Grants for New Research
A grant or grants of up to $5,000 per year will be made available from the Society treasury. A committee of up to 5 members will assess grant applications; determine the suitability of applications and the amount of stipend to be given per application. The grant administrator will submit a year end report detailing expenditures to the committee chair. In addition, the committee reserves the right to request receipts. Any unused funding will be returned to the Society at the completion of the study.
- The principal investigator must be a member of STSW in good standing.
- The proposed area of study must be one that the committee feels is one of sufficient merit to warrant investigation.
- The application for submission is available on the STSW website and includes:
- Title of study
- Authors
- Abstract
- Objectives
- Setting and Participants
- Research methodology/ testing format
- Time frame of study
- Copy of all materials to be used (e.g., questionnaires, interview protocols, consent forms, cover letters. etc.)
- IRB approval from all institutions participating in study
- Detailed explanation of proposed costs with amount of stipend request
- Any other funding sources or prospects
The completed study must be submitted to Progress in Transplantation for publication evaluation and submitted to the conference planning committee of STSW for presentation at an annual conference within two years of completion or publication. Completed Applications should be sent to the Research Committee Chair:
Jane Harrison, LCSW, CCTSW
Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA 22042-3300
703 776-3203
703 776-2797 FAX
jane.harrison@inova.org
Please Download and Complete Grant Application for New Research here.