Submission:

Clear description of the problem

• The problem should be stated clearly.
• The problem should be significant enough to warrant research.

Level of applicability to the practice of adult and continuing education

• The proposal should describe the relevance of the research project including how the literature review will critique pertinent studies.
• The proposal should discuss the implications of the findings for the proposed research project. (Applicants are requested to submit the literature review, if completed already at the time of proposal submission.)

Theoretical or Conceptual Framework

• The theoretical framework should link with the problem.
• Concepts and the relationships between concepts should be defined.

Research Design

• The proposal should provide a thorough description of the design and its relationship to the problem.

Contribution of Research

• The proposal should discuss how the findings would relate to specific theories and concepts.
• The proposal should address ways in which the proposed research will foster additional research activities.

Budget

• The proposal should include a budget for the proposed research, including personnel and operating expenses that relate directly to the research activities.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Dianna Rust
Chair, Research Committee
Dianna.Rust@mtsu.edu

Award winners who submit proposals for consideration in a given year will be notified in August of that year of their award. Recipients are then asked to share their research with the ACHE membership in one of three ways:

• by presenting at the Annual Conference & Meeting of the Association within 3 years of their award,
• by submitting their research to the Journal for Continuing Higher Education,
• or by writing about their research for the association's news, Five Minutes with ACHE.

Eligibility

Applicant must:

Requirements

Applicants must submit the following:

With Roger Maclean as Local Arrangements Chair for ACHE’s 67th Annual Meeting and the support of Dean Howard Martin, Division of Continuing Studies, the University of Wisconsin-Madison donated their administrative fee back to ACHE. This fee was the initial funding for the ACHE Graduate Student Conference Grant. ACHE is very grateful to Roger Maclean and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for creating this opportunity.

Future funding for this Grant will be through cash donations, endowments, memorial gifts and planned giving. The ACHE Graduate Student Conference Grant funds are held in a separate account from the ACHE annual budget.

ACHE Graduate Student Conference Grant Award Eligibility and Requirements

The Association will provide an award of up to $1500 to an ACHE member who has maintained a membership for at least one year and is engaged in graduate studies on either a full-time or part-time basis. Funds will go toward attendance at the ACHE Annual Conference & Meeting. 

Eligibility

Applicant must:

Requirements

Applicants must submit the following:

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Requirements

Each applicant must submit the following:

Applications:

Grants may be applied for anytime within the Association's fiscal year. Grant applications are to be sent to the ACHE Home Office via surface mail or email and and include any necessary attachments. 

Mailing address: 

ACHE
2900 Delk Rd.
Suite 700, PMB 321
Marietta, GA  30067

Email: admin@acheinc.org

Application letters/emails must include the following information:

A brief written report on the use of the grant must be submitted to the ACHE Home Office within one year of the distribution of funds. This report must include information on the distribution and use of funds and briefly describe all outcomes.