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Dibble/DeJosephLesbian Health Research Award
Information for Researchers and Students

We aim to enhance clinical practice and to inform policy about the health care needs of and delivery of services to lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender individuals through a program of research, postgraduate education and training, and public service.

In 2004 the LHRC established the Dibble/DeJoseph Lesbian Health Research Award (Dibble/DeJoseph LHRA).  The goal of this Award Program is to provide support for doctoral or post-doctoral students/investigators to conduct research about the health of lesbian, bisexual women, and trans-gendered individuals across the lifespan.

Learn more about the Research Award:

• Application Process
• Selection Notification
• Program Requirements
• Dibble/DeJoseph Lesbian Health Research Award Grant Application Format

Application Process

Grant Applications are to be submitted in the required format and will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Research design
• Feasibility of accomplishing the project, including investigator qualifications & institutional support.
• Budget and justification
• Significance of the project to the communities of lesbians, bisexual women, and trans-gender individuals

Download the Grant Application Form

Selection Notification

Applicants will be notified within 4 weeks (approximately) of submitting an application. Grant awards will range from $500 - $1000. Grant award checks will be made to the primary institution identified on the application cover page. Grant money is NOT awarded for completed research. 

Program Requirements

Within six months of completing the project, a final report^*, a copy of the final dissertation or a copy of the final manuscript that was submitted to a peer-reviewed journal is to be submitted to the Dibble/DeJoseph LHRA Program Manager. Upon completion of the project, the investigator(s) will be invited to present their results at the annual LHRC Conference.

* The final report should include a summary of the purpose of the project, the methodology, the results and the conclusions.  The report can be a copy of a dissertation or a copy of an article that was submitted to a journal.
 

Dibble/DeJoseph LHRA Grant Application Format

Please download the application

1) Cover Page (use form provided on the downloadable application)

2) Abstract of the Project in 300 words or less

3) Detailed Plan of Project:

a. maximum of six double spaced typed pages (12 point font)
b. hypotheses or research questions, goals and specific objectives of the project, the relationship of the proposed project to other work already accomplished in the field, methods, sample size calculation with power analysis (if appropriate), and the significance of the project to lesbians, bisexual women, and/or transgendered individuals.

4) Itemized Budget:

a. total amount requested for the project from the Dibble/DeJoseph Lesbian Health Research Award

b. supplies and expenses with justification (< 1 page)

**The Dibble/DeJoseph Lesbian Health Research Award does not cover personnel costs (salary and benefits) for the Investigators or indirect institutional costs.

5) Institutional Review Board approval from the investigator’s institution if animals or humans are involved in the project. Project funding will not be released until approval has been received.

6) Biosketch (2-3 page) of Principal Investigator and Faculty Supervisor/Co-Investigator.

7) Short letter of support from the faculty member who is supervising the project.

8) Signed statement by the Investigator and, if applicable, by the Co-Investigator that:

a. all publications resulting from the research conducted from the award will acknowledge that the project was funded by the Dibble/DeJoseph Lesbian Health Research Award of the Lesbian Health Research Center at the Institute for Health and Aging-University of California, San Francisco

b. the abstract of the grant will be publicized on the LHRC website with the names of the Principal and, if applicable, Co-Investigator, when the grant is funded

9) Evidence of the primary institution’s tax exempt status

Please number all pages and send 2 copies of EVERY SINGLE ITEM to:

Leslie Ross, PhD
Chair, Dibble/DeJoseph LHRA Committee
LHRC, IHA-UCSF
3333 California St., Suite 340
San Francisco, CA 94118