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CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS 2018 Advancing Research in Campus Activities Grants Applicaon Deadline—September 21, 2018 at 11:59pm PST Award Noficaons Begin—October 22, 2018 Gold Scholar Award One research team will be selected for the Gold Scholar Award package. This package includes a $2,500 spend to support research acvies, paid travel to the 2020 NACA® Naonal Convenon for one research team representave, and addional consideraons. Gold Scholar Recipient Expectaons Recipients of this award are required to prepare a presentaon about their research for the 2020 NACA® Naonal Convenon. By December 1, 2019, they must also submit an execuve summary of their results, which will be promoted for naonal visibility. In addion, they will be encouraged to submit a proposal for an educaon session at one of the NACA® Regional Conferences, an NACA® webinar, and/or an educaonal session at a naonal higher educaon associaon conference or event. They will also be encouraged to submit a follow-up arcle for the Journal of Campus Acvies Pracce and Scholarship (JCAPS) and Campus Acvies Programming® magazine. Silver Scholar Award Up to two research teams will be selected for the Silver Scholar Award package. This package includes a $1,250 spend per research team to support research acvies and addional consideraons. Silver Scholar Recipient Expectaons By December 1, 2019, recipients of this award are required to submit an execuve summary of their results, which will be promoted for naonal visibility. They will also be encouraged to submit a proposal for an educaon session at one of the NACA® Regional Conferences, a NACA® webinar, and/or an ed- ucaonal session at a naonal higher educaon associaon conference or event. In addion, they will also be encouraged to write a follow-up arcle for JCAPS and Campus Acvies Programming® magazine. Bronze Scholar Award Up to three research teams will be selected for the Silver Scholar Award package. This package includes a $500 spend per research team to support research acvies. Bronze Scholar Recipient Expectaons By December 1, 2019, recipients of this award are required to submit an execuve summary of their results, which will be promoted for naonal visibility. They will also be encouraged to submit a proposal for one of the NACA® Regional Conferences and/or for a NACA® webinar, in addion to an arcle for the Campus Acvies Programming® magazine. Research Requirements & Selecon Criteria Members of the Board of Directors, Foundaon Board of Trustees, Research and Scholarship Group, as well as NACA® office staff, are not eligible for research grants. Research proposals must focus on issue(s) related to campus acvies that are relevant to a wide audience and have implicaons for student success iniaves. Proposals must clearly arculate a strong research design that is appropriate for the research queson(s). Qualitave, quantave, and mixed-method studies will be considered. Proposed research must be original work of the research team and must not have been reported elsewhere. Proposals must comply with NACA®’s Policy Statement for Conducng Research, Scholarly or Otherwise, with NACA or NACA® Members. Proposals must include an abstract of the proposed research. The members of the research team must be willing to have this informaon posted on the NACA® web- site and/or published in the Journal for Campus Acvies Pracce and Scholarship or the Campus Acvies Programming® magazine. Proposals must include a meline for compleon. Reminder—Research must be completed within a year of the monetary award. NACA® research grants were introduced in 2008, and the funds for NACA® Research Grants and Advancing Research in Campus Acvies Grants were formally established in 2009. In 2015, these grants were combined under the umbrella of “Advancing Research in Campus Acvies Grants” as a reflecon of the ulmate goal for the awards, which is to advance the field of campus acvies by encouraging the development and disseminaon of knowledge that has potenal to improve the experiences of college students through their involvement in campus acvies. To achieve the goal of the Advancing Research in Campus Acvies Grants, NACA is now seeking research proposals. For more informaon, contact Dr. Telesia Davis at [email protected].
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CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS 2018 Advancing Research in
Campus Activities Grants
Application Deadline—September 21, 2018 at 11:59pm PST Award Notifications Begin—October 22, 2018 Gold Scholar Award One research team will be selected for the Gold Scholar Award package. This package includes a $2,500 stipend to support research activities, paid travel to the 2020 NACA® National Convention for one research team representative, and additional considerations. Gold Scholar Recipient Expectations Recipients of this award are required to prepare a presentation about their research for the 2020 NACA® National Convention. By December 1, 2019, they must also submit an executive summary of their results, which will be promoted for national visibility. In addition, they will be encouraged to submit a proposal for an education session at one of the NACA® Regional Conferences, an NACA® webinar, and/or an educational session at a national higher education association conference or event. They will also be encouraged to submit a follow-up article for the Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship (JCAPS) and Campus Activities Programming® magazine. Silver Scholar Award Up to two research teams will be selected for the Silver Scholar Award package. This package includes a $1,250 stipend per research team to support research activities and additional considerations. Silver Scholar Recipient Expectations By December 1, 2019, recipients of this award are required to submit an executive summary of their results, which will be promoted for national visibility. They will also be encouraged to submit a proposal for an education session at one of the NACA® Regional Conferences, a NACA® webinar, and/or an ed-ucational session at a national higher education association conference or event. In addition, they will also be encouraged to write a follow-up article for JCAPS and Campus Activities Programming® magazine.
Bronze Scholar Award Up to three research teams will be selected for the Silver Scholar Award package. This package includes a $500 stipend per research team to support research activities. Bronze Scholar Recipient Expectations By December 1, 2019, recipients of this award are required to submit an executive summary of their results, which will be promoted for national visibility. They will also be encouraged to submit a proposal for one of the NACA® Regional Conferences and/or for a NACA® webinar, in addition to an article for the Campus Activities Programming® magazine. Research Requirements & Selection Criteria
Members of the Board of Directors, Foundation Board of Trustees, Research and Scholarship Group, as well as NACA® office staff, are not eligible for research grants.
Research proposals must focus on issue(s) related to campus activities that are relevant to a wide audience and have implications for student success initiatives.
Proposals must clearly articulate a strong research design that is appropriate for the research question(s). Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies will be considered.
Proposed research must be original work of the research team and must not have been reported elsewhere.
Proposals must comply with NACA®’s Policy Statement for Conducting Research, Scholarly or Otherwise, with NACA or NACA® Members.
Proposals must include an abstract of the proposed research. The members of the research team must be willing to have this information posted on the NACA® web-site and/or published in the Journal for Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship or the Campus Activities Programming® magazine.
Proposals must include a timeline for completion. Reminder—Research must be completed within a year of the monetary award.
NACA® research grants were introduced in 2008, and the funds for NACA® Research Grants and Advancing Research in Campus Activities Grants were formally established in 2009. In 2015, these grants were combined under the umbrella of “Advancing Research in Campus Activities Grants” as a reflection of the ultimate goal for the awards, which is to advance the field of campus activities by encouraging the development and dissemination of knowledge that has potential to improve the experiences of college students through their involvement in campus activities. To achieve the goal of the Advancing Research in Campus Activities Grants, NACA is now seeking research proposals.
For more information, contact Dr. Telesia Davis at [email protected].
Preferred Research Topics Special consideration will be given to proposals addressing one of the following topics related to the NACA® Research Agenda:
The role of student organization advisors in facilitating student learning and/or student success
The influence of student involvement on academic achieve-ment and/or student persistence to graduation
Ties between the development of employability skills and campus involvement
The ways in which campus activities contributes to and promotes inclusive and just campus cultures
Student learning gains from types of student involvement activities, including student organization membership, positional leadership and event planning opportunities
High-impact practices in campus activities
Preparation experiences for employment in campus activities, including graduate preparation and/or career development
Previous Research Topics
Quantity and Quality of Co-Curricular Involvement in College—Matthew K. Vetter, 2017
Colleges & Universities as “Laboratories of Democracy?”: An Exploration of the Political and Civic Outcomes of Under-graduate Co-Curricular Involvement—Adam Gismondi, PH.D. and Inger Bergom, Ph.D., 2017
Student Success through Leadership and Involvement: So-cially Responsible Leadership Values in Action—Dr. Kathy Guthrie, Dr. Vivechkanand Chunno, and Sally Watkins, 2017
Online Networking and Digital Identity Development—Laura Pasquini, Ph.D., Paul W. Eaton, Ph.D., and Josie Ahlquist, Ed.D., 2017
Double (Privilege) Jeopardy: Does an Elite Institutional Con-text Undermine “Good” Leadership Identity Development? —Erika Cohen Derr, 2017
Harnessing High-Impact Practices through a Virtual Leader-ship Development Program—Gary Myers III and Lindsey Myers, 2017
The Student Leadership Development Plan at Florida State University: A Cross Functional-Area Assessment of Student Leader Learning through Involvement Experiences—Erica Wiborg and Amanda Mintz, 2016
That’s Not Funny, But Why? Better Understanding Student Reactions to Comedy—Jason Meier and Amma Marfo, 2016
Key Indicators for Developing Lifelong Institutional Affinity through Undergraduate Student Involvement and Campus Programs—Katie Winstead Reichner, 2016
The Impact of System-wide Activities in the Community College Setting: A South Carolina Case Study—Salandra Bowman and Rosline Sumpter, 2016
The Degree to Which Participation in College Improv Comedy Affects Student Development—Colin Stewart, 2016
A Study of Exemplary Co-Curricular Advising by College and University Faculty—Scott Lyons, 2015
Cross Campus Collaboration to Asses an Alcohol Alternative Program at Illinois State University—Julia Broskey and Amanda Papinchock, 2015
A Place for Scholarship in Campus Activities Practice: A
Collective Case Study—Cindy Kane, 2014
Risk Perceptions in the Management of Student Organizations—Kim Bruemmer, 2014
Do Peer Consultants have a Positive Impact on the Success of Student Involvement? - Jessica Inman and Catherine Pedersen, 2014
How a Jesuit University Engages LGBT Students: A Case Study—Bryce Hughes, 2014
Odd Bedfellows or Perfect Partners: A Case Study of Academic Librarians and Student Affairs Professionals Mental Models toward Collaboration—Beth Hoag, 2014
Assessing Student Leader Learning: A Comprehensive Competency-Based Approach for Current Practitioners—Justin Janak and Patrick Edwards, 2013
The Relationship Between Student Involvement in Extracurricular Activities and Sense of Belonging among Undergraduate Commuter Students—Margaux C. Manley, 2013
A Case for Single-Parent Students in College: Exploring the Impact of Campus Activities on Academic and Social Integration—Mauriell Amechi and Lance Kennedy-Phillips, 2012
A Mixed Methods Perspective on Latino Male Undergraduates: Examining Their Leadership Abilities and Development in Postsecondary Education—Adrian H. Huerta and Gina A. Garcia, 2012
A Study of Involvement Variables in Higher Education: Their Infuence on the Uniform CPA Examination—Linda M. Campbell, 2011
SOARing to New Heights: Measuring the Learning of Student Leaders—Ladanya Ramírez Surmeier, 2011
The Influence of Time Spent by Students Engaged in Co-Curricular Involvement, Online Social Networking, and Studying and Doing Coursework on the their Academic Achievement—Regina Young Hyatt, 2010
The Fort After Dark—Kat Kaszpurenko, 2010
The Contribution of Alternative Break Programs to Students’ Future Intentions—Elizabeth Niehaus, 2010
A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Periodic and Meta-Cognitive Reflection for Fostering Learning Outcomes in Presidents of Campus Programming Boards—Adam Peck, 2010
Student Event Planning Using Risk Management: A Moral Process?—Tina Samuel Powellson, 2009
Anticipatory Socialization of New College Students: Connectivity Experiences on Facebook—Kimberly Nehls and Jacob Livengood, 2009
See additional topics at the following link: https://www.naca.org/Grants/Pages/PastTopics.aspx.
Grant Timeline
October 22, 2018—Award notifications begin
November 2018—Awards issued
November/December 2018—Awards Announced in NACA® publications
Fall 2019/Spring 2020—Presentation of Research Findings at NACA® Regional Conferences or National Convention
December 1, 2019—Executive summaries due
