July 27-28

This course presents pragmatic, concrete strategies for designing and writing effective and competitive qualitative and mixed methods research proposals. We will cover principles generic to proposal design, and specific ways to communicate the aims, significance, conceptual framing, methodological details (sampling, data collection, analysis plans, and plans for optimizing validity and human subjects protections), and budget justification for the proposed study. We will also cover strategies for addressing aspects of qualitative and mixed methods research designs that are likely to draw concern among reviewers less familiar with them, most notably the purposeful sampling frame and the generalizability of study findings. We will highlight distinctions between proposals written for governmental, foundation, and private industry grant review audiences and showcase methods for locating potential funding mechanisms in the private sector.

In addition to didactic instruction, handouts, and a suggested reference list, the course will also include an interactive session where participants will have the opportunity, as time permits, to ask questions about their own proposals.

Researchers in academic, government, and not-for-profit sectors will all benefit from course content. The material is built for researchers across disciplines (e.g., clinical psychology, education, medicine, nursing, population health, public health, social work, sociology, anthropology, and more.)