Reducing Health Disparities Innovation Grant

Reducing Health Disparities
Innovation Grant

Program’s Purpose
This special one-time grant, in an amount up to $5,000, is administered by the Tennessee Nurses Foundation (TNF) and funded through the American Nurses Association’s National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, which reduces health disparities.

Persistent health disparities disproportionately affect Tennesseans based on race, ethnicity, income, geography, disability status, and other factors. These inequities are fueled by structural, social, and systemic factors that require evidence-based, community-informed solutions.

The grant will support innovative, rigorous, and actionable research that advances understanding or tests evidence-based interventions that promote health equity and improve outcomes for Tennesseans who are underserved or otherwise at risk for poor health outcomes.

Priority research areas for this request for applications include, but are not limited to:

Behavioral health
Maternal/child health
Social and structural drivers of health, e.g., housing, transportation, food security, employment, education
Health care access and quality, e.g., care navigation, workforce diversity, telehealth, etc.
Chronic disease prevention and management

Eligibility Process

Registered Nurse/s with a current Tennessee license.
Must have been a continuous member of the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) for at least one year before this grant application is submitted.
Must not have received funding from TNF within the previous twelve (12) months.
The research project is ready to begin.
If the project requires, must have received IRB approval from the review board of the institution where the data collection will occur.
If the project requires, provide documentation of human subject and/or animal protection approval forms from the institutional Policies of the Research Grants Program.
Provide a detailed itemized cost projection for the project, including the time span involved. This grant does not support funding for F&A (Facilities & Administrative) costs associated with your research.

Grant Application Deadlines
August 31, 2026

Your Responsibilities
Submission of a final report is required upon completion of the project. In addition, reports may be submitted as updates on the project throughout the course of your research if you desire. The grant recipient/s acknowledge their final report will be published in the Tennessee Nurse should the information provided benefit the publication.

General Information

Allocation of funds is based on the proposed research's quality, the applicant's future promise, and the applicant's research budget. Applications from novice researchers who have received no other funding are encouraged.
When more than one investigator is listed, the first named individual will be the person with whom TNF will communicate and the investigator who will assume responsibility for conducting the research.
Current TNF and TNA Board members and their immediate family (spouse, children, grandchildren) are not eligible to apply.

Name

First NameLast Name

Credentials

Applicant's Home Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Cellphone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Email

A copy of your submission will be sent to this email

Are you a member of TNA?

If yes, how long have you been a member?

Provide your TNA District number.

Degree

Certification(s)

Employer

Employer's address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Work phone number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Work email (if different than above)

Position

Dates of employment

Immediate supervisor's name

I am a graduate of

List School of Nursing

Year graduated

Amount of grant requested

Based on projected costs

Expected Date of Completion

Will IRB approval be required?

If yes: Date IRB approval expected

List all other sources of funding you now have or have applied for covering the time span involved. Indicate status of request, (i.e. granted for September 20___; denied; pending receipt of federal funding, etc.)

Rows	Name of Source	Amount Requested	Status of Request
Source 1
Source 2
Source 3
Source 4

Briefly describe how this research will improve the care of patients or impact the profession of nursing in Tennessee.

What are your plans to disseminate the results of this research?

What, if any, research experience have you had in the past?

REQUIRED UPLOADS

Documents must be uploaded prior to clicking the below Submit button. Submissions without required uploaded documents will not be accepted.

Upload your abstract and proposal narrative.

Upload appendices, if any.

Upload IRB approval if required.

Upload your detailed itemized cost projection for the project. This grant does not support funding for F&A (Facilities & Administrative) costs associated with your research. (Eligibility Process, #7).

Upload TWO letters of support from persons who can verify the applicant's potential to carry out the project. One letter of support must be from an experienced researcher.

Tennessee Nurses Foundation
545 Mainstream Drive, Suite 401
Nashville, TN 37228-1296
Phone: 615-254-0350 ext. 3

Questions: Contact Kathryn Denton at 615-254-0350 Ext. 3 or email TNF@TNurses.Care

Reducing Health Disparities Innovation Grant

EDUCATION SECTION

Employment Information

Program Details and Specifics

Research Goals