Research & Scholarship
The UNMC College of Nursing is an internationally recognized leader in nursing research. Our research mission is to transform lives through discovery of new knowledge & implementation of the highest quality research evidence.
In this mission, we leverage our vast expertise to advance science that impacts all facets of human health and care delivery. Our research expertise encompasses the domains of health equity, acute and chronic illness, caregiving, critical care, cardiovascular health, gerontology, maternal/child health, oncology, pulmonology, self-management science and symptom science such as sleep, pain, fatigue, delirium and more.
With $8 million in grant funding awarded during our 2025 Fiscal Year, our current major funders include the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
A World of Research Opportunities
Research Overview
Our 4 Research Pillars
Our expansive expertise fuels our enterprise's four research pillars, concentrated areas that offer a supportive framework to drive faculty and student collaboration. Explore our active research throughout the individual pillars below.
By the Numbers
27
Research Intensive Faculty
4
Research Pillars
$8M
in grant funding (FY25)