WSU College of Nursing Receives Stage 1 National Science Foundation Award
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
The National Science Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is announcing awards for 56 teams of civic and academic partners. Each will receive $50,000 in planning grants to support the strengthening of their partnerships and their plans for ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects. Teams are focused on one of two tracks: “Living in a Changing Climate” and “Resource and Service Equity”. In early 2023, teams from this stage will resubmit to Stage 2 for the opportunity to receive $1 million, 1-year full awards to implement their pilot projects.
Dr. Marian Wilson, from the WSU College of Nursing has been granted a Civic Innovation Challenge Stage 1 Award. Her team is one of 56 selected across the country. Dr. Wilson’s research seeks to equalize access to pain management strategies with community-embedded online tools.
Access to effective pain management treatment is a critical problem, particularly in light of a growing opioid overdose epidemic. Washington State University, Urbanova, and Goalistics, LLC will lead a collaboration of patients, providers, and stakeholders to collect community input on the curation of existing resources, the development of new tools, and strategies for enhanced patient engagement. Our vision is to construct a suite of evidence-based online resources that are widely available, easily accessible and that demonstrate reduction of opioid risks while improving pain management.
