26 other institutes, centers, and offices from across the National Institutes of Health to support new research on the "All of Us" Researcher Workbench. These grants, solicited through R03 and R21 funding opportunities, will help support analysis of the Researcher Workbench data using standard tools and methods, as well as the development and use of new tools or methods.
Meet Dr. Mia Rochelle Lowden, NINR's First Chief Scientific Diversity Officer
Dr. Mia Rochelle Lowden joined NINR in August 2022 as the Institute's first Chief Scientific Diversity Officer, or CDO. The position is a crucial part of the federal government-wide response to President Biden's Executive Order on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce, and its subsequent strategic plan on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA.
Funding Opportunities: NINR Areas of Emphasis for Research to Optimize Health and Advance Health Equity
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) has published two funding announcements focused on optimizing health and advancing health equity through research projects that are consistent with the scientific framework detailed in the NINR Strategic Plan.
Video Now Available: NINR Director's Lecture - Health Equity
The video recording of NINR's second Director's Lecture of 2022 is now available to view. On October 11, 2022, Dr. Chandra Ford and Dr. Suzanne Miyamoto presented research priorities and the practice and policy implications of nursing research through the health equity lens.
Funding Opportunity to Support the NIH Common Fund ComPASS Program Coordination Center
The NIH Common Fund has issued the funding opportunity announcement RFA-RM-23-001, Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS): Coordination Center (U24 - Clinical Trial Optional). A technical assistance webinar for will by held on November 10, 2022.
Funding Opportunity | HEAL Initiative: Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations
The NIH has published a new HEAL Initiative funding opportunity announcement encouraging UG3/UH3 phased cooperative research applications to accelerate implementation of effective non-opioid interventions for chronic pain management in rural and remote populations.
September 2022 Advisory Council Video Available
Video of the September 2022 public session of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research is now available to view.
NINR Seeking Deputy Director
NINR is seeking applications from exceptional candidates for the position of Deputy Director to assist in providing leadership to one of the preeminent institutions for nursing research.