Eligibility Requirements and Submission for AACN Grants

Eligibility  

All AACN members are eligible to apply for grants. Principal investigators must be registered nurses holding current AACN membership at the time of submission and must remain AACN members throughout the life of the grant funding.

Applicants for the AACN-Sigma Theta Tau Critical Care Grant must hold membership in either AACN or Sigma Theta Tau, International.

The following are ineligible to receive grant funding:

• Principal investigators who have previously received AACN grant funding during the lifetime of their original awards (defined as enrollment of the first subject to completion of data analyses and preparation of abstract for presentation or publication of study findings)
• Members of the AACN Research Grant Review Pane during their term of review
• Members of the AACN Board of Directors and AACN Certification Corporation Board of Directors

Members of the AACN and AACN Certification Board of Directors may not serve as consultants on grants during their term of office.

Submission

All proposal submissions are due at the end of the business day (Pacific time) on November 1. Submissions will be treated as privileged communication with access restricted to members of the AACN Research Grant Review Panel, board of directors and appropriate national office staff.

Submissions must be prepared and uploaded according to the published instructions. See Applying for an AACN Grant.

No changes to submitted materials can be made after uploading.

Principal investigators must submit their own materials. PIs must log in with AACN member ID and upload documents on the AACN Grants Submission page. (This is a computer system requirement.)

Submissions received after the deadline will not be reviewed, nor will they be held for consideration in the next funding cycle.

After submitting, principal investigators will receive an email acknowledging the receipt of the grant application materials. Notification of the decisions of the review panel will be made approximately 90 days after the application deadline.