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The award competition is open to full-time students
at the graduate level. While the faculty sponsor may be consulted
during the formulation of the proposal, it is expected that the
student is the author of the proposal and will be the principal
investigator of the research project.
For the purposes of this award, the term "research"
is broadly defined to include any scholarly endeavor, including
but not limited to experiments, correlational studies, qualitative
investigations and evaluation research.
Research proposals must include the following information:
a) Specific Aims (recommended length of .5 page)
-- what are the research goals?
-- what are the specific hypothesis?
b) Background (recommended length of 1-2 pages)
-- brief literature review of the area
-- what has past research shown?
-- what are the gaps in the existing literature that this research
addresses?
c) Methods (recommended length of 2-3 pages)
-- description of the proposed sample
-- description of the measures
-- procedures
-- data analytic plan
Parts A through C of the research proposal should
not exceed 6 single-spaced pages, including tables and figures.
Proposals that exceed the 6-page limit will not be reviewed.
d) References
e) Budget
Please include a detailed budget with justification
for each expense. The Budget may be of any size, but the awards
are limited to a maximum of $1200. Expenses should be directly related
to the conduct of the research and should not be used for travel
unless carefully justified. If the budget for the project exceeds
the amount of the award, you should include a detailed description
of where the additional money will be obtained.
Style must conform to the guidelines for a Public
Health Service Grant (i.e., National Institutes of Health) application.
Instructions and forms in Adobe format are available at the following
website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
or they may be available from your institution. If you prefer, you
may create your own form to approximate the NIH forms. Type size
must be at least 11 point; all margins must be at least 1 inch.
Applications not following these guidelines will not be considered.
Include a cover letter that specifies the award
to which you are applying: research in ethnic minority health psychology,
child health psychology, or general health psychology.
Submit four (4) copies of each of the following:
1) NIH face sheet (only items 1-5 need to be completed)
2) NIH Biographical Sketch (not to exceed one page) of the student
3) NIH Biographical sketch (not to exceed two pages) of the faculty
sponsor
4) A letter of recommendation from the faculty sponsor that endorses
the student and the application as well as verifies that the proposed
research is the student's project and that the student will function
as the Principal Investigator
5) the Research Proposal as described above
Proposals will be judged by members of the Division
38 Research Committee. Preference will be given to submissions from
students who have not previously received this award.
Each student receiving an award will be required
to submit a report to the Research Committee by September 1, 2004.
The report will be limited to 2 single-spaced pages and should include
a description of the results and the investigator's plan for presenting
or publishing the results.
Send Student Research Award Application to:
Vicki S. Helgeson, Ph.D.
Chair, Research Committee (Div. 38)
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
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