Stay up-to-date on the latest announcements, events, and research highlights from NINR.

A new training program at NINR is working to ensure that nurse researchers have the skills and expertise needed to incorporate a social determinants of health perspective in their work.

Watch the recording of Dr. Stephanie Hawkins, Vice President of the Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE) at RTI International, as she discusses the role of nursing research in advancing science in firearm injury prevention using a social determinants of health lens.

NINR invites prospective participants to submit letters of interest for our first SDOH Summer Research Institute, a new event designed to provide early and mid-career investigators the opportunity to learn more about and apply the principles of high-quality SDOH research. Submissions Due: May 28, 2024

The Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is a free, guided 10-week program designed to help first-time applicants.

Explore how NINR-supported research is making a difference. Check out our latest video series, which highlights how NINR-funded researchers are applying our research lenses to advance public health.

Scientist and certified nurse practitioner Paule V. Joseph, PhD MS, FNP-BC, FAAN, received a Protégé Award at this year’s Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) NightinGala.

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.

The NIH-wide Social Determinants of Health Research Coordinating Committee (SDOH RCC), established in 2022, was created out of an urgent need to develop a coordinated strategy to propel discoveries to improve individual and population health, reduce health disparities, and advance health equity.

The video recording of NINR's third Director's Lecture of 2023 is now available to view. On July 12, 2023, Dr. Sarah A. Stoddard, Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Paul Kuehnert, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Health Accreditation Board, presented research priorities and the practice and policy implications of nursing research through the population and community health lens.