Research Grants
2024/25 Online Application Open
Please review the Research Grant Funding Application Guide below, before applying online.
The ARNET Research Grants are designed to fund high impact, patient-focused health research projects led by registered nurses working in Alberta based health care organizations.
Impact on registered nursing practice needs to be articulated and patient outcomes need to be measured.
To access our Research Grant Funding Application Guide, click here
To view FAQ for ARNET Research Grants, click here
All funding decisions are final
Graduate students (Master’s and PhD) research projects are not eligible for this grant. Graduate students can apply for continuing education or scholarship funding.
ARNET belairdirect
Nursing Research Grant Recipient
Laurie Lee, NP, MN, PhD Candidate (Epidemiology)
Comfort-Holding in Critically Ill Kids (CHiCKSs):
Patient and caregiver focus groups
Laurie is a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Nurse Practitioner, Clinician Researcher, and Director of the PICU Research Program at Alberta Children's Hospital. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Adjunct Clinical Associate in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary.
Laurie has over 20 years of bedside practice as either a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner and has practiced in Edmonton, San Francisco, Bermuda, the United Kingdom and Calgary where she has been for the last 15 years.
As Director of the ACH PICU Research program, Laurie is the first Nurse to lead a PICU research program in Canada. She acts as the local principal investigator for many national and international studies and mentors PICU staff, physicians and trainees in the conduct of both quality improvement evaluation and research.
Laurie is the lead of the Comfort Holding in Critically Ill Kids (CHiCKS) program of research which aims to study the benefits of comfort-holding for children admitted to the PICU.
Thank you to belairdirect for their sponsorship of this ARNET Nursing Research Grant.
RESEARCH IN ACTION
ARNET is proud to announce the publication of Ashley Watson and Anna Pujadas Botey’s peer-reviewed manuscript, a key outcome of our first ARNET-funded grant on colorectal cancer diagnosis in hospital settings.
Published in BMC Health Services Research
Why Is Research Important?
To provide evidence-based care to Albertans, we need evidence. And with their knowledge and hands-on experience, nurses can identify problems, design, and conduct research studies, and collect evidence that leads to better care. Nursing research has a direct impact on patients and families.
Research Funded by ARNET
Pressure-injury prevention a family affair; Retired nurse shares her personal story to raise awareness
ABOUT US & THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH FUNDING
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Meet ARNET
Marilyn Wacko, ARNET ED's Address
Nursing Research Fund Launch
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NURSING RESEARCH LUNCHEON 2023
Marilyn Wacko, RN, ARNET Executive Director
ARNET April 28 Nursing Research Luncheon Edmonton
Stephanie Wold, Nurse Practitioner & Carmel Montgomery, PhD, RN
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Jananee Rasiah, RN, PhD Candidate
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Timur (Tim) Bazavluk, Nurse Practitioner
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Andrea Cole-Haskayne, RN
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Kate Wong, RN
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Keith King, RN
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Ashley Watson, RN & Anna Pujadas Botey, PhD
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