2025 Implementation Grant  Application Eligibility and Submission Procedures

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Thank you for your interest in the ENA Foundation Implementation Grant. The mission of the ENA Foundation is to provide educational scholarships and research grants in the discipline of emergency nursing.   

Application Deadline:                 August 8th, 2025

Maximum Amount Awarded:      $500.00

Recipient Notification: Mid-October 2025

Final Report due:  December 1, 2026 

Please read the following eligibility and submission instructions before applying. To begin the application process, you must create an account.

Eligibility Criteria: 

The principal investigator must:

Be a current ENA member. (Not a member? Click here to join!)Submit a complete application with a signed research agreement. Be ready to or have already started the research project. Not have served on the ENA board of directors or ENA Foundation board in the immediate past three years.  Not be a current member of the Foundation research committee

Application Submission Instructions:

Step 1: Create an Account 

Step 2: Complete your Implementation Grant Application

Step 3: Submit your application

Note: Your application is not complete until you select the “submit” button

Please contact the ENA Foundation at 847.460.4100 or by e-mail at ENA.Foundation@ena.org if you have any questions.

Funding:  This research grant is funded by the ENA Foundation. Funds are not available for: completed research, development of a research proposal, investigator salary, travel expenses, indirect costs, computer, software, or fax machine expenses. A brief study budget explaining the usage of funds requested must accompany each grant proposal.

Research Initiatives: Seed research grants such as this Implementation Grant may be awarded to projects addressing a number of clinical problems, but priority will be given to projects that address initiatives relating to: 

Boarding (Boarded patient care guidelines, Throughput, ED crowding/overcrowding)Workplace violence prevention/intervention strategies. Nurse wellbeing (Burnout, Healthy work environment, i.e., total worker health)Appropriate use of ED/public education on when to use ED New graduates in the ED/training new graduate nurses and length of orientation. Mental health care/behavioral health (adult and pediatric Disaster training DEI – diversity, equity, inclusion/bias and discrimination

Application Procedure:

All completed applications will be submitted for and reviewed by a designated research review team.   Allocation of funds is based on the quality of the research proposal and researcher qualifications. Applicants will be notified of the panel's decision by the notification deadline. Duplicate funding is not permissible. Supplemental funding from other organizations is acceptable if funds are not used to pay for the same item twice. Institutional Review Board approval must be on file with the ENA Foundation prior to the issuing of funds. If an IRB does not exist at the institution, the ENA Foundation reserves the right to protect such interests. The ENA Foundation must be notified in writing (review Reports/Publications) if a principal investigator’s employer changes during the funding period. If the study is not completed, any unused funds must be returned to the ENA Foundation unless there is a clear plan to continue the study. This plan must be submitted in writing to ENA Foundation.Final report must be submitted 60 days following the 12-month grant funding period. 

Recommendations for Consultation:  If you are not an experienced researcher but you are interested in conducting nursing research in emergency care areas, it is strongly advised that you seek consultation from a nursing research expert in your local area. 

Reports and Publications:      

A final report must be submitted no later than one year after the grant is awarded. If a final report is not received, funding must be returned. Mention of the funding source “ENA Foundation” is required in all publications and presentations. A copy of any publications based on this work must be submitted to the ENA Foundation.  The investigator is required to give the right of first refusal to the Journal of Emergency Nursing for publication of the research. Investigator is encouraged to submit for abstract poster presentations at the ENA Annual Conference. Please forward a copy of any articles, presentations and published information regarding the study to the ENA Foundation at the ENA national office. 

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