The "Commerce Business daily" lists information on major government procurements as well as those set aside for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. As such it provides information to researchers on government sources of funding. (JMF)

Criticizes the Katz report (on social research on broadcasting) for failing to examine the social and theoretical aspects of broadcast communication. (JMF)

Describes the history of peer review at the National Institute of Education (NIE) and discusses some broad principles of federal research management and peer review. Notes recent recommendations for improvement in peer review procedures and sketches procedures that will guide NIE in an upcoming lab and center competition. (Author/KH)

Presents a detailed outline/guide for preparing well-organized grant requests and proposals. (SL)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a Rasch-based procedure to calibrate responses for funding applications. The data set included 112 proposals and 66 readers, who independently scored randomly assigned proposals using a scoring instrument. The data were analyzed using FACETS (Linacre, 1999). The analysis indicated that the…

This paper reviews the family literature of other countries in order to provide an additional base line measure for guaging future developments in family theory. (RWP)

Discusses how local school districts can get ready to compete for a new series of research grants sponsored by the National Institute of Education (NIE). (Author/MF)

Provides a definition of environmental education, characteristics of a good environmental program, description of three types of funded programs, and availability and descriptions of a handbook for preparing proposals. (SB)

Describes "grantsmanship" as an art which requires experience. Research is necessary to education, and progress requires that the education professionals team their knowledge with that of research specialists. (Author)

A method for teaching nursing research that includes both naturalistic and positivistic approaches consists of five elements: (1) creating a nonthreatening environment; (2) using guided imagery; (3) teaching along a continuum of inquiry; (4) take-home and midterm exams based on clinical situations; and (5) developing written research proposals.…

Evaluated the peer review process used to fund Australian university research across all disciplines, relating peer reviews of 2,989 research proposals (6,233 external reviewers) to characteristics of the researchers and of reviewers. Findings lead to suggestions for improvement, especially that researcher-nominated reviewers should not be used…

Guidelines for research proposal preparation are presented to assist graduate students. The following components of educational research proposals are described: title page, introduction, methodology, schedule and budget, and bibliography or references. The introductory section enables the researcher to: define the study's purpose, review relevant…

This handbook defines library research terminology and provides guidance for academic librarians in several components of the research grant application and management processes. The first chapter addresses the research or creative project itself and the optimum methods of presenting it in order to obtain financial support. Chapter 2 deals with…

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE FIRST FUNDING PERIOD, JULY 1, 1965 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1967, IS PRESENTED. THE PURPOSES OF THE UNIT WERE (1) WORK WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESEARCH DIVISION AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING AND ASSISTING RESEARCH STUDIES AND PROGRAMS CONCERNED WITH OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES, AND (2) WORK WITH THE STATE…