Eta Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - 2008-2009
The Eta Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International awards grants to support research initiatives being undertaken by Eta Iota members. There will be two opportunities to apply for research support: one in the fall and one in the spring. The fall call for proposals will be for undergraduate and graduate student Eta Iota members, and the spring call for proposals will be for faculty and community members of Eta Iota Chapter. Two grants for $500 each will be awarded to student, faculty or community nurse researchers whose work best characterizes the spirit of scholarship for which Sigma Theta Tau is known: one grant will be awarded in the fall and one award awarded in the spring. Should there be no students applying for awards in the fall, the call will go out to all members in the spring and both awards will be made in the spring. Awarding of the grants will be competitive based on blind review of an abstract describing the research. Award winners will be required to present their findings to the membership.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Abstracts should contain:
- Purpose of the study
- Significance
- Specific aims/hypotheses
- Research design and Methods
- Plan for data analysis
- Estimated budget and how funds will be used
- Relevance of findings for nursing knowledge and theory
- Plans for dissemination of findings
- If you have received IRB approval from UNH, please include a copy of the approval letter but IRB approval is not essential to be considered for potential funding.
Abstracts will be judged according to the following:
- Clarity of abstract
- Significance of research
- Scholarship of the project as evidenced in the written abstract
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Send three copies of the abstract describing the research to the person identified below in the call for proposals. Also send a cover page with your identifying information and the title of your abstract to the President of the chapter. Please note that the President will not sit on the review board. Abstracts should, therefore, contain no information identifying the investigator(s) in order to facilitate blind review. Abstract is to be no more than one page, single spaced text. Include cover page with name, address, email, student or community/faculty status, title of abstract.
Submit abstracts to:
Eta Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
Attention: Dr. Susanne Tracy
UNH Department of Nursing
243 Hewitt Hall
Durham, NH 03824