NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Doctoral & Masters Student Grant Submission Process February 15 - Deadline for Grant Application submissions February 28 – Grant Proposals submitted to RC Chair & Vice Chair (VC) for review Mechanical review of Grant Proposals (completed within 1 week of receiving grants) VC for student grants performs mechanical review to ensure Grant Proposal is formatted properly & contain required information Grant Proposals not formatted properly or missing essential information are automatically rejected & are not reviewed March 7 - VC for student grants selects three reviewers from the Research Committee The primary reviewer is in charge of collecting Grant Proposal scores & feedback from other reviewers to present at a Research Committee meeting Doctoral & Masters Student Grant Submission Process continues

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Doctoral & Masters Student Grant Submission Process March 14 - Grant review materials received by reviewers April 20 – VC receives RC members’ preliminary Grant Proposal scores April 25 – RC Chair and NATA Foundation receive preliminary rankings of Grant Proposals from VC Grant Review Process Grant Review Process RC meeting for Grant Proposal reviews to be held around April 25 VC for Grants reviews basic process of presenting Grant Proposals with RC Identify study title & research team Provide overview of study aims & hypotheses Discuss how well the researcher developed a solid rationale Grant Review Process continues

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Grant Review Process RC meeting for grant reviews to be held around April 25 (continued) VC for grants reviews basic process of presenting grants with RC (continued) Provide overview of experimental procedures Subjects Independent variables Dependent variables Experimental design & testing procedures Data analysis procedures Discuss strengths & weaknesses of different aspects of proposal Motion to do one of the following Do Not Fund Fund with or without revision Second the motion Discuss Hold RC vote Primary reviewer provides final scores for student Grant Proposals Final scores should be reflective of the scores after reviewing the Grant Proposal, and considering RC group discussion Grant Review Process continues

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Grant Review Process VC for student grants presents preliminary Grant Proposals scores to RC members RC member conflicts of interest are identified (refer to conflict of interest policy statement) RC members are recused from all discussions of Grant Proposals for which there is a conflict of interest Identify and discuss Grant Proposals with scores of < 70 If Grant Proposals score is not > 70 after group discussion then a decision of do not fund (DNF) is made Identify and discuss Grant Proposals with scores >70 Student Grant Proposals recommended for funding are typically above 75 Once all student Grant Proposals are reviewed, those Grant Proposals that are recommended for funding are again discussed for final scoring & ranking Any RC member with a conflict of interest with these grants is recused from these discussions Final Grant Proposal scores & rankings are based on scored criteria below Post Grant Review Process

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Post Grant Review Meeting Process VC emails doctoral grant review summary form to all RC members two weeks after Research Committee meeting There are no grant summaries provided for Masters student grants VC for student grants receives grant review summaries from primary reviewers and emails the grant ranking results & voting outcome for Doctoral and Masters grants to RC Chair & NATA Foundation Staff (2 weeks after RC meeting) VC for student grants reviews all Doctoral grant review summaries and emails final Doctoral grant summaries to RC Chair & NATA Foundation staff (3 weeks from date received) Grants in which RC Chair has an identified conflict(s) – VC for Student grants sends the identified grant summaries directly to the NATA Foundation staff Grants in which RC VC for student grants has an identified conflict(s) – grant summaries are emailed by the primary reviewer directly to the RC Chair & NATA Foundation staff Post Grant Review Process continues

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Post Grant Review Meeting Process After RC chair review of Doctoral grant review summaries they are sent to NATA Foundation staff (2 weeks from data received) RC Chair presents Doctoral & Masters grants recommended for funding to NATA Foundation Board of Directors at meeting in June Based on consideration of research grant funding available in NATA Foundation budget, NATA Foundation Board of Directors decides which of the Doctoral & Masters grants funded Respective Doctoral grant summaries and Doctoral & Masters student grant decision letters are sent to investigators by first week in July Thanks for your interest in the NATA Foundation Student Grant Program! Go to http://natafoundation.org/request-funding/

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process Review Critique Score Criteria Weight Abstract: Stand alone- includes aims, hypotheses, concise description of research design, methods analyses 5% Purpose and Rationale: Critically evaluates existing knowledge, includes own prelim work, purpose, hypotheses, specific aims, importance to athletic training 30% Experimental Methods: Clearly presents methods, independent and dependent variables, validity and reliability, statistical analysis and power calculations, protocols and timetables 35% Anticipated Outcomes: Describes outcomes that can be expected from this work if hypotheses are supported

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process NATA Foundation Scoring Rubric (comparison to NIH as a reference) NIH (National Institutes of Health) NATA Research & Education Foundation Overall Impact or Criterion Strength Score Descriptor Impact on Athletic Training Scientific Content High 1 Exceptional 90+ Revolutionary impact Cutting edge   2 Outstanding 85 3 Excellent 80 Important impact Innovative Medium 4 Very Good 75 5 Good 70 Useful impact Current & appropriate 6 Satisfactory 65 Low 7 Fair 60 Minimally useful impact Minimally acceptable 8 Marginal 50 Marginal impact if any Unacceptable but correctable 9 Poor <50 Unimportant Fatally flawed

NATA Foundation Student Grants Process NATA Foundation timeline of grant submission, review & decision process Grant Submission Process # Weeks Cumulative weeks February 15 for grants to be received by NATA Foundation to be eligible for review Grants received by NATA Foundation, processed, and sent to RC Chair and VC 1 Mechanical review of grants completed by VC 3 VC chair reviews for content, identifies reviewers on RC, and review teams are assigned 2 5 Grant review materials sent to reviewers 6 Grant reviews completed and sent to RC chair and VC for student grants 4 10 RC members send preliminary grant scores to VC for student grants 5 days 10.7 Post- Grant Review Meeting Process VC for student grant emails Doctoral grant review summary form and due dates for Doctoral grant summaries to RC members VC for student grants receives Doctoral grant review summaries and emails the grant ranking results and voting outcomes to RC Chair and NATA Foundation Staff VC for student grants reviews all Doctoral grant review summaries and emails final Doctoral grant summaries to RC Chair and NATA Foundation staff RC Chair presents Doctoral and Masters grants recommended for funding to NATA Foundation BOD at the June meeting. Final decisions for funding are made by NATA Foundation BOD. Notifications are sent to investigators in early July. 9