Emma Eccles Jones Nursing Research Center

Types of Funding

Types of Faculty Funding

Faculty funding is divided into three types, depending on the objectives of the project:

Research- Projects that aim to develop new knowledge or evaluate clinical, community, and educational programs.

Training- Projects with objectives to support current educational programs or to develop or evaluate educational interventions.

Practice-  Projects that support directly or indirectly the delivery of nursing services to patient populations.

Sources of Faculty Funding

The three primary sources of faculty funding are:

Intramural- Grants and fellowships awarded internally from the College of Nursing following peer review by the Research Committee

Intermural-  Grants awarded from entities in the University outside the College of Nursing

Extramural-  Grants and contracts awarded from organizations external to the University of Utah