Grants

TUN offers intramural research grants on a competitive basis and also supports and assists in research design through consulting with TUN faculty members. TUN also attempts to advise students and faculty members of external grant opportunities as they become available.

Intramural GrantsFaculty Mentored Student GrantsSummer Research Fellowship Awards

Every year, TUN offers internal grant funds to support small-scale research projects conducted by faculty members. This grant money is intended to provide seed money for acquiring preliminary data to be used in writing extramural grant applications.

Current Intramural Grant Projects:

Functional Role of the Hyaluronan-Binding Domain of Tumor Necrosis Factor Induced Protein 6 by Csaba Fulop, PhD, Basic Sciences
Impact of Discharge Destination, and Socioeconomic Factors on Functional Recovery status and Quality of Life of
Chronic Stroke Survivors in the Las Vegas Valley: A 6-Month Longitudinal Pilot Study by Emmanuel Babatunde John, BSPT, PhD, School of Physical Therapy
Mindfulness as Stress Reduction for Students in Professional Graduate Programs by Jutta Guadagnoli, PhD, Clinical Education
Transitive Inference in Zebrafish by Jonathan Nissanov, PhD, Basic Sciences

To encourage students to participate in research activities at TUN, internal grant funds are made available each year to support student research projects. Student researchers are mentored by a TUN faculty member during the course of their projects.

Current Mentored Student Grant Projects:

Early Mobilization in Ventilated Patients: A Multidisciplinary Pilot Study by Jessica Grimm, DNP, APRN, School of Nursing
Population Density and Geographical Distribution of Free-Ranging Desert Tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in Red Rock Canyon State Park by Carlos Crocker, PhD, Basic Sciences/li>
Production, Characterization and Validation of Monoclonal Antibody Reagents for the Analyses of Cell-Mediated Immunity in the Ferret Influenza Model by Dr. Karen M. Duus, PhD, Basic Sciences

View a list of past faculty mentored student grant projects

Each summer, TUN provides local health sciences college students with the opportunity to work on small research projects with TUN faculty members. This program is designed to give each fellow exposure to TUN’s academic programs while providing valuable research experience.

Recent Summer Fellowship Recipients:

Joel Benavente; Mentor: Dr. Vladimir Bondarenko, Basic Sciences
Kristen Ortega; Mentor: Dr. Michael Laymon, School of Physical Therapy
David Russell; Mentor: Dr. Terry Else, Basic Sciences

View a list of past Summer Research Fellowship recipients

TUN Summer 2015 Research Fellowship Application

Grant Forms and Documents:

2015-2016 Research Grant Application
Grant Application Instructions
Research Registration Form – must be submitted for every research project affiliated with TUN
Grant Internal Routing Form – used to request departmental approval for proposed research activities
Grants Fact Sheet

Other research documents are available in Blackboard (TUN Faculty/Staff > Documents > Department of Research Documents). IRB documents are available on the Institutional Review Board page.