Nursing Research Grants Available to Improve Treatment of Patients With Auto-Immune Diseases and Cancer

GLEN ELLEN, CA--(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - New funding is available for nurses seeking to improve treatment of patients with auto-immune diseases and cancer, through a series of grants being awarded by the DAISY Foundation. Applications are now being accepted for the foundation's J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant, which funds nursing research and evidence-based practice projects.

Two types of grants will be awarded: large grants of up to $5,000 for projects that can be completed within two years and small grants of up to $1,000 for projects completed within 12 months. The DAISY Foundation program supports registered nurses who continually evaluate their practice, seek answers to clinical questions in an effort to improve their practice and change their practice based on evidence and evaluation of that change.

The deadline for grant applications is March 1, 2009. Additional information and the grant application are available at www.DAISYfoundation.org.

The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. Having been touched by the remarkable care, clinical skills and compassion demonstrated by nurses during Patrick's illness, the Barnes family established the Foundation to recognize and support exceptional nurses around the country. The Foundation has two primary programs: the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, which recognizes the outstanding daily work of nurses in more than 280 hospitals throughout the United States, and the J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant. The Foundation also funds a limited number of other programs to support and inform people with ITP.