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Projects that Advance the Discipline of Communication
Funded by the National Communication Association
Deadline: February 15, 2010
NCA is requesting proposals for work that will advance the discipline of communication. While there are many funding outlets for communication scholars to seek support for disciplinary research, NCA is uniquely positioned to support projects that are focused on the discipline itself. Projects should reach beyond a single department, campus, or NCA unit. Projects might include the following, among several other possibilities:
- Collection of data about departments in the discipline
- Collection of data about disciplinary career trajectories
- Development of innovative practices for teaching communication
- Implementation of a mentoring program for young scholars in the discipline
- Study of some dimension of the history of the discipline
- Identification of new approaches for disseminating disciplinary research to non-academic audiences
- Development of an approach for diversifying the discipline
A few examples of projects funded in the past through this fund are:
- Development of a registry of members of the discipline who have received funding for conducting research or special projects including a description of the project, how much money was granted, and the name of the funder
- Creation of a video documentary about seven women pioneers in the discipline of communication (currently in their 70s and 80s) who developed careers in the academic workplace
- Investigation of past and present college and university presidents who hold an academic degree in communication
- Creation of a Web site that promotes the study of great speeches and public debates in undergraduate humanities classrooms (partial support)
Requests for funding may not exceed $5,000. Preference is given to stand-alone projects, but partial funding of larger projects will be considered provided that the funding is allocated to a specific piece of the larger endeavor. Funds may not be used to augment the budget of NCA convention-related activity.
Eligibility
Principal Investigators must be NCA members at the time of submission. Investigators may only receive a grant from this fund once.
Application Process
Please submit proposals to Brad Mello at bmello@natcom.org by 5p.m. on February 15, 2010. Each project proposal should be submitted with a cover sheet that can be downloaded from www.natcom.org/grant. In addition to the cover page, proposals should include a single document attachment (in Word or .pdf) with the following:
- Detailed description of the proposed project that is no longer than 5 pages. Please include answers to the following questions:
- What do you propose to investigate?
- Why is this an important project and how can the results be used to advance the discipline of communication?
- What is the methodology by which you plan to accomplish this?
- Detailed budget including rationale for each expense and a list of any other confirmed funding sources
- Curriculum vitae for each Principal Investigator that is no more than three pages long and includes full name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
Obligations of Grant Recipients
- As assessment of the project after its completion must be submitted. Specific instructions will be provided to grant winners.
- Any materials developed in support of the activity must acknowledge NCA as a sponsor. Specific instructions about the nature of the acknowledgement will be provided to grant winners.
- Grant recipients are expected to write an article for dissemination to the NCA membership.
For additional information, please contact Brad Mello at bmello@natcom.org or 202-534-1103.
RFP Funding Request Form
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