Guidelines for Research Funds
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SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NURSING, INC.
Delta Omega Chapter
Research Grants and Awards Committee
Guidelines for Research Funds |
Research grant deadlines occur in the Fall and Spring seasons.
See the Calendar of Events for specific deadlines. Instructions for completing the application process and required information for review are outlined in the various sections below. The Research Grants and Recognition Awards
Committee will recommend approval for funding. Please note that the application criteria apply to both quantitative and qualitative research designs.
DIRECTIONS:
Complete the instructions stated on this form. Provide six (6) copies of all application materials and return to the Research Grants and Recognition Awards
Committee Chairman, as indicated on the cover letter. Please use letter-quality printing or typing for all documents. Limit your entire application to eight (8)
double-spaced pages (three pages = application form and “Research Grant Agreement”, and five pages = narrative, excluding reference list and
appendices). Please attach three copies of a two page vita/resume to this application. Use APA
format for references. Applications longer than the required
length will be returned.
NOTE: Funding of awards will not be issued until final copies of IRB documentation are sent to the Chairman, Research Grants and Recognition Awards
Committee.
Please address and include the following sections in the five page narrative portion of your proposal:
PURPOSE OR RESEARCH/PROBLEM STATEMENT: (Does the purpose/problem statement specify the problem and variable to be examined? Is this clearly a nursing problem?)
SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH TO NURSING PRACTICE: (Include a brief review of relevant literature and/or theoretical framework.)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF METHODS: (Include design, description of sample characteristics and size, sampling procedures and rational, protection of human subjects, major sources of data, procedures for data collection and analysis.)
NOTE: Attach reference list, letters of support, cover letters to subjects, consent forms, IRB approval (if finalized), instruments, etc., as necessary (appendices). These items are not included in the five page limitation.
DEADLINE: See Chapter Calendar
Send six (6) copies of abstract with name on separate cover sheet and requests for registration information to:
The University of Akron
College of Nursing
Attn: Dr. Marlene Huff, Chair Research and Awards Committee
Akron, OH 44325-3701
For More Information Contact:
Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Omega Chapter
101 Mary Gladwin Hall Akron, OH 44325-3701
Tel: 330-972-5930
FAX: 330-972-3757
Internet: mhuff@uakron.edu or
shanks@uakron.edu
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