Dr. Daisha Cipher, with the support of Dean Elizabeth Merwin, launched a funding program to support full time faculty whose engaged research targets educational challenges that are highly relevant to our learners and educators. The Nursing Education Research Initiative’s (NERI) pilot project grants are designed to support research for College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) faculty who are interested in nursing education research. CONHI developed this initiative to support and encourage excellence and innovation in nursing education research, and to offer faculty the opportunity to promote evidence-based teaching and advance the science of nursing and health education.