In 2004, The National Institute of Nursing Research launched a new pilot training project, the Graduate Partnership Program (GPP) in Biobehavioral Research, with a consortium of universities that includes Schools of Nursing at:

• Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
  
  
• Oregon Health & Sciences University, School of Nursing
  
  
• University of California at San Francisco, School of Nursing
  
  
• University of Iowa, College of Nursing
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing
  
  
• University of Utah, College of Nursing
  
  

The goal of this GPP is to develop partnerships between schools of nursing participating in the consortium and intramural NIH laboratories to provide cutting-edge research training for outstanding doctoral students in three focal areas of science:

• Symptom management
  
  
• Genetics
  
  
• End-of-life/palliative care
  
  

Within these focal science areas, research opportunities in this program are diverse and range from basic science approaches to clinical trials and may be available within many NIH Institutes.

Graduate scholars selected for this GPP complete their coursework at their respective graduate partnership university (up to 2 years, depending on partnership university curriculum requirements). Following completion of coursework, graduate scholars come to NIH to begin research for their graduate dissertations in an intramural laboratory under the guidance of both an NIH intramural investigator and the partnership university mentor.

The NINR will support competitively selected graduate scholars for up to five years under an NINR/University Partnership Agreement. Funding for students includes support for tuition and fees, stipend, health insurance and a small travel allowance. Successful completion of the program will lead to the PhD degree from the partnership university.

For more information, contact NINR:

Raymond Dionne, DDS, PhD
31 Center Drive, Room 5B-13
Bethesda MD 20892
(301) 402-1446
dionner@mail.nih.gov