1999 ALAO RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATION

Application Form
Deadline
Award Amount and Purpose of Grant
Proposal Review Schedule
Contact for More Information

The Academic Library Association of Ohio seeks to promoteresearch, and each year the ALAO Executive Board may award up to$500.00 to support and encourage research projects proposed by ALAOmembers. Grants are limited to investigations related to issues inlibraries and librarianship. Information is provided below on how toapply. Additional information about the grant process is alsoprovided on the reverse side of this form.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for research grant funding, applicants should mail thefive-part application to: ALAO Research and PublicationsCommittee, c/o Ohio College Association, P.O. Box 3081, Columbus, OH43210.

PARTS OF THE APPLICATION

An application includes:

  • An Application Form
  • An abstract (50 words or less). Briefly describe the project and the funding amount needed.
  • A written proposal. In 3 to 5 pages include objectives, brief discussion of previous work on the topic, methodology, plans for evaluation, potential importance of research results for librarianship, and a timetable which estimates amount of time to be spent at each stage of the project. Avoid the use of acronyms and jargon without appropriate reference to full names and definitions.
  • A current vita from principal investigator(s).
  • A written proposed budget. Link costs to projected tasks. Consider all direct and indirect costs, such as staff time, printing and postage, supplies, and services required for work completion. Note any other anticipated source of support for the project, and include evidence of any support for the project offered by the applicant’s institution.

APPLICATION FORM (print and mail to addressnoted above)

Application Date

Project Title

Applicant Name(s) and Institution(s) and phone or email; Indicatethe Principal Investigator with the letters PI next to name. Includeinformation for each additional investigator.

 

Estimated Starting Date
Ending Date
Preference is for projects to be completed in 2 years.)

Note any plans for reporting results. For example, note name ofpossible journal, conference or workshop presentation, or Internetsite.

 

How will time for the project be obtained/arranged? (e.g., releasetime from work?)

 

DEADLINES
All items must be received or postmarked no later than April 24,1999. All applicants will be notified by phone or email when completeapplications are on file.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The ALAO Executive Board may award one or moregrants each year to support and encourage research projects proposedby ALAO members. Both ongoing and new research projects areconsidered. Grants are limited to investigations related to issues inlibraries and librarianship. The total amount awarded in grants eachyear does not exceed $500.00. Grants are intended to help in fundingsuch incremental research costs as the organization of data, thehiring of interviewers or other assistants, charges for computertime, and modest travel costs associated with research. Grants maynot be used for purchase of equipment.

Deadlines and Proposal Review

Proposals must be postmarked no later thanApril 24, 1999. The Committee considers all proposals in consultationwith the ALAO Executive Board. To avoid any conflict of interest,current members of the Committee and the Executive Board are noteligible for grant awards. Further, no member of the Research andPublications Committee evaluates proposals received from a colleagueat the Committee member’s institution.

In judging proposals, the Committee considers such matters as theuniqueness of the work, the importance of the results to academiclibraries, relationship to other similar work, proposed methodology,and the clarity and completeness of the proposal itself. Preferencewill be given to projects which are to be completed in less than twoyears. Applicants may be asked to provide further information duringthe review process.

Award Notification and Post-Project Report

The chairperson of the Committee will notify grant recipients, ifany, by September 1, 1999. Any award(s) will be announced at both theALAO Annual Conference and in the ALAO Newsletter. Recipients are notrequired to attend the annual conference in order to receive thegrant.

The grantee will submit a summary of the results of the project tothe ALAOI Research and Publications Committee within two months ofcompleting the work. The Committee will submit the summary or anabstract of the report for publication in the ALAO Newsletter. TheCommittee also encourages grantees to summit reports and articles forpublication in the professional literature.

Questions?

Contact Research and Publications Committee Chair, PatriciaRothermich (phone 614/823-1366 or email prothermich@otterbein.edu)