Deadline:

Feb 2, 2010 - Closed

Program Area:

Building Human Capital

Purpose:

The goal of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars (NFS) program is to develop the next generation of national leaders in academic nursing through career development awards for outstanding junior nursing faculty. The program aims to strengthen the academic productivity and overall excellence of nursing schools by providing mentorship, leadership training and salary and research support to young faculty.

Program Information:

• Call for Applications


• Overview (PDF)

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

Candidates must:

• Be a registered nurse with a research doctorate in nursing or a related discipline.
• Be a junior faculty member in an accredited school of nursing in an academic position that could lead to tenure. (Junior faculty members are defined as those who have beenin a faculty position after completing their doctorate for at least two years and no more than five years at the start of the program and usually are at the instructor or assistant professor level.)
• Identify at least one senior leader in the school of nursing to serve as an institutional mentor for academic career planning and to provide access to organizations, programs and colleagues helpful to the candidate's work as a Scholar.
• Identify at least one senior researcher in the university with similar or complementary research interests to serve as a research mentor. We encourage Scholars to select the research mentor from a discipline outside of nursing.
• Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application and must not be receiving support from other research fellowships/traineeships when they begin the program.

We embrace racial, ethnic and gender diversity and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.

Selection criteria is based on the following:

• Evidence of the potential for and strong commitment to a full career as an academic nurse leader, with the capacity to achieve rank of full professor.
• Evidence that the nominating institution and its senior leadership are committed to supporting the candidate’s academic career and activities during the program.
• Evidence of the availability and commitment of qualified mentors and academic resources, including space as appropriate, at the candidate’s institution.
• Evidence of the potential to become a national leader in the candidate’s scholarly focus area.
• Evidence of the candidate’s commitment to teaching excellence.
• Evidence of the candidate’s commitment to racial, ethnic, gender and cultural diversity in nursing.
• General merit of the candidate’s research proposal.
• Potential of the proposed research and scholarship area to serve as a foundation for the candidate’s academic career and contribution to: nursing science; interdisciplinary knowledge in a focus area; and improvement of health and health care in the United States.

Key Dates:

• December 10, 2009 (10 a.m. ET) and December 15, 2009 (2 p.m. ET)—Informational applicant Web conferences. Registration is required. Please see details on the program’s Web site.
• February 2, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of applications.
• April 7, 2010—Notification of semifinalist status.
• May 4–6, 2010—Semifinalist interviews with the national advisory committee.
• May 12, 2010—Notification of finalists.
• September 1, 2010—Appointments begin.

Total Award:

• Up to 12 awards of up to $350,000 each over three years will be available in this round of funding.

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office