Research Support Services

One of the strategic goals of the School of Nursing is to optimize research, scholarship and the translation of knowledge into practice. To help build research capacity, School of Nursing Research Support Services (SNRSS) provides a wide range of support for non-funded and funded research-related activities.

SCHOOL OF NURSING FACULTY SUPPORT

The services listed below are available at no charge to School of Nursing faculty members who are without the resources necessary to carry out their activities. Priority is given for services that support the development of research proposals being submitted to CIHR and other external agencies, with consideration of submission deadlines.

Please click on the service(s) of interest below to complete and submit a request form.

• Identification of potential funding sources
• Literature searches, assistance with structured literature reviews, draft literature reviews, and review/critical appraisal of literature
• Assistance with locating measurement tools
• Consultation regarding study design, measurement tools, protocol development
• Assistance with writing grant proposals (priority is given to CIHR, SSHRC and NIH submissions)
• Preparation of budgets and budget justifications
• Review of draft research proposals for clarity, consistency, content and consultation regarding grant requirements
• Assistance with research ethics board applications for pro-tem approval

 

If you have any questions about the services listed above please contact Amanda Bradford-Janke, research support specialist, at bradfor@mcmaster.ca.

SNRSS does not provide the following types of support for unfunded research projects:

• Retrieving articles and preparing reference lists for journal article submissions, retrieving abstract or author guidelines, preparing posters or articles for publication, preparing or updating CV modules, proof reading, and grant compilation (these are activities that fall within the scope of responsibility of administrative staff within the School of Nursing)
• Retrieving articles for teaching purposes (e.g., course development, course teaching assignments)
• Collecting or transcribing research project data

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT SUPPORT

Fee-for-Service Rates School of Nursing Faculty - $55/hr Non-School of Nursing Faculty - $60/hr (rates include benefits and overhead costs)

 

Please click on the Fee-For-Service form below to complete and submit a request form.

• Fee-For-Service Form

The services listed below are offered on a fee-for-service basis to any McMaster University faculty members or community partners dependent upon resources and commitments of the office. A maximum of .5 FTE can be purchased to support any one project. All fee-for-service requests and approvals are negotiated through the Assistant Dean (Research). 

START-UP ACTIVITIES

• Preparation of information letters and consent forms
• Updating literature reviews
• Preparation of ethics review board applications
• Developing promotional strategies and related materials
• Training project-specific research staff

DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND OUTPUT

• Online survey creation in Survey Monkey
• Questionnaire administration
• Face-to-face, telephone, focus group interviews
• Database set-up in SPSS, NVivo, Access
• Data entry, delivery, verification, management
• Data analysis and reporting
• Creation of tables and figures

ONGOING OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Management of bibliographic references using Reference Manager or RefWorks
• Monitoring and reporting of project expenditures
• Supervision of project-specific research staff

DISSEMINATION

• Preparation of research reports
• Assistance with manuscript writing
• Preparation of conference abstracts/posters/presentations
• Assistance with other knowledge transfer activities

Note: Authorship to be negotiated

Please be advised that all fee-for-service requests can be submitted to School of Nursing Research Support Services using this Fee-For-Service request form. If you have any questions about the services listed above please contact Amanda Bradford-Janke, research support specialist, at bradfor@mcmaster.ca.

Thank you, and we look forward to serving you and supporting your research-related needs.