AHNA offers a competitive research grant for $5000.

The Research Grant is available to current AHNA members who are conducting holistic nursing research and have been members of AHNA for at least one year. Eligibility includes doctoral students who wish to apply for funds to support their research.

Those receiving the AHNA research grant funds are required to submit a progress report on an annual basis with a final report at the conclusion of the study and maintain a current membership with AHNA. Recipients are encouraged to attend the annual national AHNA conference to receive their awards. Winners are also encouraged to attend a subsequent conference to present their research findings, and are encouraged to publish the results of their work.

Selection Process
Grants are competitive and awarded through the AHNA Special Recognition and Grant Awards Committee which includes at least one member of the Research Committee. 

All applications and proposals are reviewed by the Committee members and the AHNA Board of Directors.

In light of the high variety of members, the AHNA Research Committee has developed a policy on how these members' involvement in research may be solicited. View policy here.

This award is supported by individual and group donations through AHNA’s Research Fund.

Recipients are encouraged to attend the National AHNA conference to receive their awards. Recipients are also encouraged to attend a subsequent conference to present their research findings, and are encouraged to publish the results of their work.

Click here to view the past Research Grant Recipients.

Applicants for the Research Grant must submit a research proposal* (3-5 pages) that includes:

1. Cover letter including: Complete contact information for the applicant, member ID number (contact ID number) and expiration date, and biosketch.

2. The proposal organized according to the guidelines.

3. Budget: Grant proposal budgets should be appropriate for AHNA level of funding, i.e. moderate in scope, able to be completed in 1- 2.

4. Completion of the AHNA Awards Nomination/Application Form please click here.

5. Doctoral student applicants only: Please enclose a letter from your Dissertation Committee Chair stating that they have reviewed your application and approved its submission for this grant.

* Proposal must be properly formatted: Your application will be blinded for review. Your application must be in word format; do not send pdf files. Do not "track changes" in your document. Please use a plain header with page numbers only.

Please e-mail completed application to office@ahna.org by February 15th of the year the grant is awarded.

-Aromatherapy/Herbal Therapy
-Communication
-Energy Therapy
-Evidence-Based Practice
-Florence Nightingale
-Geriatric
-Guided Imagery
-Healing Environments
-Healing Theory & Holistic Practice/Research
-Health Promotion and Management Strategies
-Holistic Interventions
-Hypnosis
-Intentionality
-Knowledge and Attitudes/Use
-Metaphor
-Mind-Body Therapies
-Nutrition/Herbal/Dietary/Homeopathic Supp.
-Oncology
-Other
-Pain Management
-Research Techniques and More
-Spirituality/Religion
-Stress Management
-Women’s Health

Research Term

The Research Enews team invites your research word!

We are currently seeking to build a glossary of research terminology that will serve the holistic nursing community. In each issue of Connections in Holistic Nursing Research, a new term will be featured and the glossary will be on the website as well.
If you have a research term you think would benefit AHNA members, and would like to be a guest contributor to our glossary, please contact research@ahna.org with your recommendation.

Companion Animals
Correlation
Critical Incident Technique
Data Collection
Dissemination
Effect Size
Ethical Principles
Four Levels of Measurement
Grounded Theory
Hawthorne Effect
Hybrid Model of Concept Analysis
Phenomology
Power Analysis
Quality Improvement-  Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research: What's the difference?
Randomization
Rigor
Theory of Compassion Energy
Theory of Integral Nursing
Threats to Internal & External Validity
Triangulation
Validity
Variables in Quantitative Research