• Name of Principal Investigator and highest degree
• Institutional or organizational affiliation (if any)
• Contact details
• Type of grant requested
• Research project title
• Names and affiliations of your key collaborators
• If you are a graduate student or applicant not affiliated with a research institution, include name, institutional affiliation and contact information of a mentor who has agreed to provide guidance and support
• An estimate of the funding support you are requesting

1. Executive Summary: Provide a concise overview of your proposed research project in 2-3 sentences. Clearly state the research question, methods, and anticipated impact on the field of coaching. Be sure to explain how the project aligns with the mission of the Institute of Coaching – to advance coaching research and education, ground coaching in scientific integrity, and support the use of coaching to foster positive change, learning, and well-being across personal and professional domains.
2. Significance: Clearly indicate what is new and unique about the proposed research and how the expected findings will advance the coaching literature, research and practice on this topic.
3. Methodology: Identify the quantitative and/or qualitative research methods you will use in sufficient detail to establish the viability and rigor of your proposed study. This includes description of variables, measures, sample size, and data analytic approach; for qualitative projects or components include data collection approach, sample size, and how data will be analyzed.
4. Budget Justification: Provide 3-5 sentence explanation for all proposed costs and their necessity
5. Project Outputs: List specific deliverables (e.g. academic papers, curricula, workshops) with 1 sentence descriptions.
6. Timeline: Estimate the duration of your project.
7. Works cited: (references not included in 2-page limit)

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