MICHAEL D. EISNER COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
RESEARCH COMPETITION
Guide
2008-2009
The Michael D. Eisner College of Education (COE) Research Competition offers research opportunities for full-time faculty to encourage and support, new and ongoing research in education. There are three different competitions each year.
The first is conducted in the fall, the The College of Education Research Fellowship Grant. The winner of this competition will receive 12 units of release time in the fall or spring of the following year. Please read the instructions and fill out the application by clicking on the Research Fellowship link.
The second is the university-wide competition, the CSUN Competition for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Awards. If you win a University award you will not be eligible to receive a College Award. Please follow the instructions for this grant at the CSUN Competition link.
The third competition is the Michael D. Eisner College of Education
Reseach Competition. Faculty can submit a research proposal to the Equity and
Faculty Affairs Committee of the College in the spring of each year. Winners
of the competition will receive 3 units of release time to complete the proposed
study. The winners may choose to use the award in either the fall or spring
semester. Clicking
the Research Competition link will download the actual application to your
computer.
The following are instructions for the Michael D. Eisner College of Education
Reseach Competition:
Evaluation Criteria:
Each section of the narrative will be evaluated for clarity, cohesion, and specificity
(sufficient detail). In addition, extra points will be awarded to proposals
from new (years 1-3) faculty and for cross-departmental collaborative proposals.
The sections will be weighted as follows:
Purpose 20%
Methods 30%
Timeline 10%
Contribution to the Field 30%
Merit for publication 10%
- Use the space provided to describe each aspect of your proposed project (narrative responses shall be limited to 3 pages plus references).
- Application must be typed (single space, 12-point font)
- Attach reference list of works cited. See Sections I, IV, V.
- Prepare 6 copies of all sections.
Tips for a Winning Faculty Research Application
- Propose a project that is mainly research, not mainly setting up a program or intervention. The main goal of these awards is to promote faculty contributions to the field in terms of research and publications. There are other internal and external grants available for intervention projects.
- Make a strong argument for the need or importance of the research, grounded in the literature, to show you are knowledgeable in the area (with at least several references).
- Describe a clear research plan step by step, including how you will safeguard research ethics and obtain IRB approval, research design, setting, sample (including access), data collection methods and procedures, data analysis methods and procedures, ethical safeguards, validity, etc.
- Show logical connection between your purpose and methods.
- Have a solid but realistic timeline. For example, don't propose to write 3 empirical articles within 1 semester if you are just starting new research.
- If you propose to mainly re-analyze existing data, explain why this is needed and how the new analysis will differ from your previous work.
- If you propose to do mainly a literature review, give several examples of sources you will consult for the review. Throughout your narrative, please use clear, jargon-free description in terms that a fellow professor can understand who is not from your department or particular field.
