The ACPA - College Student Educators International Commission for Admissions, Orientation and the First Year Experience (AOFYE) and the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (National Resource Center) invite applicants for their 2011 Research Grant Competition. AOFYE and the National Resource Center will jointly award one grant in the amount of $500 to promote original, descriptive, or evaluative research; philosophical studies; or institutional assessment or evaluation on issues surrounding admissions, orientation, and/or the first-year experience. All ACPA members are eligible and encouraged to apply for this research grant. Research at all stages will be considered, although priority will be given to projects that are further along in the research process (i.e., recently or soon to be completed).

The application deadline is November 18, 2010. Award recipient(s) will be notified on or about December 16, 2010 and will be invited to receive their award at the Commission Business Meeting held during the 2011 ACPA Convention in Baltimore, March 26-30. Details about the grant, including application procedures, are available on the ACPA web site.