CT Charter Oak Chapter of HPNA - Clinical Inquiry Grant Available!

CALL FOR CLINICAL INQUIRY GRANT APPLICATIONS

 The Connecticut Charter Oak Chapter of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) is offering a grant of up to $500 per project to financially support clinical inquiry projects that focus on topics related to hospice and palliative care.  All interdisciplinary team members are invited to submit a proposal.  The Awardee(s) will present the outcomes of their project at a Chapter meeting in 2025.

 To apply for this grant, please submit a 3–5 page proposal (attached), along with a letter of support and project budget, as outlined below, by October 1, 2024.  Please submit applications and/ or questions to the CT chapter of HPNA at  ct.hpna1@gmail.com .   

 Your proposal should include:

Title:

Authors: All authors, with credentials and affiliations

Aims: The overall purpose, research question, or study hypothesis

Background & Significance: Why this study is important and what is the ‘so what’

Methods: The study or project design (include sample, recruitment/consent, data collection plan, and data analysis)

Outcomes: What will be the endpoints or what will be measured to answer the question

Conclusions: The potential overall impact of the study/project and relevance to nursing or healthcare science

References    (Does not count in the page number restriction) 

Institutional letter of support/ approval from university or workplace  

Project Budget

 We encourage applicants interested in hospice and palliative care to check out the resources on the HPNA and CT Chapter websites and consider joining HPNA and our CT Chapter.