Deck 29: Seeking Funding for Research

Question 1

A researcher receives a rejection letter concerning a proposal submitted for major funding. What should the researcher do in a few weeks?

A)The researcher should not apply for another grant for at least a year.
B)The comments in the letter should be reviewed, so as to rewrite the proposal for the next review cycle.
C)A formal protest should be filed.
D)The contact person for the grant should be reached by e-mail as soon as possible.

Answer 1

The comments in the letter should be reviewed, so as to rewrite the proposal for the next review cycle.

Question 2

Why is serving on a research committee or institutional review board useful for the person interested in gaining research funding?

A)People who serve on research committees are given priority funding approval.
B)Seeing the mistakes others make creates an awareness of common errors.
C)Contacts with researchers can be made while serving in this capacity.
D)When one's own proposals are reviewed, the committee will feel more inclined to approve them.
E)Reading a clear, organized proposal provides a template for future submission.

Answer 2

Seeing the mistakes others make creates an awareness of common errors.
Contacts with researchers can be made while serving in this capacity.
Reading a clear, organized proposal provides a template for future submission.

Question 3

What are two national nursing organizations that provide small grants not linked to a nursing specialty area?

A)The Society for Pediatric Nurses
B)American Nurses Foundation
C)The Board of Registered Nursing
D)The American Cancer Society
E)Sigma Theta Tau International
F)The National Association of Hospitals and Clinics

Answer 3

American Nurses Foundation
Sigma Theta Tau International

Question 4

A new researcher obtains a large grant and proceeds to hire nine assistants, as the grant specifies. The new researcher hires a statistician, three persons to collect data, one person to schedule and coordinate the activities of the persons collecting data, one person to help with qualitative data analysis, one person to begin writing for the grant renewal, one person to write the interim report, and one person to manage the grant budget, writing weekly checks to the research assistants based on their submitted time cards. Which of these activities is appropriate for a hired assistant?

A)Advising the research team about appropriate statistical tests
B)Recalculating the study power after data collection on the first thirty subjects, to be sure of the effect size
C)Performing initial qualitative coding of raw data
D)Writing the first draft of a renewal grant
E)Writing the interim report for the institutional review board
F)Managing the grant budget
G)Writing weekly checks to the research assistants

Question 5

Many hospitals and universities have access to the Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN). Why is this useful for a researcher?

A)They provide leads for thousands of grant opportunities.
B)They provide information only for small grants of less than $5000 each.
C)They provide information on federal agencies, private foundations, and corporate foundations.
D)They are computerized information resources.
E)They provide funding information; all fees are then used to support future grants.

Question 6

What do the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, National Gerontological Nursing Association, and Emergency Nurses Association have in common, relative to funded research?

A)All three were established, based on funded research.
B)All provide proofreaders, free of charge, who will assist with grant writing.
C)All three fund research.
D)All three provide research guidance and funding through Sigma Theta Tau.

Question 7

What are the advantages of a research apprenticeship?

A)Entree into a functional research team
B)Extremely good wages
C)Experience gained in grant writing
D)A chance to read proposals that have been funded
E)The opportunity to learn research and grantsmanship
F)A chance to read proposals that have not been funded
G)A guaranteed job after the apprenticeship ends

Question 8

What is the difference between a nursing project grant proposal and a nursing research grant?

A)A research grant is awarded for a promising planned study.
B)Research grants and project grants are identical.
C)A project grant's program can be academic or clinical.
D)A research grant is awarded for outstanding past research.
E)A project grant is awarded to support a novel program.

Question 9

Why is seeking research funding important?

A)Funding implies both scientific and social merit.
B)Funding allows the researcher to hire assistants who attend to the tasks of research, leaving the researcher free for design of more and better projects.
C)The academic reputation of the researcher increases as grant funding increases.
D)Research cannot be conducted unless formal funding is obtained.
E)Well-designed studies can be expensive, especially those with complex designs.
F)A funded study is much more likely to be published.

Question 10

What is the percentage rejection rate for new grant writers?

A)Less than 20%
B)Approximately 50%
C)78%
D)Greater than 78%