Advancing the Discipline Grants

• All Investigators must be NCA members at the time of submission and maintain their membership throughout the grant period.
• Officers, directors, trustees (the Legislative Assembly and its Executive Committee), key employees, substantial contributors, or employees thereof, or grant selection committee members are not eligible to receive grants from NCA.
• Travel, equipment, and other funding categories will only be allocated for items that are in direct support of the proposed project or event. Examples of things that are not eligible for funding under these terms are attendance at NCA’s Annual Convention and purchase of office computers. Funds may not be used to augment the budget of NCA convention-related activity.
• Individual research projects will not be considered for funding.
• NCA will pay up to 10 percent of indirect costs, but the total funding amount, including both direct and indirect costs, cannot exceed the $5,000 funding limit.
• Funds are disbursed to identified fiscal agents, not to individuals.

The following three documents are required: A detailed description of the proposed activity, a detailed budget, and an abbreviated CV for each principal investigator. These materials should be submitted a single PDF document.

1. Detailed Description of the Proposed Activity: A detailed description of the proposed activity should include answers the following questions.
   • For events:
     • What is the topic of the event?
     • Why is this an important topic and how can the event be used to advance the discipline of Communication?
     • How does this event align with NCA’s strategic plan?
     • How will NCA members, or others, benefit from this event?
     • How many people are expected to attend this event?
     • What is the planned structure of the event? (e.g., program, agenda, etc.)
     • What are the logistical details of the event? (e.g., dates, locations, organizers)
   • For projects:
     • What do you propose to investigate? (e.g., topic, goals, objectives)
     • Why is this an important project and how can the results be used to advance the discipline of Communication?
     • How does this project align with NCA’s strategic plan?
     • What methods/methodologies will be used to accomplish the goals of this project?
     • What are the expected outcomes and/or deliverables of this project?
     • How will NCA members, or others, benefit from this project?
2. Detailed Budget: The detailed budget should include a rational for each expense as well a list of other confirmed funding sources (such as matching funds or additional funding).
3. Abbreviated CV for Each Principal Investigator: Each CV should be no longer than three pages and include full name, contact information, and institutional affiliation.

Help for Grant Seekers

Applicants are strongly encouraged to view and utilize NCA’s resources for composing and submitting grant proposals. Click here to view these resources.

All grant recipients are required to follow the reporting requirements outlined in NCA’s Assessment Protocol and follow the NCA Promotional Activities and Sponsorship Acknowledgment Policy.

Applicants should consult with their institution’s Office of Sponsored Programs (or similar grants office) to review the NCA Funding Assessment Protocol and the NCA Promotional Activities and Sponsorship Acknowledgment Policy. Failure to secure the institution’s guidance prior to submission can significantly delay, or prevent, grant awards.

• NCA must be acknowledged as a sponsor of NCA funded events and projects. The NCA
  logo must be on all official correspondence related to an NCA funded event or project as
  well as any public documents, reports, or publications.
• At the discretion of the Executive Committee, with advice from the Finance Board,
  “National Communication Association” should be incorporated into the official title of
  NCA funded events, especially when NCA is the sole or majority sponsor.
• At NCA sponsored events, NCA should be acknowledged in public remarks (e.g.,
  welcome remarks, keynote address introductions, luncheon) and the NCA logo should be
  displayed in a prominent location(s).
• NCA will work with event and project organizers to plan and execute pre- and
  postevent/project promotional plans, as appropriate, which use various NCA
  communications channels.
• NCA will place event/project information on the NCA website (http://www.natcom.org)
  if appropriate. Relevant text and graphics must be sent to NCA by event/project
  organizers in a timely fashion. If a website other than the NCA website is created or used
  for an NCA funded event or project, NCA will place the URL link on the NCA website.
  Relevant information must be provided by the event/project organizer. If a website other
  than the NCA website is created or used for an NCA funded event or project, that website
  must post the NCA logo in a prominent location as well as a link to the NCA website.
• Event registration materials should include information about NCA and how to join the
  association as well as a cover letter on NCA letterhead from the NCA President and/or
  Executive Director welcoming participants and thanking them for participating in an
  NCA funded event. Please request your letter from NCA’s National Office when you are
  putting together relevant materials.
• Event organizers must provide NCA with contact information for event participants with
  the understanding that NCA may contact them in the future to solicit a membership to
  NCA.
• Unless alternative arrangements are made in advance, all products, publications, and
  other works or results are the property of NCA and, as such, the copyright is owned by
  NCA. These items can be licensed for use by the original authors with the written
  permission of NCA.
• Event/project organizers must write a news-style article about the event/project once it is
  completed. It should be submitted to NCA’s Director of Academic and Professional
  Affairs for dissemination to members through appropriate channels.
• Somewhere in the materials for an event or a project, the following language should
  appear and should be made known to the participants:
  • • During the course of this conference, I acknowledge that I may have my voice,
      likeness and/or actions captured in photograph, video and/or audio recordings. As
      a condition of my attendance at this conference, I agree to irrevocably grant to the
      National Communication Association (“NCA”), its assigns, licensees and
      successors the right to video, photograph, publish, record, broadcast, exhibit,
      digitize, display, copyright, license, transfer, reproduce, translate, modify, edit or
      otherwise use perpetually throughout the world, in all media now and hereafter
      known or devised, in whole or in part, my image, likeness, voice, name and
      actions in audio and video recordings, photographs and materials prepared by
      and/or disseminated by NCA.