Call for Submissions for NARRTC’s Best Research Paper (2012)

The NARRTC Research Committee is pleased to put out a call for submissions for the annual “Best Paper” award. This is the fifth year that NARRTC has been able to offer researchers the opportunity to showcase their work or the work of others.

The submission deadline is February 10, 2012. The submissions will be reviewed by five committee members using strict methodological guidelines [i.e. the quality of the data sources, research design, etc]. The winner will receive a $500 honorarium; all authors receive a plaque. If you would like to submit a manuscript, please make sure it adheres to the following criteria:

  1. Acknowledges NIDRR as the funding source.
  2. Has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
  3. Manuscripts can be quantitative or qualitative. Clinical trials, meta-analyses, or secondary analyses accepted, however, literature reviews are not eligible.
  4. Has been published in the calendar year 2011.
  5. Reports on research that has received most of its funding from NIDRR.

The winner must be a NARRTC member. If the winner is not a member at the time of application, he or she must become a member before receiving the award. (See the By-laws and How to Join for membership criteria.) If you are not the author, please provide documentation that the author is interested in participating in this competition.

Please send an electronic copy of the article to Alexander Libin, Ph.D, the Chair of the NARRTC Research Committee. If you have any questions you may also contact Dr. Libin, at: alexander.libin@medstar.net

On behalf of the NARRTC Executive Committee we want to thank NIDRR for sponsoring rehabilitation research and all of those who take the time to consider this opportunity and submit an article.


Sincerely,


John D. Westbrook, PhD                           Alex Libin
President                                                 Research Committee Chair