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GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. Research grants will support simulation-based nurse-led research or innovation projects
2. Projects may involve any type of clinical simulation, including high-fidelity patient simulation, standardized patient simulation, virtual simulation, virtual reality, and escape rooms.
3. Projects should address a clinical or educational research gap (consider the INACSL Research Priorities at https://inacsl.memberclicks.net/about-inacsl)
4. The lead applicant must be a current and ongoing full member (paid or contributing member) of CAN-Sim and must have held membership for at least one year prior to the submission date or have been an active member of the CAN-Sim Research Interest Group since January.
5. Individuals who are eligible in multiple categories may apply to multiple categories but will only receive one grant as principle applicant.
6. CAN-Sim Board of Directors members are not eligible to apply as principal investigators (PI) for grants but may be involved as a collaborator. Research Grants Committee members are eligible to apply but may not review applications within their own submission category.
GRANT CATEGORIES
| Category | Amount | Specific Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Student | $500 | RN in a Masters or NP Program |
| PhD Student | $1000 | RN in a PhD Program |
| Early Career Investigator | $1000 | Masters or PhD Prepared RN at a University or College within first five years of their first appointment or having received less than $10,000 in previous research grant funding |
| Clinical Nurse Educator | $1000 | Masters or PhD-prepared Nurse Educator in a hospital/clinic setting |
| Innov2Learn | $2500 | Nurse Educator in a clinical or academic setting |
| Multi-Site | $2500 | Led by PhD prepared RN or NP with academic appointment |
| Ontario Simulation Alliance | $500 | Nurse Educator in Ontario, Canada |
CAN-Sim News Updates
Congratulations to the first CAN-Sim Innov2Learn Research and Innovation Grant Recipient:
Dr. Anila Virani from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, is the first recipient of the CAN-Sim Innov2Learn Research and Innovation Grant. The grant will fund her project entitled AISimSpeak: An AI-Powered Simulation Platform for Nursing Education
CAN-Sim is now affiliated with SESAM:
Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, Co-President of CAN-Sim and Dr. Pier Luigi Ingrassia, President of SESAM the Society for Simulation in Europe, signed an affiliate agreement between the two organizations on June 27, 2025 at the SESAM Conference in Valencia, Spain.
From local roots to global reach: The CAN-Sim journey of advancing nursing simulation education and research
June 24, 2025: Born from a shared vision to advance simulation-based education and research, what started with a small group of passionate nurse educators has grown into a thriving global organization with more than 3,500 members across 70 countries. Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, Associate Professor in the Queen’s School of Nursing and co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim), shares her reflections on delivering their first research conference in 2025.
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