title: Time and costs of preparing and submitting an NIH grant application at a school of nursing.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Schools of nursing spend considerable time and finances pursuing federal research funding, yet the costs of such efforts are unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine the time and costs to a school of nursing to prepare a National Institutes of Health grant application.
  
  
  METHODS
  We prospectively recorded time and calculated costs in grant preparation undertaken by principal investigators and research administrators in one school of nursing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Principal investigators' time ranged from 69.8 to 162.3 hr, research administrators' time ranged from 33.9 to 56.4 hr, and costs ranged from $4,784 to $13,512 per grant. With funding rates of 5% to 15%, costs for one funded R01 would be $72,460 to $270,240.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Grant writing activities represent a major time commitment to faculty and staff and costs to the school. To maximize potential for success, schools of nursing must provide costly resources to support its grant writing enterprise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Less costly and more efficient models of attaining research funding are needed for the sustainability of the nursing profession.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY. Electronic address: kk729@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Kristine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kulage
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Kathleen T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jasmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Travers
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Kerri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zezulinski
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Janine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Elaine L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D011446:Prospective Studies; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: NIH grant submissions; Nursing faculty; Research funding; Resources