Request for Proposals: Health Research Funding

Imagine that you receive the following request for proposals:

Request for Proposals: Health Research Funding
The ABC Community Health Program is pleased to announce a grant funding opportunity for new health researchers interested in investigating

health problems affecting priority populations. Successful applicants will receive a $200,000 grant to fund activities over a 2 ½ year period

to cover both salary and research activities. Funding is available for any research with a strong defined need, which should be clearly

outlined in the proposal. Priority will be given to those proposals that specifically describe the research hypothesis and question(s), the

research methodology, the sampling and measurement methods, and the potential ethical issues that might arise during the research. The

research proposal, which can be a maximum of five pages, must include the following sections:
•Introduction (project title, topic, priority population, research question, significance of research)
•Literature Review (previous research on topic and population, unanswered questions)
•Methodology
◦Overview of the approach
◦Research population
◦Sampling procedures
◦Measurement (type of data collected, strategy for data collection)
◦Potential threats to validity and reliability of data
•Ethical considerations
•References

All proposals will be evaluated by a Peer Reviewer using the Peer Review Evaluation Form. Researchers are encouraged to review the form for

details on how each of the sections are weighted and additional guidance on how each section will be evaluated by the reviewer.

For your discussion post, create a research proposal that you would submit for funding. Your proposal should be a maximum of five pages and

address each of the sections listed in the request for proposals. You may submit your research proposal as a normal post or upload a document

as an attachment.

Must use sources that are less than 5 years old.
Must use textbook also.

Osherson, D. & Lane, D. (n.d.) Levels of measurement. In Lane, D. M. Online statistics education: An interactive multimedia course of study

(Chapter 1.9). Retrieved from https://onlinestatbook.com/2/introduction/levels_of_measurement.html

Viswanathan, M. (2005). Chapter 1: What is measurement (1-10, 61-63). In Measurement Error and Research Design. SAGE Publications, Inc.:

Thousand Oaks, CA. Retrieved from https://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/4933_Viswanathan_Chapter_1.pdfl

Articles

Bannigan, K. and Watson, R. (2009). Reliability and validity in a nutshell. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18, 3237-3243. Retrieved from the

EBSCOhost database.
•This article explains the different concepts of reliability and validity as they are related to measurement instruments in social science

and health care.

Huan, X., Tang, W., Babu, G., Li, J., Zhang, M., Liu, X., Yan, H., Fu, G., Zhao, J., Yang, H., & Detels, R. (2013). HIV Risk-Reduction

Counseling and Testing on Behavior Change of MSM. PLoS One, 8(7), 1-22, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069740. Retrieved from the PubMed Central

database.
•This article discusses the results of a study evaluating behavioral changes after counseling to reduce risk behaviors, and is the basis for

this week’s quiz.

O’Connor, T. (2011). Measurement, reliability, and validity. MegaLinks in Criminal Justice. Retrieved from

https://www.drtomoconnor.com/3760/3760lect03a.htm
•This article provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of measurement in research.

Recommended Resources

Multimedia
Films Media Group. (2008). Researching health: Research methods made accessible [Video file]. In Films on Demand.
•In this program, students are provided with a sound introduction to three key research methods used in conducting investigations into

health.

Websites

Baltimore County Public Schools. (2013). Develop a research proposal. High School Research Course. Retrieved from

https://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/researchcourse/develop.html
•This website provides a process for writing a research proposal.

McGranaghan, M. (2014). Guidelines on writing a research proposal. Retrieved from https://www2.hawaii.edu/~matt/proposal.html
•This article is a guide to writing research proposals and provides examples of various proposal structures.

University of Southern California. (2013). Writing a research proposal. Organizing your social sciences research paper. Retrieved from

https://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=235034&p=1559840
•This guide is intended to help you organize and write a quality research paper for classes taught in the social sciences.