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Call for Submissions
The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA* is to encourage clinicians with an interest in research (but limited experience in it, thus far) to be mentored by an experienced researcher. The clinician develops a study – from the proposal stage, through to completion. Clinicians at the Master’s or Clinical Doctorate level are eligible for this $30,000 one-year award. Individuals who are currently in a research position, or who have had mentored training in research as evidenced by obtaining an advanced academic degree (PhD, EdD, DSci, etc.) are not eligible for this award.
Application Deadline: September 29, 2023
Criteria
Each applicant must:
- Have a certified degree in an allied health professional field. The applicant may have a Master’s or Clinical Doctorate in his/her field and cannot have other funding for the project being proposed. Applicants need not be ASIA members.
- Submit a one-year clinical research proposal in the field of SCI. The rationale should be supported by a recent review of the literature.
- Provide an Applicant Statement about the interest in research (and any barriers encountered in doing research thus far), and how this award will help reach the applicant’s goals.
- Declare a mentor who is an established researcher in the field of SCI or related area and is a member of ASIA in good standing at the application deadline. The following individuals are excluded from serving as mentors: ASIA President-Elect (in second year), ASIA President (entire term), ASIA Past President (first year), ASIA research committee and the ASIA Awards Committee Chair and Vice Chair.
- Complete and return the CHNF Research Award Application Form
- Submit Biosketches for the applicant and mentor
- Submit Letters of Support from mentor and facility
Scoring Information/Sample Score Sheet
All documents should be submitted as a combined PDF, electronically to Patty Duncan: patty@asia-spinalinjury.org ASIA’S Executive Director.
*Funding provided by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Stephane Philippe-Ratway, a Speech-Language Pathologist at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at UHealth/Jackson Memorial has been named as the 2023 recipient of the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA. Phillippe-Ratway was honored during the ASIA Annual Scientific meeting in Atlanta.
Philippe-Ratway will receive $25,000 to fund her study, “The Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Conjunction with Respiratory Muscle Training to improve unaided cough in individuals with Acute Spinal Cord Injury.” She attended Florida State University for both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Speech-Language Pathology. Philippe-Ratway has dedicated the last 16 years with patients with respiratory compromised systems at Long Term Acute Care Emory Hospital in Decatur Georgia and at Jackson Health System in Miami Florida.