FPI Research Grant

FAMILY PROCESS INSTITUTE EARLY SCHOLARS RESEARCH GRANT

Background:
One grant of up to $6,000 will be awarded to an Early Career Professional. Early Career Professionals may be in varied areas of scholarship (e.g., marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing). Applicants may propose projects with smaller budgets. Grants will propose scholarship in broad areas of (a) theory development, (b) advancement of diversity issues, (c) intervention development, and (d) theory or treatment testing. All proposals will advance the Family Process Institute mission.
Family Process Institute Mission Statement: “Family Process Institute is an independent, multidisciplinary, transnational organization dedicated to the development and exchange of new theory, research, applied practice, and policy related to families and systems.”
Proposals will be due September 1,  2011. Proposals will be reviewed and scored by a Committee of the Family Process Institute comprised by three members. Proposals will be scored by November 15, 2011. Projects will have a start date of January 1, 2012 and will need to be completed by December 31, 2012 of the same year.
Eligibility Requirements:
–    ECPs are within 7 years of their terminal degree. For MDs and DOs this period starts at the end of psychiatry residency.
Proposals
–    Are expected to explicitly address how the research addresses the FPI mission.
–    Will be 5-10 pages in length.
o    Double spaced
o    APA style
o    Follows a scientific structure
    Specific aims and hypothesis (if applicable)
    Background and significance to the field of family research
    Research design & methods
    Description of targeted sample, sample size, and proposed statistical analysis
–    Must include the expected deliverables (e.g., presentations, publications, larger grant proposals).
Grant Recipient Responsibilities:
–    There is a minimum expectation that applicants will submit the results of their research to present at a regional, national, or international conference. Most applicants are expected to submit a manuscript for publication. Awardees who do not meet minimal expectations may be required to return the grant funding.
–    All dissemination efforts resulting from activities in the grant are expected to carry an acknowledgement of Family Process Institute as a funding source.
–    Final report due February 1, 2013. The final report includes
o    Important findings and a statement about impact. If a manuscript has been published, that can be turned in instead of this section.
o    References for conference and/or manuscript submissions, and evidence of submission (e.g., letter from editor acknowledging receipt of manuscript)
o    Other dissemination efforts and outcomes, and
o    A financial report of expenditures (specify allowable cost on proposal cover page; e.g., travel, GRA , analyses, consultant).
Allowable costs:
–    Research Assistant support
–    Consultant stipend
–    Payment to participants
–    Software, allowable if specialized and project specific (e.g., N6 for qualitative research)
–    Travel related to conducting study
–    Subject assessment costs, e.g., lab tests, specialized computer assessments, copyrighted assessment tools, blinded scoring of tapes, etc.
PLEASE SEND COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:
Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodriguez [melanie.domenech@usu.edu]
SUBJECT :  FAMILY PROCESS BOARD EARLY SCHOLARS GRANT AWARDS INITIATIVE