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- Does my institution need to be an accredited school of nursing?
- Do salary support funds cover summer salary?
- Can the primary mentor be the Dean (or Department Chair) of the SON?
- What is the maximum grant amount and what is the grant period?
- The School of Nursing falls within a larger college at my university, and therefore does not have a dean. Should I request my dean's letter from the dean of the college or the director of the school?
- Can I use a team of mentors?
- How many meetings is my mentor required to attend?
- What role will each of my mentors play?
- Can I compensate my primary nursing and research mentors for their time?
- Does my institution need to be an accredited school of nursing?
Yes, grants will be awarded only to accredited schools of nursing.
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- Do salary support funds cover summer salary?
RWJF grant funds are applied to the annual salary (60 percent FTE). These funds can be allocated across the year in differing percentages in different semesters so that summer salary is covered in cases of 9 or 10 month contracts.
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- Can the primary mentor be the Dean (or Department Chair) of the SON?
Yes, the primary mentor can be the Dean of your SON or another senior faculty member who could fill that role.
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- What is the maximum grant amount and what is the grant period?
Up to 15 awards of up to $350,000 each over three years will be available in this round of funding.
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- The School of Nursing falls within a larger college at my university, and therefore does not have a dean. Should I request my dean's letter from the dean of the college or the director of the school?
The RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars program recognizes that schools of nursing are structured in many different ways. You should request the letter from the person who authorizes your time and salary within the school, and who can authorize the engagement of your university.
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- Can I use a team of mentors?
While we do not discourage more than two mentor relationships, the RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars program asks that you identify a primary nursing mentor and a secondary research mentor. Letters of commitment and biographical sketches are required from these individuals.
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- How many meetings is my mentor required to attend?
Primary mentors will attend three national meetings with the Scholar (one each year) and the NFS Orientation meeting in the fall of the first year of the grant. Research mentors are not required to participate in meetings. Scholars will also attend at least one other meeting annually for leadership training purposes.
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- What role will each of my mentors play?
The primary nursing mentor is a senior nurse faculty member in the Scholar's School of Nursing. He/she will assume primary responsibility for ensuring that the scholar learns how to juggle successfully the tripartite responsibilities of academia (teaching, research, and professional/institutional service) in a particular university. The research mentor is a non-nurse senior researcher in the university (not in the school of nursing) with similar or complementary research interests. The research mentor is from a discipline different from nursing. They are responsible for helping the scholar to orchestrate an externally-funded program of research. An important aspect of this role is helping the scholar make interdisciplinary connections within the university in their focus area. The national program office will also appoint a national mentor at the beginning of the Scholar's program. The national mentor is a senior nursing leader with expertise in the scholar's general research area. This mentor will provide leadership development in nursing and will serve as a resource in shaping the scholar's career in academic nursing and in their area of research.
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- Can I compensate my primary nursing and research mentors for their time?
Both your primary nursing mentor and research mentor can be compensated for their time up to 2-4 days/year ($500/day). That compensation should come from the Scholars' budgets. The primary mentor from your School of Nursing will be compensated for travel and attendance at the national meeting. Those funds will come from the National Program Office Budget.
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