Nursing Science Incubator for SDOH Solutions (N-SISS)
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Applications Open for Next Ten N-SISS Fellows
Calling all doctoral-level nurse scientists and scientists from aligned disciplines (e.g., public health, social and behavioral science, health services research, etc.): IPS is welcoming applications for the next ten Fellows of the Nursing Science Incubator for Social Determinants of Health Solutions (N-SISS). Applications will be accepted until August 29.
Join N-SISS Cohort 2. Apply now. Details below.
Nursing Science Incubator for SDOH Solutions (N-SISS) is the flagship program of the IPS Training Institute and advances the design and implementation of innovative research by nurse scientists and scientists in aligned fields with a singular focus: eliminating health inequities in the U.S.
Leveraging the expertise of thought leaders at the Institute for Policy Solutions and other national experts in a range of fields, N-SISS creates an environment where new thinking and research come together to produce evidence-based approaches to eliminating health inequities that integrate clinical care and the social determinants of health (SDOH).
N-SISS provides an intensive 12-month curriculum of instruction and mentoring to 10 Fellows and also offers free virtual educational materials for self-guided learning.
N-SISS is characterized by five collective strengths:
LOCATION | Based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC, N-SISS fellows are ideally located to both learn from and shape new health policy.
INNOVATIVE | There is plenty of compelling evidence that harmful SDOH are a major driver of health inequities. What we lack is a critical mass of effective evidence-based approaches that reduce and end the impact of harmful SDOH. N-SISS’s mission is to fill this gap.
INTENSIVE | Through a competitive application process, 30 innovators over three years (10 fellows per year) will be selected to participate in N-SISS’s 12-month fellowship. The program features: 1) a mix of virtual and on-campus didactic courses and guided self-study, 2) on-campus applied research experience, and 3) individualized and team mentoring — leading to each N-SISS fellow developing an SDOH-focused grant proposal to the National Institute of Nursing Research or another National Institutes of Health institute or federal agency.
INCLUSIVE | N-SISS welcomes early career investigators initiating innovative SDOH research at the intersection of biomedical, social/behavioral, and clinical science, as well as mid- or senior-level investigators seeking to deepen their SDOH conceptual and methodological expertise to create interventions that eliminate health inequities.
EXPANSIVE | N-SISS educational materials are shared freely with a national audience of SDOH researchers and nursing-aligned professionals for self-directed learning
2025 N-SISS Session
Phase I: February 2025
1st Intensive in-person institute at IPS:
Concepts and Principles of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Multilevel SDOH Intervention Development
Phase II: March – November, 2025
Distance-based learning:
Methodological Workshops and NIH SDOH Grant Development and Submission
Phase III: December 2025
2nd Intensive in-person institute at IPS:
Mock NIH Grant Review and Media/Policy Training for Impact
2025 N-SISS Fellows
Training Resources
- A roadmap for the nursing scientific workforce to eliminate health and healthcare inequities
- Nurse-led approaches to address social determinants of health and advance health equity: A new framework and its implications
- Conceptualizing the Mechanisms of Social Determinants of Health: A Heuristic Framework to Inform Future Directions for Mitigation