
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is home to one of the nation's top nursing research enterprises. The school is currently ranked sixth in NIH research funding among private schools of nursing and fourteenth among all schools of nursing. This year, nearly $7.5 million in federal and foundation grants helped support research designed to improve health across the lifespan, both locally and globally, with a particular focus on underserved populations. The school's research portfolio is interprofessional, inter-institutional, and international.