Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN. The focus of this institute is on the general principles of and generic techniques for qualitative analysis, with an emphasis on empirical/analytical or naturalist methods. Participants will practice techniques associated with these methods with a data set provided for them.

Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, FAAN. This institute is designed to assist health professions faculty and clinicians in writing a publishable manuscript. Each participant who comes with an idea for a manuscript will have the opportunity to write that manuscript and have the writing critiqued and edited.

Sandra Funk, PhD, FAAN and Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, FAAN. This intensive, weeklong institute is designed to assist nursing faculty and post-doctoral fellows to write successful research grant applications for federal or other major funding. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) PHS-398 application format will be used. Topics to be addressed include: selection of a problem for study, productive use of the literature, development of the argument for the study, writing specific aims, presentation of preliminary work, development of methods and analysis plans, and issues of operationalization. Protection of human subjects, data safety monitoring, budgets, budget justifications, timelines, biosketches, and other key application components will also be covered, as will the NIH review criteria and process, coping with the reviewers' critiques, and preparing a resubmission. Lectures, group discussion, individual and small group consultations, and time for library work and writing will be provided. Participants are encouraged to come with a focused research topic completed pilot work for the proposed study.

Merle Mishel, PhD, RN, FAAN and Sue Thoyre, PhD, RN. This institute will focus on teaching a process developed by the instructors for identifying a theory of the problem and moving from that step to a theory of the intervention and the relationship between these theories. The institute will be of benefit to doctorally prepared nurses who have a background in studying a specific topic. Two days will focus on a theory of the problem with three days focused on the intervention. We will address the connection between these theories and also include how to identify mediators and moderators for the intervention.