Patrick was a very inquisitive person by nature. He loved to collect information, and you never knew when or how he would use it constructively in a discussion. (Not to mention the fact that he was a whiz at Trivial Pursuit!) So, it is fitting in his memory to support nurses in the clinical application of their own inquisitiveness to benefit patient care.
Click below to jump to information about:
-Program Goals
-General Guidelines and Requirements
-What is Funded
-Advice & Tips on Submitting a Successful Application
-Complete List of Previous Grants Funded
-View Grant Panel
Program Goals
For the DAISY Foundation: Funding research and evidence-based practice projects links our yearning to impact treatment of patients with auto-immune diseases and cancer and our passion for the compassionate work nurses do in healthcare facilities all over the world.
For Nurse Researchers: This program provides support for nurses who
- Continually evaluate their practice
- Seek answers to clinical questions in an effort to improve their practice
- Change their practice based on evidence and evaluation of that change
For Patients with Auto-Immune Diseases and Cancer: Nurses will improve care outcomes as a result of their findings!
General Guidelines and Requirements
To be eligible, the principal investigator of the study must be a registered nurse with a current license.
Research must impact patients or family members of patients with an auto-immune disease or cancer. While we recognize the vital importance of caring for nurses in improving outcomes for patients, our grants are exclusively for studies or evidence-based practice projects that directly benefit patients and/or their families. If your work will not directly include patients or their families with cancer or an auto-immune disease, your study or project will not be considered.
It is imperative that nurse clinicians play a meaningful role in your study or project in its conceptualization, data collection, analysis, and/or reporting. You will be asked to describe the role of staff nurses both in your letter of intent and application to ensure that this program is enhancing the research/EBP knowledge and experience of nurse clinicians.
We seek studies whose findings will be transferable to other organizations and practitioners once they are completed.
Applicants should be ready to implement their projects immediately following funding from The DAISY Foundation. This is one reason why our application requires you provide evidence of permission to use the tools you propose.
Only projects approved by your IRB or which have been exempted in writing by your IRB will be funded. A copy of your IRB approval on IRB letterhead and with an appropriate signature will be required prior to our funding your grant. If you do not have IRB approval yet, that is not a problem. You may apply for a grant while IRB approval is pending. Just know we will not actually fund without IRB approval.
Studies and projects should plan to be completed within one year of starting the work.
What is Funded
Checks will only be written to your institution or a specified fund at your institution, not to an individual investigator.
Research- $7,500
EBP- $2,500
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If Your Grant is Funded
INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS
At the halfway point and at the conclusion of your study or evidence-based practice project, we require a report from our Grantees. To review the requirements for these reports, please click on the following:
Interim Report or Final Report
PUBLISHING YOUR WORK
If you receive funding from us, please recognize The DAISY Foundation upon publication/presentation of your research in the following way:
- Funding provided by The DAISY Foundation’s J. Patrick Barnes Grant for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects
- A DAISY Foundation logo will be provided for your use.
- We will post the findings of your study on our web site and will discuss with you the specifics prior to our doing so.
In your letter of agreement provided with your grant application, you committed to submitting your presentation to the Sigma Repository. Please provide your presentation, either as slides (PowerPoint) or your poster, and the corresponding abstract, for inclusion in the Sigma Repository (www.SigmaRepository.org) by completing this form: https://sigmanursing.formstack.com/forms/daisy_grant_report.
- The Sigma Repository is a free resource of Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma). It was created for nurses and nursing students to disseminate materials not made available through traditional publishing methods. Only nurses and nursing students may submit material. Sigma membership is not required.
- The repository allows authors to experience the benefits of dynamic dissemination and the dissemination of posters with abstracts does not interfere with later publication of the full-length work in a peer-reviewed journal. Presenters can quantify the global impact of their work through the repository’s publicly available view and download statistics and Altmetric subscription which allows presenters to track online mentions of their work on a variety of platforms.
- Copyright is retained by submitters. The permanent web link to each submission may be cited on a resume, personal/faculty web page, tenure dossier, or curriculum vitae. Submissions are permanently stored on secure servers.
IF AN INVESTIGATOR LEAVES THE INSTITUTION
The DAISY Foundation must be notified by email (bonniebarnes@DAISYfoundation.org) should any member of the research team leave the institution.
IF A PROJECT CANNOT BE COMPLETED
If a project funded by The DAISY Foundation cannot be completed for any reason, the Foundation must be informed immediately and unspent funds must be returned to the Foundation. In summary, we will fund studies and projects that represent good science, will impact patients and their families in a direct way, and have potential outside one's own institution.
Advice & Tips on Submitting a Successful Application
DAISY’s Bonnie Barnes talked with Review Panel Chair Dr. Margaret Barton-Burke, PhD, RN, FAAN on submitting a successful grant. View the conversation here.
View a webinar explaining our guidelines in further detail and additional advice on how to submit a successful application, from former Grantee and member of the Grant review board Kelly Brassil, PhD, RN, AOCNS, ACNS-BC here.
Catching Up with Past Grantees: How their funds were used, information disseminated and tips and advice for future applicants.
See a listed recap of 10 tips from reviewers on what things to consider when applying and what they look for in a successful submission here.
Application Forms:
To apply, the first step is to complete the Letter of Intent Application Form for your Research or Evidence-based Practice Project. Click Here to apply now!
Complete List of Previous Grants Funded
Click here to see a complete list of previous grants funded.
View Grant Panel
Applications are reviewed by a volunteer team of nurse scientists whose special focus is on research and evidence-based practice:
Margaret Barton-Burke, PhD, RN, FAAN, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Elizabeth Bridges, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, University of Washington Medical Center
Kelly Brassil, PhD, RN, AOCNS, ACNS-BC, Pack Health
Gina Bufe, RN, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Mercy Health System, St Louis
Jean Ann Connor, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, Boston Children's Hospital
Laura Cullen, MA, RN, FAAN, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, PhD, RN, University of Washington Tacoma, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Ann M. Dylis, PhD, RN, Independent Research Consultant
Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA School of Nursing
Élise Arsenault Knudsen MS, RN, ACNSBC, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Mary Beth Flynn Makic, RN, PhD, CNS, CCNS, CCRN, FAAN, FNAP University of Colorado College of Nursing; University of Colorado Hospital
Kathy Oman, RN, PhD, FAEN, FAAN, University of Colorado Hospital
Patricia Thomas, RN, PhD, Trinity Home Health Services