GRN Pump-priming awards 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the Global Research Nurses Pump Priming Awards!
Now closed
The Global Research Nurses knowledge hub and The Global Health Network awards small pump-priming awards for nursing and midwifery led research projects.
Nurses are always at the forefront of delivering care to patients and playing a key role in identifying and improving their quality of life. By getting involved in research, nurses can play a vital role in improving patient care since research is the only evidence-based method of deciding whether a new approach to care is better than current practice.
The Global Research Nurses Pump Priming Awards 2021 made available £20,000 for nurses and midwives in low and middle-income countries to support local research activities.
There were 183 applications from 35 countries for the Global Research Nurses Pump Priming Awards of which 94 went through to a second round for review, 16 were short-listed.
* Winners! *
Travel Award
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Workshop AwardMary Bi Suh Atanga, Head of Department of Nursing Country: Cameroon Project: Acquiring Research Skills by Practicing Nurses in Cameroon. This project will develop a virtual training series aimed at empowering Cameroonian Nurses and Midwives with the ability to initiate and undertake clinical and public health research for the improvement of professional standards and quality of care. Award: £7,534 |
Research Project Award
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There were excellent ideas that were not able to be funded, but we would like to see how we could work to support your work in other ways, through more training webinars, facilitating collaborations and identifying other funding opportunities. Please do consider joining Global Research Nurses and The Global Health Network to keep in touch.
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About the GRN Pump-priming awards 2021
Submissions are now closed
The Global Research Nurses hub and The Global Health Network have made available £20,000 funds for small pump-priming grants of between £2000 and £10000 specifically for nursing and midwifery led research projects relevant to Low and Middle Income Countries
Nurses are always at the forefront of delivering care to patients and playing a key role in identifying and improving their quality of life. By getting involved in research, nurses can play a vital role in improving patient care since research is the only evidence-based method of deciding whether a new approach to care is better than current practice.
The way nurses are involved in research is two-fold. Pure nursing research looks at practice and ways to improve nursing activities, interventions or approaches to education that enhance professional practice. Examples of this could be looking at hospital-acquired infections, central line infections or pressure ulcers that patients get when lying down for long periods of time.
The other type of research is using their expertise as a nurse and participating with an intra-professional group of people around a patient population, an illness or an injury. An example of this is studying the way that a team works together to resuscitate a patient during an emergency.
We are delighted to announce that Global Research Nurses and The Global Health Network (TGHN) have made available funds for small pump-priming grants of between £2000 and £10000 specifically for nursing and midwifery led research relevant to LMICs. These may be used for three types of activities:
- To fund an exchange visit(s) to or from another area working on the same nursing and midwifery research project or with a view to developing a collaborative project
- To cover the costs of conducting a new small research project (typically proof-of-principle studies to facilitate further funding through other funders)
- To host a local, national or regional workshop/meeting about nursing/midwifery research with a view to subsequently developing a project
- The grant application should be for either a research project, travel or a workshop, not a mixture
EligibilityTo qualify for these grants the lead applicant should:
We are particularly interested in supporting new partnerships. So, your application may be enhanced by inclusion of other individuals from other TGHN working groups or outside TGHN. Please contact the group directly or us should you need an introduction. PLEASE NOTE: these grants are intended for activities relating to questioning / understanding / optimising nursing and midwifery led research. Applications relating to projects/studies that are not nursing or midwifery led themselves are not eligibleWhat is includedFunds for the scheme are limited and will be awarded competitively. Each budget will be assessed individually by the panel of judges. The following costs are included:
Directly Incurred Costs: costs that are explicitly identifiable as arising from the conduct of a project, are charged as the cash value actually spent. This may include: printing, communication, patient/participant compensation (e.g. travel, catering for interviews), transcription/translation services, directly incurred staff costs dedicated to the project (e.g. research staff, temporary administration staff, or bought in services), computer software licenses, cloud storage, small equipment (e.g. voice recorders). All Items requested should be itemized, including how the value was estimated. Indirect Costs: LMIC applicants should calculate indirect costs as follows: Up to 20% of the total cost of the LMIC Directly Incurred costs can be requested as an additional contribution to indirect costs/overheads. If successful, LMIC awards will be paid at the start of the project. Eligible LMICs are listed on the OECD website
Venue hire, catering, printing (e.g. of programmes, flyers, other promotional materials), audio-visual equipment, subsistence and associated expenses of speakers, and other reasonable administrative costs connected with running a workshop and publishing proceedings. No indirect or estate costs / overheads can be requested for Workshop award applications.
Travel (standard-class rail and economy air fares, visa, transport to/from home and/or workshop airport), conference or training course fee (if the relevance to the proposed research can be demonstrated), accommodation (bed and breakfast), subsistence other (lunch, dinner). No indirect or estate costs / overheads can be requested Travel award applications. What is not included
Application processYou would need to provide the following information in English:
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Submissions closed on Friday 17th September 2021
Terms and conditions
- Applications open up Monday 16th August 2021
- Applicants may submit multiple entries, but only one will be funded per round/grant call
- The maximum project award is £10,000
- Applications will be assessed by a panel comprising Global Research Nurses, the Global Heath Network and Nursing Now. Reviewers’ decisions are final
- Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application no later than the 30th Sepetmber 2021.
- Global Research Nurses will issue a Research Collaboration Agreement contract (drafted and executed by University of Oxford) which must be signed by a formal representative of the Host Institute (usually the research manager at the University or similar of the Lead Applicant)
- 20% of the award will be retained until a post-project/event/visit
- A written report or publication (final or draft) is submitted by the awardee (within a limit of 6 months of the end of the award period) summarising the outputs and/or relevance to nursing
- and midwifery led research. This report (or link to subsequent publication) will be published on the websites of Global Research Nurses at The Global Health Network
- All project spent must be completed by 31st March 2022. This deadline is not extendable
- A ‘Statement of Expenditure’ or list of transactions will also be required
- Any published or presented material from these grants will need to acknowledge the Partnership funding support – including statements such as “This work was supported by The Burdett Trust for Nursing (SB\ZA\101010662\418160)".
Enquiries about the application process may be directed to Arancha de la Horra at Arancha.delahorra@ndm.ox.ac.uk or info@theglobalhealthnetwork.org