Eligibility
Individuals must be a faculty member in a full-time position with the nursing programs at Avila University, Research College of Nursing, or William Jewell College. Faculty members must have completed three full academic years. Primary consideration will be given to the merits of the research project. The nursing program administrator or nursing dean may also consider the impact the project may have on current and future program needs. Examples of projects include but are not limited to the following:

- Primary empirical research
- Evidence-based practice projects
- Education evaluation research
- Manuscript development

Priority will be given to applications from faculty members who have not received faculty research grants during the two preceding calendar years. If an applicant has previously received a faculty research grant, he or she would only be eligible for another grant if the required reports for the previous grant have been submitted and the outcomes have been documented.

Application Requirements
1. Completed Faculty Scholarship Grant Application Form. Download the Faculty Scholarship Grant Application Form (PDF).
2. A description of the proposed research grant project including the following information:

Describe the specific project for which you are applying, including a statement of the objective of the research project.

Please explain how this project fits in with your own long-range development plans.

Give specific dates through which your research grant-supported work would extend.

When you have completed the grant-supported segment of your project, how will you evaluate the experience and the achievement of the project objective?

All of these materials must be submitted to your nursing program administrator. Nursing program administrators will submit application materials to The Research Foundation.

Deadline
Applications for funding must be made to nursing program administrator or nursing dean by December 1. The nursing program administrator or nursing dean must submit the application with his/her recommendation to The Research Foundation by January 1. Distribution of funds will follow the completion of an evaluation report. The grantee will be expected to submit an expense report and a written evaluation of the project within 30 days after completion of the project. The report should be submitted to The Research Foundation and the nursing program administrator or nursing dean by December 1. Funding would be distributed by December 31. Applicants choosing two-year research projects will receive half of the grant after submitting the project update no later than December 1 of the first academic year.