Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2017: Implementation mechanisms: What makes implementation work and why? Part 1

Funding

Consistent with SIRC’s goal of advancing student involvement in implementation science, a fourth workshop, involving student and faculty presenters, provided information about obtaining student funding for dissemination and implementation research: Finding and Securing D & I Research Funding for Students and Postdocs (panelists included Shannon Dorsey, Bryce D. McLeod, Christopher Kemp, Kayne Mettert, Elena Navarro, and Miriam Rafferty). Presenters focused on F31, F32, and diversity supplement funding mechanisms offered through the National Institutes of Health. Four students who successfully secured D&I research funding and two faculty members who served as student mentors and grant reviewers for these mechanisms shared their experiences. The workshop began with a brief overview of D&I funding mechanisms for undergraduate students, graduate students, post-bacs, and post-docs. Next, panelists described their personal experiences and provided practical information about the proposal preparation and selection processes. The workshop concluded with an open questions-and-answer session. National Institute of Mental Health Award Number R13MH086159 granted to PI: KA Comtois. Research reported in this publication was also supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under Award Number R01MH106510 granted to PI: CC Lewis. Drs. Lyon and Dorsey are investigators with the Implementation Research Institute (IRI), at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, through an award from the National Institute of Mental Health under Award Number R25MH080916 and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Service, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI).