SPONSORHIP OF NURSING RESEARCH & EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROJECTS
Now Open! FY 27 Awards: Graduate (EBP & Research), Novice (EBP & Research), & EBP
Call for the following TSNRP Military Nursing Research & EBP Priorities Only:
Military Nursing Research:
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Return to Duty (RTD) Decision Science: Addresses the large gap in systematic RTD decision‑making; explores criteria, risk tolerance, provider judgment accuracy, and AI support. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: Nursing Surveillance Systems, Decision‑support frameworks, Prototype AI‑driven RTD recommendation tools, & Predictive Analytic tools.
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RTD Epidemiology: Observational science in the first 3–5 years to map how combat injuries translate into RTD outcomes. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: RTD prediction models, Risk calculators for clinicians and commanders, & Operational nursing surveillance systems.
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Nursing Management & Forward Recovery: Preparing nurses for delayed evacuation & prolonged casualty care; adapts hospital recovery science, ERAS, and critical‑care, med-surg, psych mental health nursing to the battlefield. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: Evidence‑based forward‑recovery guidelines (clinical practice recommendations).
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Military Nursing Capabilities in Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC): Aligns with Joint Trauma System guidance that PCC builds on TCCC as a contingency capability when evacuation is delayed. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: Tiered PCC task lists (time‑based), Training curricula for sustained nursing competencies, & Tele‑nursing implementation roadmap.
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Expeditionary Convalescent Care: Explores forward recovery “convalescent depots” at battalion aid stations, Role 2 facilities, and expeditionary medical units. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: Nursing Resource‑allocation models for forward convalescent care, Nursing Staffing templates & patient‑selection criteria.
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Combat Stress & Psychological RTD: Examines forward treatment of acute combat stress reactions, nurse burnout, a historically high‑RTD area; emphasizes nursing‑led interventions. Expected projects may include but are not limited to: Nursing‑focused psychosocial intervention protocols, Psychological first aid kit & screening/triage tools for combat stress, exposure of the medical team to ethical dilemmas, and other hardships​​
Military Nursing EBP:
1. Return to Duty (RTD) Decision Science: Implementing evidence-based AI decision-support tools for RTD decision-making; criteria, risk tolerance, providerjudgment accuracy. Expected projects may include but are not limited to implementing evidence-based: nursing surveillance systems, decision-support frameworks, AI-driven RTD recommendation and predictive analytic tools.
2. Nursing Management & Forward Recovery: Focuses on implementing evidence-based interventions to prepare nurses for delayed evacuation and prolonged casualty care (PCC) through battlefield adaptations of ERAS, critical care, med-surg, and psychiatric mental health practices. Expected projects may include, but are not limited to, the development/implementation of evidence-based forward recovery clinical practice guidelines and protocols.
3. Military Nursing Capabilities in Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC): Aligns with Joint Trauma System evidence-based PCC clinical practice guidelines and TCCC protocols to build contingency capabilities when evacuation is delayed. Expected projects may include but are not limited to development/implementation of evidence-based: time-based PCC task lists, training curricula for sustained PCC nursing competencies, and virtual PCC nursing clinical practice guidelines and protocols.
4. Expeditionary Convalescent Care: Evidence-based forward recovery “convalescent depots” at battalion aid stations, Role 2 facilities, and expeditionary medical units. Expected projects may include but are not limited todevelopment/implementation of evidence-based guidelines and protocols for: nursing resource-allocation for forward convalescent care, nurse staffing templates & patient-selection criteria.
5. Combat Stress & Psychological RTD: Evidence-based forward treatment of acute combat stress reactions, nurse burnout, a historically high-RTD area; emphasizes nursing-led interventions. Expected projects may include but are not limited to development/implementation of evidence-based guidelines and protocols for: teams facing ethical dilemmas and moral injury, nursing-focused psychosocial interventions ,psychological first aid, utilization of combat stress screening/triage tools.
New! FY27 RAPID High Priority Research Awards:$500,00
Accepted on a rolling basis while funds are available. Applications for FY 27 close on 31 August.​​
TSNRP announces New RAPID High Priority Award for funding of 12-month research operational projects conducted by military nurse PIs. This funding opportunity is limited to the distinct areas of operational military nursing research projects that can be rapidly deployed on the battlefield, and/or address operational readiness of medical command units including:
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Operational Nursing & Artificial Intelligence
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Austere Environment Readiness
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Expectant Casualty Care
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Observational Research on Prolonged Evacuation Training
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Innovative Workload Models
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Trauma Care and/or Prolonged Field Care in Underground/Subterrain Battlefield Environments
Projects are limited to:
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12 months
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1 research aim
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$500,000
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Once you reach the TSNRP Grants Database, please scroll to click the green button titled "Click to View Announcements and Forms. Then scroll to filename: FY27 RAPID HP Funding Announcement
FY27 Mini Evidence-Based Practice Project Funding
Rolling Applications Accepted until August 30, 2027
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​This award provides equipment and supplies in support of military nurse-led evidence-based practice (EBP) operational projects that foster warfighter readiness and military nursing care in operational settings and the military health care system. TSNRP does not provide funding for previously funded topics.
Applications are accepted via the TSNRP Grants Database on a rolling basis until the deadline, pending available funding.​
Once you reach the TSNRP Grants Database, please click the green button titled "Click to View Announcements and Forms." The scroll to "Mini EBP FY27 Funding Opportunity Announcement."
Grants for Military Nursing Research
TSNRP has funded 500+ research and Evidence-Based Practice projects by military nurses to lead advancements in operational and deployment health care. In addition to improving the performance of Service members, funding supports improvements in expeditionary care, military women’s and family health, biobehavorial health, resuscitative medicine, anesthesia practice, and health systems research. In FY2024, $7.59 million was awarded for 20 research studies by military nurses. TSNRP-funded research is currently conducted at 32 military medical centers around the globe.
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Research priorities include Force Health Protection, Nursing Competencies and Practice; Leadership, Ethics and Mentoring as well as Evidence-Based Practice in military nursing. ​​
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Please report all dissemination of TSNRP-funded research studies and Evidence-Based Practice projects
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Military Treatment Facilities as Research Performance Sites
GERMANY
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1. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Kaiserslautern, DE
UNITED STATES
Alabama
2. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
California
3. David Grant USAF Medical Center, Fairfield, CA
4. Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
5. Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
6. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
Colorado
7. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
8. University of Colorado, Denver, CO
District of Columbia
9. The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Georgia
10. Augusta University, Augusta, CA
Hawaii
11. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu HI
Maryland
12. Dequesne University, Bethesda, MD
13. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
14. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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New Jersey
15. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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New York
16. 865th Combat Support Hospital, Utica, NY
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New Mexico
17. University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, NM
North Carolina
18. Naval Medical Center Camp LeJeune, Jacksonville, NC
19. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
20. Womack Army Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC
Ohio
21. USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Dayton, OH
22. Wright Patterson Medical Center, Dayton, OH
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Oregon
23. Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Tennessee
24. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Fort Campbell, KY
25. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Knoxville, TN
26. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Texas
27. Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
28. San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
29. U.S. Army Graduate Program of Anesthesia Nursing, San Antonio, TX
30. U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX
31. Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, San Antonio, TX
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Washington
32. Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA​​​​