Institutional Review Board National Scholarship Program
The Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine is pleased to announce a scholarship for licensed acupuncturists who are interested in reflective practice and analysis of their clinical outcomes using verifiable observation methods. Applications are now being accepted for proposals of retrospective reviews. Up to four (4) proposed projects will be invited to submit a full proposal for review by SIEAM’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).
SIEAM has made the decision to offer this scholarship as a way to support the development of and increase opportunities for practitioners in the East Asian medicine community with a specific interest in research. It is our belief that these activities should be more broadly distributed throughout the field and that greater access for individual practitioners will help to advance this type of inquiry.
Deadline for Application: June 1, 2020
Decision Notification: July 1, 2020
Deadline for IRB proposal (if accepted): September 15, 2020
Eligibility:
(1) Licensed EAM practitioner.
(2) Applicant must be mentored by someone with a sufficient clinical research background, as assessed by the SIEAM IRB, for the duration of proposed project.
Application:
(1) Project Background and Rationale (no more than 750 words)
(2) Personal Statement from Applicant (no more than 500 words)
(3) CV of Applicant
(4) CV and a letter of commitment from the applicant’s mentor. (All applicants must have a mentor that will provide guidance and support in the development of the IRB application and conduct of the proposed research)
(5) Completion of appropriate training on conducting human subjects research
Contact:
For more information, please contact Katherine Taromina, Academic Dean and IRB Chair, [email protected].