NRP Research Grant and Young Investigator Award Program

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program was initiated in 1987. Since that time, more than 4 million health care professionals have been trained as providers. The overall objective of the NRP® grant program is to identify the best ways to optimize care in the delivery room using NRP.  Successful grant applications will address key gaps related to transitional physiology, evidence-based resuscitation intervention, teaching and evaluating the cognitive, technical and behavioral skills necessary for successful resuscitation of the newborn and retention of skills and knowledge over time. Applications focused primarily on quality improvement initiatives or educational dissemination without a clear educational research focus will not be considered. For example, funding will not be approved for:

• Simulation equipment, such as manikins
• Development of a simulation center
• Computers
• Routine NRP courses
• Implementation and dissemination of the Helping Babies Breathe Program or resuscitation in low resource settings
• Faculty salaries (including the primary investigator's) or indirect costs.

Who Can Apply?

Researchers from Canadian and US Institutions are invited to apply for one of the four grant options to investigate the best ways to optimize care during neonatal resuscitation using NRP.

What should the application address?

Initiatives can include addressing gaps in our understanding of transitional physiology and evidence-based resuscitation practice, teaching and evaluating the cognitive, technical and behavioral skills necessary for successful resuscitation of the newborn and retention of skills and knowledge over time.

What are the categories of grant applications?

• NRP Human Factors or Education Grant (up to $15,000): Any health care professional with an interest in the impact of human factors on neonatal resuscitation or optimization of NRP education
• NRP Young Investigator Award (up to $15,000): Physicians-in-training or individuals within 4 years of medical training
• NRP Research Grant Program (up to $50,000): Any health care professional with an interest in neonatal resuscitation
• Jeanette Zaichkin NRP Nursing Grant (up to $10,000): The recipient must be a nurse or advance practice provider who works in a neonatal care setting or perinatal unit in the United States or Canada. The recipient must also be a current NRP Instructor in good standing.

For more information, please see the full descriptions here . Applications for 2026 grants will open in January 2026.