ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada) is proud to announce the establishment of the annual Research Funding Awards. These awards are open to all members (Fellows, Residents and Members) of the RCCSS(C) and are meant to stimulate your interest in chiropractic sports science and are meant to encourage you to undertake research studies.
OVERVIEW:
| VALUE | Total Amount of Funds available for rewards: $3500 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE | June 1st on a yearly basis |
| HOW TO APPLY | See below |
| FOR MORE INFORMATION | Please contact Bill Neilson at the RCCSS(C) Office |
Decisions on awards will be made by Aug 1st yearly, and announced each year via the sport report and AGM.
AWARDS ALLOCATION:
Awards allocation options
3 awards @ $1000
1 award @ $500 Best Paper (for the published paper with the most ‘significant’ impact – may be one of the above or entirely separate)
REVIEW PROCESS:
Review Committee adjudicate applications and granting process.
Regular panel of Research and Education committee members as reviewers, with the possibility of additional invited reviewers should the demand dictate this
Assign 3 reviewers per application (blinded to the author/applicant)
The Chair of the committee will referee the peer review process
Applications to be peer reviewed by 3 reviewers per application
Total summed score of a scoring rubric by reviewers will determine who win the awards
Peer reviewers also have the option of providing blinded comments about the project to the applicants if they choose to do so during the peer review process
- Double blind peer review
- ○ Submission is removed of identifying information
- ○ Applicants are blinded to the reviewers
- Provide format for submission (no longer than 1500 words, not including abstract, references, budget or intent for knowledge dissemination sections)
- ○ Abstract
- ○ Intro
- ○ Methods
- ○ Any preliminary pilot work (if available)
- ○ Implications of your work to sports health care
- ○ Budget of funds applied for, if received
- ○ Intent for knowledge dissemination
STIPULATIONS OF THE FUNDING AWARDS:
Submit an expanded abstract of the research proposal (no more than 1500 words)
Submit a planned budget of funds, if received (could be for the project itself or for presentation/publication purposes)
Must acknowledge the RCCSS(C) in any presentations or in an acknowledgement section of a publication
Must either present @ a RCCSS(C) conference as a 15 minute platform presentation OR create an e-presentation to be used by the RCCSS(C) website @ completion of the project. If the awarded applicant fails to meet this requirement, all funds must be paid back in full to the RCCSS(C).
Funds are forwarded to the applicant only after a copy of the Research Ethics Board Approval by the applicant’s academic institution has been received by the RCCSS(C) Research Committee office
The project must be published or submitted for publication within 2 calendar years of the award being granted or the funds must be paid back in full to the RCCSS(C). (the R & E committee reserves the right to consider and extend this deadline under extenuating circumstances)
All members of the Research and Education Committee are not eligible for any of these awards
CONTACT INFORMATION:
RCCSS(C) Office – Bill Neilson
120-602-12th Ave SW
Calgary Ab. T2R 1J3
Tel: 403-225-3842, Fax: 403-225-3914
Research Chair – Dr. Sandy S. Sajko
511 Maple Grove Dr., Unit #4
Oakville, On. L6J 4W3
Tel: 905-338-3732
Fax: 905-338-5269