SOPHE/CDC Student Fellowship in Unintentional Injury Prevention and Control
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) is accepting applications for a one-year student fellowship to assist and train students in unintentional injury prevention and control, sponsored by the CDC
=s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention. The fellowship is designed to recognize, assist and train students working on research or practice-based unintentional injury prevention projects from the perspective of health education or the behavioral sciences. Between November 1999 and November 2000, two "SOPHE Fellows in Injury Prevention" will receive a $1,200 stipend, free student membership in SOPHE, and complementary registration at the SOPHE Annual Meeting in Boston in 2000, where they will have an opportunity to display poster presentations on their projects.
Recipients of the award will receive the following:
- $1,200 stipend to be distributed throughout the year;
- fellowship certificate;
- free student membership in national SOPHE for one year;
- complimentary registration at the SOPHE Annual Meeting in Boston, November 10-12, 2000 and space to display a poster presentation on the proposed project; and
- recognition in SOPHE
=s newsletter, News & Views and NCIPC=s newsletter, NCIPC Update.
Eligibility and Requirements:
- Applicants must be enrolled as a full time student in a graduate or undergraduate degree program in health education, health promotion, behavioral sciences or a related field. Students are not required to be national SOPHE members at the time they apply.
- Students must submit the original and three copies of: a completed application form; a current resume or curriculum vitae; and a project proposal describing the rationale, intended purpose, process/methodology, and potential contribution or impact of the project in 800 words or less (projects may be new or on-going). In addition, applications should also include one letter of recommendation (from an internship coordinator, preceptor, faculty member or other professional); and one letter of support from a designated faculty member who plans to work with the applicant on the proposed project and can verify that the student is following a course of study in one of the above mentioned disciplines. Letters should be sealed in envelopes with authors
= signatures across the seal.
Proposed projects should address injuries related to home and leisure or transportation (e.g. fire, bicycle, sports, falls, alcohol and motor-vehicle). Occupation-related injuries and violence projects will not be considered for this fellowship.
Recipients will be required to submit a brief, mid-year progress report in early June, 2000.
For their final project, recipients must prepare a poster or presentation for the SOPHE Annual Meeting in 2000 (space for a poster is assured; presentations are competitive and abstracts will need to be submitted to SOPHE for review). Recipients will also be encouraged to prepare a manuscript based on their work and submit it for publication in one of SOPHE=s two journals.
Review Criteria:
Proposals will be reviewed by a SOPHE/CDC Fellowship Selection Committee for their scientific and/or theoretical basis, originality, and potential contribution to health education
=s role in unintentional injury prevention and control. Projects may be related to surveillance, risk factor identification, or intervention development, evaluation or dissemination. Projects related to the development or use of theory in injury prevention are also acceptable. Specific criteria include the following.
- Research proposals
should include: problem identification and/or rationale for the project; theoretical or conceptual basis; priority population; adequacy of research design and methodology; plans for data collection and analysis; contribution to knowledge in unintentional injury prevention.
- Practice-based proposals
should include: problem identification and/or rationale for the project; theoretical or conceptual basis or related findings from a needs assessment; priority population; adequacy of design; cultural competence; plans for implementation, evaluation and dissemination; intended contribution to the field of unintentional injury prevention.
Application Procedures:
Send the original and three copies of the complete application (including resume/CV and project proposal); the letter of recommendation; and letter of support to: Society for Public Health Education, Injury Fellowship Committee, 750 First Street, NE, Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20002-4242. All applications must be received by October 8, 1999 to qualify for consideration.
If you have any questions, contact Krista Hopkins at CDC (
kjh7@cdc.gov)
or Elaine Auld at SOPHE (
eauld@sophe.org).