Proposal Submission Checklist
• Proposal title (maximum 30 words)
• Select 1 subject code (see list)
• Name your first and second choice of preferred formats (e.g., paper, symposium, collaborative workshop, training workshop, poster, lightning paper, resource exchange roundtable). Be sure to list any formats that are unacceptable in the question about unacceptable formats.
• Proposal focus: Indicate the focus of your proposal: quantitative research; qualitative research; or mixed methods research; program, prevention, intervention, or evaluation; policy analysis; or analysis of a theoretical, pedagogical, or research methodology.
• Choose up to three sections and/or Student and New Professionals (SNP) group to which you think your proposal most closely aligns.
Please note that proposals for the TCRM Workshop have a different proposal submission process.
• Provide a short abstract of your proposal. This is a 150-word (maximum) synopsis of your proposal and will be posted online to describe your presentation if it is accepted. Key contributions of the work should be explicit. Do not list author names information in the abstract.
• Prepare a long proposal. This content is used for the review process. The proposal consists of no more than 500 words plus the option to upload a PDF, not to exceed 3 pages, of tables, charts, and references. Do not list author names or information. The proposal is reviewed anonymously in a blind-review process.
• Prepare 3 measurable objectives. Sample objectives to guide formatting:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of the [insert title here] family program.
- To analyze the [insert policy here] from a family perspective.
- To demonstrate the return on investments families provide in health care.
Your 500 word long proposal must include the following elements:
• Thesis/aims/goals: Begin by summarizing the thesis of your proposal, followed by the aims and goals. Aims and goals are particularly important for workshop proposals as they are a connection to the extant literature. The connection to theory should be explicit. Because of the brevity of the proposal, make your point up front rather than writing your entire proposal before you get to the purpose.
• Methods: Briefly discuss the methods or approaches you are using to provide evidence for your thesis and show how this is timely, relevant, rigorous, and cutting-edge. Explain the implementation of your methods. Demonstrate your knowledge of the methods used and explain how they benefit your research. For more practice-based or workshop proposals, this section should include the how-to (e.g., how an intervention was carried out, what process you will use to facilitate the workshop).
• Analysis and preliminary results or contributions: Indicate the procedures you are using to answer your thesis, and provide preliminary results and contributions based on the data that you have collected. Readers will want to know the possible benefits and drawbacks of your research. Workshop proposals do not need to include results but should address potential contributions and innovations.
• Implications for research, practice, or policy: Discuss the potential impact of your results. Be sure that you show how your research can be applied.
Please remember: For all first authors and presenting authors and discussants, list current employer and job title, highest degree earned, discipline and institution from which the highest degree was earned, current licenses, and email address. For coauthors not presenting and symposium chairs, include only email address and employer.
The NCFR Annual Conference is an approved continuing education (CE) provider for National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and Certified Family Life Educators (CFLE). We collect additional information, such as presenter credentials and objectives, during the proposal submission process to ensure we have the information required for NCFR to provide CEs.
TCRM sessions do not count toward NBCC CE credits. Poster sessions do not count toward either NBCC or CFLE CE credits.
Important Dates
March 11
Proposal mentoring sign-ups due
April 1
• Proposals due
• Proposal reviewer sign-ups due
April 15
TCRM proposals due
June 20
All first authors will be notified of their proposal status by this date
Mid-July
Early bird registration deadline
Aug. 18
Full version of TCRM papers due
Oct. 6
Extended abstracts and discussant reviews for TCRM papers due
Oct. 30
Deadline for presenters to send papers to facilitator or discussant only for symposia
Nov. 19-22
Conference dates (TCRM begins Nov. 18)