Advancing health equity into the future
NINR's mission is to lead nursing research to solve pressing health challenges and inform practice and policy – optimizing health and advancing health equity into the future.
News and Events
Stay up-to-date on the latest announcements, events, and research highlights from NINR.
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NIH Launches Community-led Research Program to Advance Health Equity
Through the NIH Common Fund Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) program, NIH made 26 awards to community organizations and a coordinating center, totaling approximately $171 million over five years, pending the availability of funds. NINR is pleased to be administering the coordinating center award.
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NINR Request for Information (RFI): Advancing Nursing Research in Climate and Health
NINR has published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments and testimonies from the extramural scientific community, professional societies, and the general public regarding research gaps in which nursing research can make a difference and/or provide a unique perspective on advancing nursing research in climate and health. -
Dr. Courtney Aklin to Join NINR as Deputy Director
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Courtney Aklin will join NINR as its new Deputy Director. -
Funding Opportunity: Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings
NINR has published a funding opportunity to advance research that reduces firearm injury and disparities through the development and evaluation of firearm injury primary prevention interventions leveraging community healthcare settings. A technical assistance webinar for this funding opportunity will be held on October 2, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. (ET). -
2023 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge: Technologies to Empower Nurses in Community Settings
The Design by Biomedical Undergraduate (DEBUT) Challenge is an annual contest that recognizes excellence in biomedical design and innovation. The challenge is open to teams of undergraduate students developing technologies to address unmet health care needs. NINR funds the 2023 DEBUT Challenge Technologies to Empower Nurses in Community Settings prize. -
Inaugural Climate and Health Scholar Builds Climate and Health Research Capacity at NINR
As part of the inaugural Climate and Health Scholars cohort, NINR has been honored to host Patrice Nicholas, DNSc, a teaching professor and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Profession’s Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health, and co-director for Policy and Advocacy at the MGH Center for the Environment and Health.
Funding opportunities that improve health outcomes
NINR believes that nursing research is the key to unlocking the power and potential of nursing. NINR offers grants to individuals at all points in their career, from early investigators to established scientists. NINR grants also support small businesses and research centers.
Addressing public health challenges through research
NINR-supported researchers explore and address some of the most important challenges affecting the health of the American people. Learn about accomplishments from the community of NINR-supported scientists across the United States.
Advancing social determinants of health research at NIH
Over 20 NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices are working collaboratively to accelerate NIH-wide SDOH research across diseases and conditions, populations, stages of the life course, and SDOH domains.