Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant

The North American Society for Sport Management is pleased to announce the Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant. This grant is intended to advance scholarship in sport management by providing support to NASSM members as they pursue projects of importance to the field.

The 2012 Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant Announcement (PDF, 185KB) has been posted.

Award

Each year, grant amounts will depend upon NASSM Treasurer’s recommendations; however, a total grant pool amount expected not to be less than $5,000 per year will be the norm. This amount will be split amongst award recipients on a basis determined by the committee. No more than five (5) awards will be given in a year. Awards will be announced at the Annual Conference in conjunction with the “Awards Night” ceremony.

Deadline

Submissions are due April 1. Proposals received after the deadlines indicated will not be accepted. Awards are presented on or about June 1 (at NASSM Conference Awards Ceremony). Proposals should be emailed directly to the current President-Elect and Committee Chair.

Content

Proposals should follow the following guidelines:

  1. In addition to completing the coversheet, authors should include a proposal of no more than 2,500 words (including references, tables, and figures) that clearly outlines: (a) purpose of the study, (b) theoretical framework, (c) proposed methods, (d) analytical strategy, (e) expected results, and (f) significance of the findings to the field of sport management.
  2. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of the research should be obtained prior to submitting the proposal. A copy of the approval notice should be appended.
  3. Authors should include an itemized budget of expenses within the following parameters:
    • Funds shall not be expended for equipment normally provided by an institution, or for expenses not directly related to data collection.
    • Travel costs are limited to those required for the collection of data. Funds shall not be expended to present findings at conferences.
    • Indirect costs cannot exceed 10% of the total project and should be included in the final budget proposal.
    • Expenses should not pre-date the award.
  4. Proposals should follow APA guidelines and be submitted to the NASSM President-Elect in electronic form.
  5. All work must be scheduled to be completed within a year of the date the grant is awarded.
  6. Only one proposal per investigator (whether primary or otherwise) per year is allowed.
  7. Primary investigators with funded grants are eligible to apply again three years from date that grant was initially submitted, provided all grant requirements have been met. 

Evaluation

Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:

  1. Alignment with the mission of NASSM (20%)
  2. Originality of the research in the sport management field (25%)
  3. Clearly articulated (a) purpose of the study, (b) theoretical framework, (c) proposed methods, (d) analytical strategy, (e) expected results, and (f) significance of the findings (50%)
  4. Additional consideration will be given to new investigators (i.e., persons who earned their terminal degree less than five years before the grant submission) (5%)

Eligibility

Award recipients must be a NASSM member in good standing and must have been a member of NASSM for at least one (1) year prior to receiving the award.

Post-Award

Award recipients are expected to adhere to the following guidelines:

  1. Demonstrate a commitment to completing the work and submitting to NASSM outlets (e.g., conference, journals) as a first priority
  2. Submit status reports on the progress of the research as requested by the committee
  3. Retain their membership within NASSM for at least one (1) year post-award
  4. Present a summary of findings for NASSM’s use in promoting the grant program and its recipients
  5. Include the following statement in all written documents including publications and presentation materials, and print and electronic communications that result from successful funding: “This work was supported by funds received from the Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant Program.” 

Other

The following stipulations also apply:

  1. All grants are made payable to the principal investigator’s university/institution
  2. All unexpended funds must be returned to NASSM in full within 60 days of the final written report
  3. Principal Investigators must assume personal responsibility for the proposal, execution of the research plan, and presentation of the results

Committee

President-Elect (Chair); three Research Fellows; Dr. Earle F. Zeigler Award winner from previous year.

Past Research Grant Winners

You can download a list of last year's NASSM Research Grant Winners (PDF, 199KB). 



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