AACN will launch research foundation in 2020

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is moving forward with plans to launch a new philanthropic enterprise in 2020, the Foundation for Academic Nursing. The foundation will allow AACN to formalize its research grant program. AACN has a history of providing grants to schools, including current work with the Jonas Philanthropies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Cooperative Agreement to Strengthen the Public Health Workforce, and the National Institute of Health’s All of Us Research program. (AACN news release, 10/21/19)