Faculty Priorities
With your support, we can empower our nursing leaders through enhancing and building capacity in our faculty priorities that focus on research, education,and community engagement.
Faculty of Nursing Impact Fund
Allows the faculty to invest in priority research and strategic initiatives. These funds can support priority projects in the areas of student learning and practice, research and scholarship, and community engagement
Faculty of Nursing Endowment
Supports long-term and sustainable program enhancements; offers faculty and student support
Preparing Today's Nurses for Tomorrow's World
Clinical, Simulation and Experiential Learning
Advancing nursing education through clinical, simulation and experiential learning - fundamental to producing proficient and confident nursing professionals and leading to enhanced patient care and safety
Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Expanding research and practice to better understand and improve nursing students' learning
UCalgary Nursing Emerging Leaders Program
Creating leadership spirit and opportunities, motivating nurses to use their education, creativity and experience to develop modern solutions for improved patient care across the lifespan and transformed health systems
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards
Empowering our nursing leaders through scholarships, bursaries and fellowships
Nursing Research for Social Impact
Child Health and Wellness Nursing Research
Expanding nursing leadership by enhancing research capacity, advancing skills and expertise and moving into emerging areas of child health and wellness
Faculty Research and Scholarship Development Grants
Encouraging and supporting innovations in nursing teaching, research or practice
Health Systems Transformation Nursing Research
Exploring research into the leadership challenges and opportunities involved in transforming health systems
Nursing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Building and supporting acquired knowledge and skills to creatively generate and develop new ways of working, drawing on technologies, systems, theories and associated partners/ stakeholders to further elevate and evaluate nursing practice
Patient-Oriented Nursing Research
Increasing nursing research around patient engagement, including caregivers and families as partners in the research process
Priority Research Fund in Nursing
Providing flexibility to support research projects that address new health challenges in the community
Nursing Professorships, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Empowering our nursing research leaders through awards and fellowships
Collaborative Partnerships for Resilient Communities
Global and Local Strategic Priorities
Committing to building collaborative partnerships to advance equity and improve the health of people in marginalized settings locally and globally
Marguerite Schumacher Memorial Alumni Lecture Endowment
Celebrating inspirational nursing alumni leaders each year in memory of Marguerite Schumacher, first dean of the UCalgary Nursing
Rural and Remote Nursing Training and Development
Contributing to rural and remote health by working to increase the number of registered nurses in Alberta educated in those communities
Senior Adult and Long-Term Care
Building capacity to elevate the health and wellness of older adults and better inform public policy on issues pertaining to Alberta's aging population
UCalgary Nursing Indigenous Initiatives
Integrating Indigenous history into curriculum, recognizing the value of Indigenous health practices, understanding Indigenous rights and increasing the number of Indigenous registered nurses
UCalgary Nursing Mental Health and Wellness
Creating and implementing upstream proactive programming for undergraduate students to support and foster their mental health and wellness