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GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES

NAA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

 (Adopted by the REF Board of Directors on October 16, 1999)

The National Academy of Arbitrators Research and Education Foundation will accept requests for research and education grants seeking to foster the following purposes:

(1)    The education and training of persons engaged in the resolution of labor management and employment disputes on a professional basis.  Included are the funding of lecture programs, symposiums, conferences and training seminars.

(2)    The preparation and publication of books, symposium materials, articles, video cassettes, tapes, films and other materials (written, electronic or other media) designed to enhance the competency of persons engaged in the arbitration and mediation of labor management and employment disputes.

(3)    Projects that foster the highest standards of integrity, competence, honor and character of persons engaged in arbitration and other forms of labor and employment dispute resolution on a professional basis.

(4)    The study and understanding of grievance procedures, the arbitration process and other forms of labor and employment dispute resolution and the impact of law thereon.

(5)    The preparation of material designed to keep arbitrators and students of labor-management and employment relations abreast of current research into the arbitration process, and the development of procedures or techniques for the resolution of labor and employment disputes in this and in other countries.

Proposal content 

Proposals for funding should include the following information:

 

1. The name of the principal investigator and names of other individuals who will be participating in the project along with a resume or curriculum vita of all participants. If the applicant has a sponsoring organization, it should be identified and the applicant's relationship to the organization should be stated. (For example, the applicant might be a university professor, whose academic research organization is doing work related to the project for which he/she is seeking funds.)

2. A budget for the project showing categories of expenditures and a time schedule showing the beginning, ending and important midpoint dates.  Reports to the Foundation coinciding with budgeted time schedules and completion forecasts are required.

3. A 200-word summary of the project, stating its objective, the significance of the proposed project, and how the end product will be used.

4. In addition to the foregoing, a full explanation of the project, including

Its purpose, value, what will be done, how it will be done, who will do it, when it will be done, what the end product will be, and the procedure to be followed in disseminating its results.

A statement that the potential users of the project results have expressed approval of the project and would welcome the opportunity to use the results in their activities.

5. Proposals should be submitted in the following format:

Double-spaced on 8-1/2 x 11" paper.

Include the phone numbers and addresses of the principal researchers.

 


Review and Disposition

The requests initially will be reviewed by a committee of the Research & Education Foundation and a disposition on the grant application will be made twice a year (in the late spring and late fall) at the semi-annual meetings of the Board of Directors of the Foundation. To be considered at either meeting, the grant request must be submitted at least 60 days prior to that meeting.

Applicants are encouraged to seek support from other sources and the Foundation will consider financing projects on a joint basis.

The Foundation normally expects to release materials (video-tapes for example) and copyrights of research studies to the investigators or to the National Academy of Arbitrators as may be appropriate.

        The following criteria will be relevant to the committee's review:

1. The clarity of the project. Its objectives and goals.

2. The methodology and research design.

3. The usefulness of the study and its results to the field of arbitration and dispute resolution.

4. The general organization of the proposal.

5. The experience and qualifications of the applicant.

6. The reputation of the principal researcher for completing worthy projects.

7. The budgetary factors including the reasonableness of the items budgeted.

8. The time factor for completing the research.

 

Permissible Grant Expenditures

Grants funds can be used for the following purposes

stipends for graduate or research assistants working on the project

expenses incurred in carrying out the project such as travel, materials, clerical services, computer analysis.

Grants funds can not be used for the following purposes

salaries of principal investigators (however exceptions may be made in special circumstances)

individual overhead costs.

overhead costs to institutions with whom the principal investigator is affiliated

 

Submit requests to 

Office of Secretary-Treasurer

NAA Research and Education Foundation

Suite 412

1 North Main Street

Cortland, NY 13045

 

         Requests may be submitted at any time during the year.