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== Nursing Education and Research Foundation ==
 
== Nursing Education and Research Foundation ==
  
<p>NERF promotes excellence in nursing and health care by providing funding opportunities for education and research.</p>
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<p>The Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF) was set up in 1968. It is a registered charitable trust and is registered with the Charities Commission (registration number: CC11458).</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>
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<p>We can be contacted on the numbers found at the bottom of this page.</p>
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== University of Auckland Oral History Project Team and Advisory Group ==
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<p>The origins of NERF can be traced back to a memorial fund established to commemorate the life and work of Flora J Cameron OBE (former Director, Division of Nursing) who died in 1966.</p>
  
[[File:oral history project group.jpg]]
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<p>At that time money was donated by New Zealand nurses as a memorial to Flora and the then New Zealand Nurses Association (NZNA) built on this to establish a larger and more permanent fund to provide New Zealand nurses with travel grants, scholarships and other assistance to enhance opportunities for continuing education and professional development.</p>
                                                                               
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<p>Front row: Dr Debbie Dunsford (independent researcher and investigator on Oral History Project), Professor Linda Bryder (Department of History and investigator on Oral History Project), Dr Kate Prebble (senior lecturer School of Nursing and investigator on Oral History Project)</p><p></p>
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<p>Behind Debbie (on left) Associate Professor Margaret Horsburgh (School of Nursing and investigator on Oral History Project)</p><p></p>
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<p>Since then there have been a number of bequests/donations to NERF and the fund has grown over the years. NERF now supports nurses and midwives and students of nursing with a range of grants & scholarships.</p>
  
Back row:  Members of the Oral History Advisory Committee: Yvonne Shadbolt, Dr Jill Clendon (Nursing Policy Advisor, New Zealand Nurses Organisation), Liz Mitchelson</p>
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<p>All activities of NERF are controlled by a Trust Deed. The Deed is managed by a Board of Trustees of 7 people including 4 New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) representatives, 1 member of NERF Associates, 1 lay person and 1 person with business experience. NZNO provides all administrative support.</p>

Latest revision as of 08:31, 18 December 2014

Nursing Education and Research Foundation

The Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF) was set up in 1968. It is a registered charitable trust and is registered with the Charities Commission (registration number: CC11458).

The origins of NERF can be traced back to a memorial fund established to commemorate the life and work of Flora J Cameron OBE (former Director, Division of Nursing) who died in 1966.

At that time money was donated by New Zealand nurses as a memorial to Flora and the then New Zealand Nurses Association (NZNA) built on this to establish a larger and more permanent fund to provide New Zealand nurses with travel grants, scholarships and other assistance to enhance opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

Since then there have been a number of bequests/donations to NERF and the fund has grown over the years. NERF now supports nurses and midwives and students of nursing with a range of grants & scholarships.

All activities of NERF are controlled by a Trust Deed. The Deed is managed by a Board of Trustees of 7 people including 4 New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) representatives, 1 member of NERF Associates, 1 lay person and 1 person with business experience. NZNO provides all administrative support.