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- •NINR funding for SGM research is low.
- •Most SGM research funding is for HIV/AIDS despite other known health disparities.
- •Few NINR-funded SGM research grants have been awarded to nurse principal investigators.
- •Funding nurse scientists doing SGM work could strengthen nursing science in this area.
- •SGM status should be required common data elements in all NINR-funded research.
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