The Helen Bohmer Daly Memorial Research Fund was established to support and foster basic behavioral research by SUNY Oswego faculty, staff and students working in collaboration with a faculty sponsor. In keeping with Dr. Helen Daly's decided preference for the control, precision, and internal validity inherent in well designed and carefully executed experiments, proposals for laboratory-bound investigations will have higher priority in funding decisions. However, in recognition of the growing importance of research conducted in natural settings, funding may be made available to projects that do not lend themselves to laboratory investigation.

Deadline: Annually the 1st Friday in November at 4:30 P.M.

Funds:

Eligibility:
1.   This award is available to college students in their sophomore or junior year at the State University of New York at Oswego. As more funds become available, a separate award will be offered to faculty and staff. Sizes and number of awards will by determined by Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee based on amount of money available and the quality of applications.

 2.   Projects must focus on basic behavioral research. 

 3.   Priority will be given to projects which employ an experimental design

 4.   Although priority will also be given to research performed in a laboratory setting, proposals will be considered for behavioral research conducted in natural settings.

Application Process:  
Either print this page or click on the link above for a PDF copy of the application process. Click on links below for application form and budget form. They can be printed to fill out or fill out the PDF, then print.

1.   Contact the Graduate Office for an application and budget form. (Student applicants will obtain faculty sponsor who would work with you on designing, submitting, completing, and presenting a project.) 

 2.   Make sure that the project meets the criteria

 3.   Submit the completed application to the Graduate Office on or before February 13.

 4.   Be available for an interview by a subcommittee of the Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. 

Application Criteria:
Requests for funding must include the following information:

1.   A brief rationale regarding the significance of the proposed research and its relationship to the available literature.

2.   An explicit statement of the research design, including a thorough description of the procedures to be used in collecting the data.

3.   A concise presentation of the comparisons to be made and a detailed description of the statistical methods to be employed. 

 4.   A statement regarding the theoretical or empirical importance of the projected results of the experiment(s), including their expected contribution to the current literature and the potential social impact. 

 5.   An indication of the manner in which the results of the research will be disseminated.

 6.   A commitment to present the results at QUEST of the following year. 

 7.   Signature of a faculty sponsor if applicant is a student.

Selection Process:
1.   Selection to be made by Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee based on the guidelines in I through VI.

2.   Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee will notify the recipients and Alumni and University Development of its decision.

3.   Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee will present a certificate and check to the winners at a QUEST Ceremony honoring the memory of Helen Bohmer Daly.

Conditions:
If the recipient withdraws or is discharged from the State University of New York at Oswego for any reason whatsoever, the remaining funds shall be used for another individual to be chosen by the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee. This individual will meet all of the selection criteria mentioned above. 

Questions:
If you have questions contact:  Graduate Office or the Chair of the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee.