WNRCASN Education Research Grant Application

    Principal Investigator Name (required)

    Principal Investigator Credentials
    Include Degrees and Fellowships (required)

    Educational Institution
    Name of your university, college, or school of nursing (required)

    Employment Position / Title
    For example: Assistant Professor, Director, Dean, etc. (required)

    Email for Principal Investigator
    All communication will be with the Primary Investigator (required)

    Preferred Phone Number
    May be an office, home, or cell - whatever # we may best reach you at. (required)

    Mailing Address for Principal Investigator
    All communication will be with the Primary Investigator (required)

    City

    Province or Territory

    Postal Code

    For teams with more than 4 members (1 PI and 3 Co-I's), please upload a WORD document with all team members' names, credentials, and institutional affiliations.
    If the team has 4 (1 PI and 3 Co-I's) or fewer team members, please input each Co-I's name in the boxes below and DO NOT upload an additional document here. The maximum file upload size is 3MB.

    Co-Investigator #1 Name Up to 3 Co-I's may be named here. If additional names need to be added, please upload an additional WORD document with all team members names in the question above.

    Co-Investigator #1 Institution Affiliation

    Co-Investigator #2 Name

    Co-Investigator #2 Institution Affiliation

    Co-Investigator #3 Name

    Co-Investigator #3 Institution Affiliation

    Your WNRCASN Membership must be Active and current. If the PI's and any Co-I's are not current members at the time the application is reviewed, the application will be disqualified. *Except in the case where Co-I's are not nurses or not nurse educators.
    Have you verified that all appropriate members of the research team are Active and current members of WNRCASN?

    Project Title

    Is the research part of the Principal Investigator’s, or any co-investigator’s, work towards a graduate degree?
    The Education Research Award is not for graduate student research projects.
    YesNoMaybe - Please email secretary@wnrcasn to explain

    Please upload the Part B Proposal file here
    Please refrain from using authors or institutional names in the naming of the document. The maximum file upload size is 3MB.

    * In a separate WORD document that you may upload below, please complete the following sections related to your research proposal. Please limit the research proposal to a maximum of 5 pages (not including the timeline and budget or the references). The timeline and budget should be kept to 1 page and the references may be up to 5 additional pages. The Part B Proposal document is to be single spaced, 12 point font with 1 inch (2.5 cm) margins. It is recommended that applicants use the title of the research as a header on all documents with page numbers.

    ** All proposals will undergo a blinded review by two separate reviewers. Please remove any institutional names from the title and from the text. For example: The University of Canada research project may be referred to as: The BLANK UNIVERSITY research project.

    Referring to a particular researcher at your institution that would identify you or your institution should also be blanked. For example: Previous published work by the PI has informed the framework for this project (BLANK, 2022).

    *** References / Works Cited are to be submitted with the same identity scrubbing as indicated above. For example: BLANK, X (2022). Title of the paper. Journal, Vol(iss), pp

    **** The Rubric the Reviewers will use is posted on the website.

    1. Research Proposal (5 Pages Max)
      1. Abstract
      2. Description of the research (be clear and concise)
      3. Purpose
      4. Literature review
      5. Method and procedures, including problem statement/research question, hypothesis, theoretical/conceptual framework, sample and assumptions
      6. Ethical considerations
      7. Statement of relevance and potential contribution to nursing education
    2. References – These may be formatted in APA or some other recognized format. References are in addition to the 5 page limit.
    3. Budget (1 Page in addition to the 5 page max, with the timeline) – please provide a detailed budget of the research. Personnel and materials (software, etc.) are allowable expenses. Office overhead (rent) and teaching release are not allowable expenses. Please be specific with dollar amounts for each line item. The budget should explain how you plan to use the $5000 award. If you are anticipating other sources of funding, please include those in your budget.
    4. Proposed Timeline of research (1 page with the Budget in addition to the 5 pages maximum).
    5. Page Limits – A total of 5 pages maximum for the Proposal (#1a to 1g above) and 1 additional page that contains the Budget and Timeline. If needed, the Budget and Timeline may each be a page. Up to 5 additional pages for the reference list. Appendices may be attached as long as they clarify questions the reviewers may have about your project (example: the questionnaire proposed) but may not include information that relates directly to the Proposal criteria (#1a to 1g above).

      Be sure your document has the name of the project as a header on all pages, with page numbers. Please do not use authors’ names as the file needs to be blinded from the reviewers.
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