Call for proposals 

Purpose The SW-MCPDP Zonal Implementation Committee is announcing a small research grants for nurses in Southwest Nigeria. The Committee will adopt a flexible mechanism to provide support to nurses in the south-west Nigeria to address significant research challenges in area of nursing education, practice and administration. Applicants are expected to apply for research activities that can be completed within a period of 1 year. Counterpart funding may be sourced for by the applicants. 

 

Research funding Funds for this grant are provided solely by the South-west Zonal Office of the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme 

 

Eligibility criteria:  

. Applicant must have attended at least one MCPDP programme in the southwest Nigeria 

. Applicant must reside and work in Southwest Nigeria 

. A collaborative research is encouraged 

. Grant will be awarded based on evidence of previous scholarly activities by at least one of the researchers. 

. Students who are applying must show evidence of active studentship and support of supervisor. 

. Non students should show evidence of current place of work.  

. All applicants must have a current licence with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria  

. There must be an evidence of ethical approval for the study or processing of ethical approval. 

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. Applicant of any age may apply  

Grants available:

Twelve (12) per year and will be spread across the 6 states in the Southwest geopolitical zones 

 

Funding:

Between N100, 000.00 – 200,000 per awardee 

 

Deadline for Submission of Proposal:    

February 15th, 2018 

 

Duration of Study:                                   

1st March, 2018 - 31st September, 2019.  

 

Report:

A report of the research conduct to be submitted between October & December, 31st 2018  

  

SOUTHWEST GEOPOLITICAL ZONE 

How to apply:  

. A clearly written application letter summarising what the applicant intent to do, its relevance to nursing and possible contribution to knowledge 

. A clearly written proposal must be submitted within four weeks of advertisement 

. Proposal can be written to follow the guidelines stated below and should not be more than 5 pages: 

- Background 

- Statement of the problem 

- Research questions/objectives 

- Methods: design, settings, subjects, instruments, ethical issues. 

- Information on possible contribution to nursing knowledge 

- Provide a budget summary of what the fund will be used for. 

. Proposal must be submitted along with the applicant’s (Principal Investigator) Curriculum Vitae 

. Attach a copy of  any of the previous MCPDP certificate of attendance 

. Documents should be submitted online as an attachment to the following e-mail addresses [email protected]. 

. Only proposal submitted through the above e- mail will be considered. 

 

After grant award: 

. Research awardees will be monitored by the State facilitator for update on the research process 

. Research report should be published in a reputable nursing journal and evidence sent to SWMCPDP zonal office by email: [email protected]. 

 

For further clarification, please contact the following people: 

 

Contact information: 

Dr. (Mrs) Adekemi Olowokere       

Department of Nursing Science,

Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, Osun State

Tel +2348104458094            

Email:[email protected]

 

Mrs. Bolaji Shonde       

Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria        

Lagos Office             

Tel: +234 8032294609 

Email: [email protected]