UCSF School of Nursing (SON) and UCSF Health Center for Nursing Excellence and Innovation are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2023 UCSF Clinical Nursing Research (CNR) Grant. This grant provides financial support for pilot research projects led by a collaborative investigator team that includes a UCSF SON faculty member and a UCSF Health clinical nurse.      

The primary goals of this grant are to:

• Foster the spirit of clinical inquiry amongst nurses at UCSF Health
• Develop knowledge and skills for applying the scientific method to answer clinical research questions
• Develop and strengthen partnerships between faculty investigators and clinical nurses to design and implement clinically meaningful research projects that ultimately lead to new knowledge that positively impacts the healthcare of patients/families.

Projects may be funded up to $15,000.

The application submission period closed on December 16, 2022. Notifications about decisions will be send in early February 2023

For questions, please contact:
• Dr. Maria Yefimova, Lead Nurse Scientist, UCSF Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation, [email protected] 
• Dr. Julene Johnson, Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing, [email protected]
• Dr. Hildy Schell-Chaple, Director of Clinical Practice & Research, Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation, [email protected]