Request for Funding to Support DNP Students Scholarly Projects

UW-Madison School of Nursing

Request for Funding to Support DNP Students Scholarly Projects

Spring 2017

·  The School of Nursing offers several awards to support student scholarly inquiry including the development of project ideas.

·  Requests for funding for travel is limited to support research/data gathering or conference attendance if you are NOT planning to present. Other funding is available through Academic Programs for conference travel if you are presenting and should not be requested in these budgets.

·  Please review the information below and specific application processes for each award.

·  Applications for all awards are due by 4:30 pm on January 23, 2017. Send to .

Awards:

We have several awards and the amounts vary from up to $1,000.00 to up to $4,000.00. These awards include the Long Term Care Leadership* award, Larson, Class of 1964, Heideman, Johnson, and Eckburg** award.

Application materials

Summit one electronic application packet to be considered for any/all awards.

Application packet includes:

1.  Funding application face page

2.  Budget(s) and justification based on the amount you need for the award(s) for which you are applying

a.  Up to $1,000 to as high as $4,000.00

3.  Scholarly Project Summary

4.  CV/Resume

Save as Last_Name 2017 Scholarly Project Support Award.pdf and send to .

Evaluation Criteria

·  Quality of the scholarly project/plan (significance, methodological rigor, innovation, impact on nursing knowledge or practice)

·  Evidence that proposed work supports the student in establishing or furthering his/her scholarly inquiry.

·  *For Long Term Care Leadership Award: Impact of research on direct patient care will also be evaluated.

**Note: Students applying for Eckburg awards may not be in any way related to any member of the Charles Eckburg Foundation Board of Directors.

Please prepare your applications single-spaced, with no less than 0.5 inch margins, and using 11-point Arial font.

All applications will be reviewed and scored by the Admissions, Progression, Funding Subcommittee of the Graduate Programs Committee. Students will be notified of awards by late-January 2017. Funds will be available in February 2017.

Funding Application Face Page

Instructions: Complete this form, obtain signatures (can be electronic or printed out and then scanned/saved) and date reviewed with your faculty advisor.

Project Title (limit 81 characters):
Your Name:
Faculty Advisor:
Office or Campus Address:
Email:
Phone:
Other funding received / pending:
Reviewed by Faculty Advisor
Signature: Date:

Budget(s) and Justification

You may submit more than one budget. You may submit a budget for an award up to $1,000.00 and a budget for an award up to $4,000.00.

Budgeted amount
Personnel (Applicant’s salary is not allowable.) Describe:
Consultant Costs List agency or affiliation:
Equipment Describe:
Supplies Describe:
Travel Describe purpose, or list conference, date, relevance:
Other Describe:
Total
SAMPLE / Budgeted amount
Personnel
Student Hourly: An undergraduate student will be hired for 30 hours [$10/hr.] to complete mailings, track survey responses, and enter data. / $300
Consultant Costs
J. Smith: J. Smith, Associate, Biggest and Best Survey Center, will provide 2 hours of consultation time [$50/hr.] to review the survey and provide feedback on item wording, layout, etc… / $100
Equipment
None / $0
Supplies
Important Nursing Organization (INO) Mailing List: Mailing addresses of a random sample of 200 INO members who have identified their practice role as “staff nurse” will be purchased at the non-profit rate [$50 per one hundred records]. The mailing list will cost $100 plus a $25 processing fee, a $15 set-up fee, and approximately $10 shipping and handling fee [total = $150].
Mailing Needs
A total of $___ is requested for mailing needs. Approximately 10 reams of paper [$4 each] will be needed for surveys and cover letters. We will need 400 envelopes [$13 per 500 envelopes] and 200 adhesive mailing labels [$5 per 100 labels]. Postage to mail the survey and return envelope is $0.60 per piece and to return the completed survey is $0.44 per piece. / $421
Travel
A total of $44 is requested for one round trip by auto to Milwaukee, WI to meet with J. Smith of the Biggest and Best Survey Center to discuss feedback on survey design [UW standard rate $0.51 per mile, 85 miles]. / $44
Other
Participant Incentives: A total of $275 is requested to offer five $50 VISA gift cards in a drawing among persons who complete the survey. A service charge of $5 per card is charged by US Bank. Entry in a prize drawing is a method commonly used to enhance survey participation rates. / $275
Total / $1140

Scholarly Project Summary

(1 page, single-spaced, .05 margins, 11 point Arial font)

Narrative describing the study/project should include:

a)  Summary of the proposed project (purpose, methods, significance to nursing or health).

b)  Explanation of how the proposed work supports the student in establishing or furthering his / her scholarly inquiry.

c)  *Impact of research on direct patient care-if you want to be considered for the Long Term Care Leadership award.