$40,000 RESEARCH GRANT AWARD

Grant awards of up to $40,000 are available for post-doctoral students, university faculty or clinicians conducting research on EMDR.

Eligibility

A researcher who has earned a doctorate in social work, psychology, nursing or a related field, who is affiliated with a college, university, or research institution, is eligible to apply for this grant. Practitioners/clinicians who possess relevant research experience are encouraged to apply.

Collaborative partnerships between researchers affiliated with a college, university, or research

institution and practitioners/clinicians with expertise in EMDR are encouraged and preferred. If the research grant is awarded, the affiliated institution must assume responsibility for and serve as the fiscal agent for the project. The principal investigator will assume responsibility for and serve as the fiscal agent for any project without an institutional affiliation. As an international organization the EMDR Research Foundation accepts proposals from U.S. and international researchers, however, applications must be submitted in English and budgets developed in U.S. dollars.

Application

Applications are due February 1st and July 1st. The recipients of the award will be notified of their selection by May 1 and October 1, respectively. The EMDR Research Foundation only accepts applications through our online application system. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and paper documents will not be accepted.

All documents must be submitted simultaneously through the online application. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the required documentation and prepare all documents for uploading before initiating the online application. Applicants are advised to keep a complete set of application documents for their own files.

The required application documents are:

All documents must be uploaded into the online application system. Pay attention to additional instructions for some items.

Principal Investigator

Name
Phone number(s),
Email address,
Complete mailing address, university (when applicable,) graduate department or school (when applicable),
Project title, and
Abstract (Note: abstract may be entered into the abstract form field or uploaded.)

Proposal Narrative (maximum of 10 double-spaced pages, not including references) [The Proposal Narrative with references should be uploaded as one file.]

Statement of the problem and specific research aims
Background literature
Research design & methods (including measures and data analysis plan)
Significance of the proposed study
Copies of the measures [combine all measures into one file and upload]
Letters of agreement from any partnering organizations (Upload up to two letters or combine all letters into one file and upload]
Evidence of Institutional Review Board approval or equivalent for international researchers
Timeline for proposed study identifying key tasks
Proposed project budget (this may exceed the amount of the grant)
A curriculum vitae of the Principal Investigator and research team members [upload up to 4 separate files or combine into one file and upload]

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Allowable Grant Expenses

The applicant may use the grant to cover the costs of conducting the proposed study, but may not use it to pay for tuition, travel, equipment, or for one’s time. Examples of allowable costs include: instruments, transcriptions, interviewers, coders, software, statistical training or consultation, printing, photocopying, office supplies, postage, travel to interview sites, and incentives for participants.

Reporting Expectations

A progress report will be due one year after the funding cycle begins. The award recipient will be expected to provide an overview of progress made toward completion of the grant and an accounting of expenditures covered by the grant. An updated timeline should also be provided in the report. Upon completion of the grant a final report will be due summarizing expenditures, along with a copy of the approved grant.