VIS Research Proposal Form

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Name of person completing this form

Contact email address

Project title

VIS lead

Research team members

Include name, institution and email of each research team member


Have you liased with relevant sport or personell?

VIS Personell
Head Coach/GMHP (if sport specific), discipline Manager (if theme based)

System Personell
National Performance Support Network Leads, AIS Project Leads (eg. Rachel Harris if FPH, Peta Maloney if Recovery/Sleep/Travel etc.), other NSO and NIN practitioners

Please select at most two options.


Who?

Brief description of the project

200 words max




Research rationale

Why does this research need to be undertaken? Detail the background literature and use this to justify the study. How does this research align with the VIS Research Priorities? 500 words max


Who is the population of interest?

Sport/age/gender/experience/able body/Para etc.


Research type

Quality Enhancement

  • Does not require ethics due to study design (i.e. a systematic review)
  • Projects undertaken within usual operational models and day-to-day processes

Research Project

  • External ethics is required
  • Includes projects where VIS staff are driving or involved with research where data are collected and athletes need to be aware of and sign informed consent
  • Includes projects where external researchers are requesting data or access to athletes and the use of retrospective data
  • Data may be intended to be published


Research aims

State the specific aims of the project in bullet points


Research method

Please outline your research methods here, including sample size, experimental overview and design, statistical analysis. How will the results be disseminated? 500 words max


Ethical considerations

Outline any potential ethical issues that could be associated with the project and where (organisation) ethics approval will be sought. 300 words max


Do you already have ethics approval?

Anticipated benefits and practical outcomes

Identify the intended outcomes of the project and how these will be translated into applied practice. This may include things like gaining performance support team, as well as how results will be translated into the daily training &/or competition environment. Does this research have any immediate &/or direct and measurable benefits to VIS athletes/coaches? Please describe. 300 words max


VIS commitment and impact

Define how invasive this project will be. Are VIS athletes required as participants? How do you intend to recruit participants? What will the participants be required to do? Outline the expected commitment from VIS personnel (athletes, coaches and staff), include investment of time, travel, and any potential disruption to regular training/work. 300 words max




Resources, contributions and funding

Outline resource and funding contributions from the VIS and University or other project partners. Include items such as staff time, facillity use, equipment, consumables, administration, travel, dissemination. Please provide:
Item - Description - $AUD Cash or in-kind - party contributing and Total Projet Budget $AUD

*Requests for VIS funding >$15k require matched funding from partner organisation.


Commencement date

How long will the study run?

State total duration of the project in years, months or weeks.


Estimated timeline of significant milestones

Outline expected milestone dates eg .data collection periods, submission dates. Must include presentation of research findings to VIS staff.