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Niedfelt Nursing Research Center

Extensive Research Support for Faculty and Students

Located in the state-of-the-art Center for Nursing Science building, the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center provides an organized infrastructure designed to propel our faculty and student progress across all stages of research, from proposal development and funding procurement to grants management and results dissemination. Led by Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Michele Balas, the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center is comprised of three grants administrators who coordinate the College of Nursing’s day-to-day pre and post award needs, three personnel providing research development and operational support, a full-time statistician and two graduate research assistants. We propel progress through four overarching activity areas:

Facilitating research activities and development
Promoting collaboration and mentoring
Enhancing research resources and facilities
Liaising with UNMC research offices

Developing our Researchers

In addition to our rich menu of services outlined below, the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center coordinates a twice-monthly forum during the academic year – PAVERs – for College of Nursing research faculty to discuss and obtain input on works in progress such as grant proposals, papers and presentations as well as to share resources and ideas that support research and scholarship endeavors. The name PAVER reflects the type of work we aim to accomplish during these meetings - Positive, Accountable, Visionary, Energetic and Research. PAVER Sessions are held at 11:00am CST via Zoom on the 2^nd and 3^rd Wednesdays of every month. Contact us if you are interested in joining, presenting at or learning more about PAVERs.

Available Services for Our Faculty

Pre-Award Support

Post-Award Support

Statistical Support

Poster Services

Identification of grant opportunities
Proposal checklist generation and timeline management
Interpretation of solicitation requirements
Review of and support with completing non scientific” application components (e.g., SF424 forms, facilities & resources)
Budget development and budget justification support
Mentoring: research idea development, study design, measurement tools, protocol development
For large interdisciplinary/inter-institutional proposals, help in coordination of project team efforts

Proposal Intake Form

Assistant-Associate Dean Approval Form for NNRC Support Services

Maintain budgets for grant funded projects
Purchasing of research equipment, supplies and other expenses
Tracking debits/credits to your account
Monitoring for compliance with sponsoring policies
Submit grant reports and other correspondence to funding agencies
Support carry-forward requests, no cost extension and close out of study
Facilitate contractual agreements with consultants and subaward institutions

Provide statistical review of grant applications, ensuring that design and analysis methods are appropriate for addressing the aims and research questions
Conduct power analysis
Draft sample size and data analysis sections of grant applications
Refine measurement tools
Suggest data management methods/procedures
Restructure and transfer data between different statistical programs
Project database design
Conduct analyses and contribute to publication of results
Training Modules are available to acquaint students, faculty and graduate assistants with using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Request statistical support

Request Our Services

Proposal Intake Form

Request Statistical Support

Graduate Research Assistance

Florence A. Niedfelt

The Niedfelt Nursing Research Center was established in 1969 as the Nursing Research Center and was one of the nation's first non-federally supported nursing research centers. In 1988 it was formally renamed to honor Florence Niedfelt’s memory and significant donation of $610,000 to the College of Nursing. As an active community member of Grand Island, Niedfelt held a lifetime interest in the field of nursing. Niedfelt’s donation also established the Florence Niedfelt Endowed Professorship to support the request that a portion of these funds go toward furthering nursing student education.

Florence A. Niedfelt