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Hartford Research Initiatives

  • Increase the number and quality of pre and post doctoral students and strengthen their training programs
  • Entice undergraduate students to pursue gerontological nurse scientists careers
  • Initiate a BSN-PhD program in our Gerontological Focal Area

Hartford research initiatives will serve the Midwestas a nexus for enhancing the quality and quantity of gerontological nursing research in the Midwest by coordinating:

  • an expanded inter-university senior-junior gerontological faculty mentoring program
  • a gerontological seed grants program to aid junior faculty in establishing successful programs of gerontological nursing research, deliver week-long summer method camps and initiate a 4-week summer research intensive.

Grants Management Guide

The Grants Management Manual is designed to help you manage a grant after you have received the award. This helpful guide, designed by Iowa's John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing, will give you the information you need to manage a grant.

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Young Scientist Program

The University of Iowa College of Nursing Young Scientist Program provides year-long mentored research experiences for undergraduate nursing students. The opportunity to participate as a YSP student is open to all undergraduate and RN-BSN progression students. This innovative program is sponsored by The University of Iowa Provost's Office, the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, and the Nancy Stence Creason Nursing Young Scientist Scholarship. University of Iowa College of Nursing Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, Doctoral Students and UIHC Staff are encouraged to participate as a mentor with an active clinical nursing research project.

Download pdf application forms for:

Student Applications
Mentor Applications

Gerontological Nursing Research Summer Scholars Seminar

The Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center (GNIRC) and the Iowa Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) will partner with the Arkansas HCGNE to host a Gerontological Nursing Research Summer Scholars Seminar July 14-18. The GNIRC and HCGNE will offer regional mechanisms for collaboration and mentoring among Colleges of Nursing in the Midwest region of the United States. The Summer Scholars Seminar is a program to assist faculty members in revising and strengthening proposals after critiques.




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