Research & Program Grants

Curious about the types of research and projects Sigma Nursing has supported? Explore past research grant recipients and see how their work is advancing nursing and healthcare.

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Find resources that help you identify opportunities, prepare your application, and meet grant requirements.

• Grant FAQs – Find answers to common application and eligibility questions
• Final Grant Report Guidelines – Review reporting requirements for grant recipients

2 October Application Deadline

Emergency Nurses Association Foundation (ENA) Grant

27 October Application Deadline

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Grant
(Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)

Applications are generally open three months before the deadline.

1 December Application Deadline

• Small Grants (10–15 awarded annually)
• Alpha Eta Collaborative Research Grant
  (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Rosemary Berkel Crisp Research Grant
  (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Western Institute of Nursing Research Grant
  (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Dr. Dorothy Brooten Transitional Care Research Grant
• Doris Bloch Research Grant
• American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) Grant (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)

21 January Application Deadline

• National League for Nursing (NLN) Grant

1 April Application Deadline

• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Grant (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End-of-Life Nursing Care Research Grant
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses Research Grant (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Grant (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Grant (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)

1 May Application Deadline

• Dr. Martha Pitel Global Nursing Research Grant
• Dr. Patricia E. Thompson Global Nursing Research Grant
• Dr. Hasnah Banjar Nursing Research Grant
• American Nurses Credentialing Center Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Implementation Grant
  (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)
• Joan K. Stout, RN, Research Grant

1 June Application Deadline

• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) Grant
  (Sigma and/or co-sponsored organization membership required)

See individual grant pages for full eligibility and membership requirements.