Now that you have identified a suitable health topic to study, your next step is to put together a grant proposal.
Please note that you will not be conducting any research this semester. You will just be developing a proposal
which is a PLAN to conduct research about your selected health topic. This assignment is important because
most employers (regardless of discipline) will expect an individual who has a Master’s degree to be able to put
together a small grant proposal.
You have been asked to submit a proposal to a local organization that gives out small grants to professionals
who wish to conduct a research study about a health problem for the first time in their work setting or local
community.
Your task is to write a grant proposal to research a health problem of your choice.
This is a proposal that describes a research study that you would like to conduct.
Your grant proposal should describe a research study that can be completed within ONE year (should you get
funded) and should cost no more than $5,000 to execute. You need to bear this in mind when putting your
proposal together; it must be doable and realistic.
Your proposal should be 10 pages long, DOUBLE-spaced (Times New Roman, 12 pt font). This does not
include a cover page, table of contents, list of references, appendix, etc.
Your proposal should consist of three sections or chapters. Include a title page, table of contents, and a list of
references, and any appendices.
Here is an outline of what your grant proposal should cover:
Section 1: Introduction (2 pages long)
Identify and describe a problem that you intend to research. State why this problem is important and how your
study will be a unique and important contribution to the profession. This chapter should be organized as
follows: problem statement, a brief review of the pertinent literature, the purpose of the study, rationale for this
study, the significance of the proposed study, hypothesis, and independent and dependent variables.
Section 2: Review of Literature (5 pages long)
Review the pertinent literature relating to your identified problem. Your review should be critical and reflect your
understanding of the problem and provide a rationale for your proposed study. Do not attempt to give me a
review based on abstracts of articles. You are expected to cite a minimum of 20 appropriate peer-reviewed
articles. Make sure that most of your references are from journals from 2010 to the present.
Section 3: Methods (3 pages long)
Describe the following: your research design, instrument/s that you will use to measure the problem, the
sample and sampling strategy, limitations of your study, human subject approval, data analysis plan (types of
statistical tests to be used), and the timeline for completing the study. Finally, you need to provide a budgetbreaking down how much you will need for each item (e.g., photocopying, testing instrument, subject fees,
consultant, etc -not to exceed $5,000).
