SHRP Educational Research Grants
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM
To reinforce SHRP’s commitment to scholarship and education, in support of the school’s mission and
objectives, the school will fund a number of educational research projects which will document the
effectiveness, efficiency or enrichment of distance education in the health sciences.
Grants will be available to greater than 50% faculty with a demonstrated record of conducting this kind of
research.
THE GRANT REQUEST
The school invites grant applications in the general field of educational research which are consistent with
the educational and research goals of SHRP. Faculty members who meet the eligibility requirements (see
below) may request funds to initiate a research project with the objective of furthering the educational
mission of the school in one, or both, of the following categories:
1) Educational effectiveness and efficiency of education methods. Proposals designed to measure the
effectiveness of distance learning, to compare strategies and techniques used in distance learning or to
expand and enhance the effectiveness of distance learning will be favored. Studies to re-engineer
courses to maintain quality and increase productivity, or study academic integrity are encouraged.
2) Educational Enrichment. Proposals designed to study educational innovation will be considered, in
areas such as curriculum. Proposals can study the development and delivery of information, the
implementation of innovative changes in curricula, creative teaching methods, a new course design,
academic integrity, etc.
To fulfill the scholarly goals of this program, all projects should include a plan to disseminate the results
of the research in an appropriate scholarly/professional publication at the conclusion of the project.
AMOUNT OF AWARDS
All awards will be for modest amounts meant to facilitate research and in no case will exceed $2,000.
Awards in excess of this amount will be considered only with full justification and individual support by
the Associate Dean for Research.
Funding - Awards for this round of grants will be made on a rolling basis as long as funds remain
available. Funds from these awards may not be used for direct salary support for the P.I., but may
contribute to the sponsorship of pre or postdoctoral fellows.
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ELIGIBILITY
Research awards will be made to greater than 50% faculty. Less than 50% and adjunct faculty are not
eligible. Faculty must present demonstrated ability in conducting this type of research.
APPLICATIONS
Application Forms, Submission and Deadlines. Application forms and the program timeline, including
applicable deadlines, can be obtained from the offices of the Associate Dean for Research, or from the
SHRP website at http://shrp.umdnj.edu/research/index.htm Preliminary proposals (no longer than 2
pages) will be submitted first. Those selected for further consideration will be invited to submit a full,
detailed proposal including a detailed project budget.
Application Review Procedures.
 All preliminary applications submitted to the Academic Affairs and Research Office will be
critically reviewed in accordance with the policies and procedures of the school and the
Educational Research Program. Deficient applications or those of insufficient merit or quality
will be returned to the authors
 For those applications which meet the program’s requirements, the faculty applicant will be
asked to submit a full research proposal.
 Full research proposals will be reviewed by the SHRP Committee on Research who will
evaluate each proposal. The Committee’s recommendations and the proposals will be
forwarded to the Research Committee (chaired by the Office of Research and including the
Chair of the Committee on Research and Department Chairs as appropriate) for final review
and decision concerning funding.
NOTICE OF AWARD
Announcements of grant recipients will be made in accordance with the program timeline published at
shrp.umdnj.edu/research.
GRANT PERIOD
The funding period of each grant is one year.
EXPENDITURES
1) Salary. Salary may not be requested for the principal investigator or author or other full-time UMDNJ
faculty members or staff, but may contribute to the sponsorship of pre- or post-doctoral fellows.
2) Budget Categories. Emphasis should be given to items that specifically support project goals (as
opposed to general items such as furniture, office supplies, personal computers, etc.). Travel fund
requests will not be considered except in unusual circumstances in which case a specific request and
justification must be made.
3) Adherence to Budget. Expenditures of grant funds must adhere to the specific categories and items in
the approved grant budget.
4) Equipment. Equipment provided through this funding, although designated for primary use by the
grantee, must be made available to faculty and students throughout the School. All equipment
purchased through these grants becomes the property of SHRP.
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REPAYMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS
Any portion of grant funds unexpended and not committed at the completion of the project or at the end of
the grant period, including any authorized extension thereof, must be returned to SHRP immediately upon
preparation of the final financial report. Awarded funds must be returned as soon as it is determined that
all or any portion of the funds will not be needed.
GRANT CLOSEOUT
Within 120 days following the expiration date of each grant, the following items must be furnished to
SHRP by the grantee:
1) Final Narrative Report.
2) The written report will give details of activities, conclusions drawn, estimation of the degree to which
project goals were achieved, and a statement as to the prospects for publication/presentation of the
study results.
3) A copy of manuscript(s) resulting from the grant should be submitted with the final narrative report.
4) Final Financial Report.
5) Submission of results to an appropriate journal
PATENT POLICY
All research funded by SHRP must be conducted in full compliance with the policy of the University
regarding patents, copyrights and materials transfer. Therefore, any research grant is made on the
conditions that:
The grant will only be used for performing original research as long as the grantee remains an employee or
appointee of the University; and
Such grantee agrees to comply fully with all the policies of the University and with the conditions of
his/her employment or appointment at the University which are in force at the time the grant is made.
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