The Commission for Admissions, Orientation and the First Year Experience (AOFYE) & The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (The National Resource Center) will award one grant in the amount of $750 to promote original, descriptive or evaluative research; philosophical studies; or institutional assessment or evaluation on issues surrounding admissions, orientation, and/or the first-year experience.

The AOFYE Commission and the National Resources Center are equal co-sponsors of the $750 award, which will be paid to the principal investigator of the study.

All ACPA members are eligible and graduate students in particular are encouraged to apply for this research grant. Research at all stages will be considered although priority will be given to projects that are further along in the research process (i.e., recently or soon to be completed).

Due to the nature of the grant's funding, AOFYE directorate board members and faculty, staff, and students from the University of South Carolina and its system campuses may not apply.

Questions: Contact Casey Dubina, cdubina@lakemichigancollege.edu or Dr. Jamil D. Johnson, JJ117@mailbox.sc.edu. 

Proposals will be considered via a blind review process; thus, please do NOT include any personally identifiable information (i.e. investigator(s), institutions) in the proposal.    

Completed research grant proposals include:

• The title of the proposal
• Brief (80 words or less) abstract of the proposed research (on its own page)
• 3-5 page description of the study including: 

1.  Statement of problem/research question(s) 

2.  Brief literature review

3.  Description of research participants

4.  Description of instrument, interview protocol, or other data collection tool

5.  Procedures for data collection

6.  Description of data analysis

7.  Description of findings (preliminary or final)

8.  Theoretical and/or practical relevance of the findings for student affairs

·  An appendix to the proposal, which includes a detailed budget and explanation of how the funds will be used, a project timeline, copies of the instruments to be used, and a reference list. 

Format: Double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point size, times new roman font. 

Please save the proposal in Adobe Acrobat file (PDF) format and upload to your submission. 

Principal Investigator

Additional Investigators