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> > Dear colleagues > > The Research Grant Program Competition Committee is accepting proposals for the 2011 Awards. > Information below is also available on the ALISE website at > http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=55548 > Please distribute this call widely. Many thanks! > > France Bouthillier > Chair, ALISE Research Grant Committee > Director, School of Information Studies McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada > > > DEADLINE - October 1, 2010 > > The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) is now accepting proposals for its 2011 Research Grant Program Competition. An award of one or more grants totaling $5,000 may be made to support research broadly related to education for library and information science. The Research Grant Award cannot be used to support a doctoral dissertation. At least one applicant in a group submitting a proposal must be a personal member of ALISE as of the deadline date. > Proposals may not exceed 20 double-spaced pages, excluding CVs. If necessary, supporting information may be included in an appendix. Proposals must include the following information to be considered in the competition: > > * Abstract of the project (not longer than 200 words). > * Problem statement and literature review (including justification and need for the research). > * Project objectives. > * Project description. > * Research design, methodology, and analysis techniques (including schedule for completion). > * Detailed budget (including institutional or departmental contributions, if any). > * Expected benefits and impact of the research. > * Vita(e) of project investigator(s) may be appended. > > Staff training, general operating or overhead expenses, and other indirect costs are not funded. > The proposals will be judged by the ALISE Research Committee with the assistance of additional ALISE members in those cases where the methodology warrants. The proposals will be judged on: > > 1. Appropriateness of the proposed project to issues in library and information science education in its broadest context. > 2. Significance of the problem. > 3. Design of the study. > 4. The investigator's qualifications: how likely she/he is to be successful, based on previous work and/or possession of the requisite skills. > 5. The appropriateness of the schedule and the likelihood that the work will be accomplished on time. > 6. Completeness of the application. > > Submissions will be disqualified if they exhibit one or more of the following: > > Lack of adherence to submission requirements > Submission of paper for the wrong award > Poor quality in the writing > Poor organization of material > Lack of specificity on required elements > Lack of appropriate instrument samples > Lack of appropriate theoretical framework > > > The committee reserves the right to select no winning proposal if in its judgment none of the proposals are considered satisfacto > > > > Recipients of the award must: > > * Present a preliminary report at the 2011 ALISE Annual Conference > * Submit written quarterly reports to the Executive Director of ALISE, who will pay the grant in periodic installments as the research progresses > * May submit the results of the funded study to the Association's Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS) for possible publication prior to submission to other publications. > * Acknowledge the support of ALISE in any publicity or presentation based on the funded study > * Inform the Executive Director of ALISE if research funding from other sources is obtained, in addition to the provided by ALISE > > > The research proposal must be received no later than October 1, 2010. It should be submitted via email as an attachment in Word format to > > France Bouthillier<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > McGill University > Chair, ALISE Research Grant Competition Committee > > > > >