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The NCAA Research Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2009 NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant Program.

The program’s goals are to stimulate research on college athletics, to foster contributions to the empirical research on college athletics, to provide financial support to graduate students interested in engaging in high-quality research related to college athletics, and to assist NCAA member colleges and universities and the general public in gaining access to new and outstanding research and researchers in the field.

The NCAA Research Committee consists of athletics administrators and faculty who collaborate with NCAA research staff to produce high-quality research on issues related to college athletics. Member colleges and universities view the research as crucial to facilitating an environment of informed decision-making on matters of NCAA policy and procedure, said Nicole Bracken, NCAA assistant director of research. By encouraging new researchers, the committee hopes to widen and strengthen interest in and the quality of research directly relevant to student-athlete well-being and college athletics participation.

In 2008, the Research Committee awarded the following four grants through the Graduate Student Research Grant Program:

•         Impact of Organizational Culture on Graduation Rates of NCAA Division I HBCU Athletes: A Case Study, by Ralph Charlton, College of William and Mary. 

•         Predicting Academic Success for Student-Athletes: A Comparative Study, by Tiese Roxbury, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

•         Perceptions of “Others”: The Role of Heterosexism in the Decline of College Women Coaches, by Amy Sandler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

•         Enhancing the Student-Athlete Experience: Understanding Sense of Community from a Student-Athlete’s Perspective, by Stacy Warner, University of Texas at Austin. 

The maximum award is $5,000. Proposals for this round are due May 1.

Individuals with questions about the program should contact Bracken at the national office (nbracken@ncaa.org or 317/917-6222).