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<p>NERF promotes excellence in nursing and health care by providing funding opportunities for education and research.</p>
 
<p>NERF promotes excellence in nursing and health care by providing funding opportunities for education and research.</p>
  
<p> Our strategic aims:</p>
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<p>We are based in Wellington and offer a range of scholarships and funding opportunities through the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) website: www.nzno.org.nz </p>
  
<p>Leadership:
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<p>We can be contacted at the numbers below.</p>
- Promote excellence in nursing and health care.
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- Identify priorities and provide support for research and education grant applications.
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- Contribute to the development of nursing as a profession.</p>
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<p>Recipients:
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- Provide scholarships, travel grants and other assistance to eligible applicants to enable them to do nursing research work and acquire specialised knowledge and/or further qualifications in connection with their profession of nursing.</p>
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Organisational:
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- Provide initiatives to grow funds through bequests and donations.
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- Allocate grants each year in accordance with donors and founders requirements and at levels which preserve the investment base.
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- Ensure stability and safe guardianship whilst maintaining the investment base.
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- Ensure investments are informed by the values, ethics and aspirations of New Zealand nurses. 
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- Avoid investments that are repugnant to New Zealand nurses.
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- Take a proactive attitude toward future challenges.
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Social:
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- Promote equity of access to scholarships and grants.
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- Prioritise the provision of scholarships and grants for projects and research that demonstrate a commitment to improving health and social inequalities.
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- Periodically identify areas of social and/or historical value to the nursing profession and undertake long term funding of projects that preserve and/or promote nursing’s historical and social base.
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Our mission statement  In this section you can find out about the Nursing Education and Research Foundation and it's work.
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Revision as of 15:38, 1 August 2014

NERF promotes excellence in nursing and health care by providing funding opportunities for education and research.

We are based in Wellington and offer a range of scholarships and funding opportunities through the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) website: www.nzno.org.nz

We can be contacted at the numbers below.