Spelbring Innovation Grants Application Form
We invite all projects that address community needs and/or occupational justice as well as those that are practice related. Submissions from Eastern Michigan University OT Alumni, Program faculty or students enrolled in the OT program are welcomed. Failure to abide by the guidelines that follow will result in the proposal being automatically rejected. There is a four page maximum for each submission. Details about how proposals are evaluated can be found on the Spelbring Innovation Grants Evaluation Criteria here.
Applications should include the following information using this format:
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of Applicant(s):
Preferred contact address:
Preferred phone:
Email address:
Employer/Organization (if appropriate):
Years in practice (if appropriate):
Primary relationship to program:
___ Graduate of EMU OT Program
___ EMU OT program faculty member
___ EMU OT student
Amount requested: __________________
Other sources of funding? Identify source and amount:
APPLICATION (Four page maximum)
PROJECT TITLE
TYPE OF PROJECT: (Specify: Research study, Occupational justice project, Clinical setting, Community setting)
BRIEF ABSTRACT (limit 250 words)
Purpose of the project
Brief description of project
Anticipated benefits of project
PROJECT NARRATIVE
Need for/significance of the project
Goals and objectives
Project methodology
Implementation plan
Benefits
Relationship to Spelbring mission/vision and values
BUDGET
DETAILED TIMELINE
Expected initiation date
Anticipated dates for steps to be completed
Expected completion date
CAPACITY/LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS
Mentors/consultants
Experience and training/specialty certification
Available resources on site
APPENDICES (Not counted as part of the four page limit)
CV/resume of applicant(s)
Letter of approval from administrator/agency
IRB approval (research project using human participants, if appropriate)
Please submit application and appendices in a single email to with 'Grant Application Submission 2020' as the subject. Documents must be submitted electronically by 11:59 PM EST on August 15th, 2020. Late abstracts will not be accepted. Primary authors will receive notification via email regarding the status of their submission by mid-September. After submission, proposals may not be altered in any way.