Military nurse scholars gather for education and training by military nursing leaders at TSNRP event.

EVENTS

Research & Evidence-Based Practice Dissemination Course

24-26 March 2026 | Baltimore/Washington Metro Area
Presentation Submissions Open: 2 September - 3 November 2025, 11:59PM PST
Presentation Acceptance Notice: 2 December 2025
Attendee Registration Opens: 3 December 2025

This popular education course for military nurse scholars features keynote lectures by military nursing leaders and nationally known clinical experts. Plus, you gain an opportunity to present the latest operational nursing advancements in nursing science that support readiness, resilience, and warfighter casualty care, whether it's a research study or EBP project. TSNRP Research Interest Groups (RIG)s also hold in-person meetings and presentations.

Presentation Submission Requirements

The presentation submission application requires the following:

Presentation applications and all required information is submitted via CVENT. Each presenter must select one presentation category, either Lightning Round (3 minutes) or Research Interest Group Plenary Presentation (10 minutes).
Lightning Rounds Presentations: Presenter must be a U.S. Active Duty, Reserves, or National Guard military nurse. Up to 24 presentations (12 Evidence-Based Practice & 12 Research) may be accepted based on the highest scores from the scientific peer review process. Only 1 presentation per presenter will be accepted, and presenters may not share the podium with colleagues.
RIG Plenary Presentations: Presenter must be a U.S. Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, or retired military nurse and a TSNRP RIG member. Up to 6 EBP and 6 Research topics will be accepted based on the highest scores from the scientific peer review process. Ideally, each RIG will present at least 1 EBP project and 1 Research study in the Plenary sessions.
Presentations must be submitted on the official 2026 TSNRP MSPowerPoint template in a .PPTX file format. Download official PPT template
Presentations must be submitted with a written PAO approval in PDF file format, whether via a signed form or email from a local PAO officer. Presentations without PAO approval in PDF file format upon submission will be disqualified.
Presenters much submit a dress uniform headshot, biosketch of no more than 50 words, rank, and full nursing credentials in the order you would like them presented.
Presenters must be available IN-PERSON 24-26 March 2026 in the Baltimore/Washington metro area. This course is held in-person ONLY, pending the latest DoD and CDC travel guidance.

PLEASE NOTE:

Topics presented at other conferences or courses in the prior 12 months are ineligible for submission.
Travel funding is only provided for one presenter
TSNRP funded awards must use their funds to attend or present, if accepted
OCONUS travel funding is limited.
Incomplete and inaccurate submissions will not be accepted.
There are no poster presentations.

Submit Abstract

Evidence-Based Practice Workshop for Military Nursing & Readiness

By Request (as funds are available)

Understand Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) concepts, and the importance of EBP for operational readiness and nursing care of warfighters in operational settings, and the military health care system. As an attendee, you will identify a problem, apply clinical inquiry, and develop a PICO(T) question. You'll learn how to do a literature search, and how to create an EBP project. The workshop includes a 2-hour pre-course reading assignment, a half-day EBP Coaching Workshop for selected participants, a one-day EBP Workshop for all participants, and three post-course EBP coaching sessions to be completed in the months following the workshop. This event is ideal for CNS/APRNs and healthcare personnel coaching EBP teams.

Note: For Active Duty Military Nurses Only

EBP Request Form

Writing Workshop

Check back next Spring for 2026 course dates!

This demanding, 3-day interactive event includes ample writing time, individual critiques, and self-reflective learning, with homework assigned every evening. The dedicated writing time and in-person mentoring is designed for you to complete and submit a:

Manuscript for publication
Clinical Practice Guideline
Grant proposal
Final/technical report
Other scientific product

In addition to the in-person workshop, students are required to review--in advance--training modules located in the TSNRP On Demand Learning Center. Information to access the videos will be sent to all registrants accepted to the workshop. Students will complete an online evaluation and receive CNE credits after full completion of all online and in-person modules. Students who do not fully review the modules, will be ineleigible to attend the in-person workshop. The eight (8) online training modules include:

General Writing Strategies & Journal Selection
Targeting Your Paper to a Specific Audience or Readers
Writing a Publishable Manuscript
Military Publications: Strategies for Success While On Active Duty
Considerations for Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Medical & Nursing Journals
Differentiating & Writing Review Manuscripts
Rejections, Revise, & Resubmit
Using AI in Grant Writing: Enhancing Efficiency, Precision & Success

PleaseNote:

Completion of monthly virtual assignments with an assigned TSNRP mentor is required to attend the in-person module.
Attendance to the Writing Workshop is limited to one time.

Research & Evidence-Based Practice Grant Camp

Check back next Spring for 2026 course dates!

The Research and EBP Grant Camp is designed for novice nurse scientists and graduate nursing students who plan to submit a EBP or research grant application in response to a TSNRP Funding Opportunity Announcement. The goal of Grant Camp is for attendees to produce scientifically sound research or EBP grant application on an operational topic that aligns with the priorities of TSNRP.

Grant Camp features:

A modest amount of didactic content about grantsmanship.
Substantial time to apply the didactic content to continue writing their application on the appropriate grant application forms.
Faculty feedback regarding their grant applications throughout the course.

Attendees must be prepared to spend a significant amount of time, both before and during the course, preparing and writing a grant applications. Given the emphasis on grantsmanship, attendees are expected to arrive with a robust knowledge of:

the research or EBP topic you have chosen,
the research or EBP process,
research/EBP design and methods,
relevant variables and measures, and
data analysis.

Graduate students should have completed some methodology and statistics classes and, ideally, have selected at least the chairperson of their thesis or dissertation committee.

Note: Students applying to attend must complete a proposal outline and provide a letter of support from a commander, chief nurse, or dissertation/thesis chairperson. Note: Mini-EBP applicants are not permitted to attend Grant Camp.