[ECPN] Applications Will Soon Be Accepted for the 4th Annual SPR Sloboda and Bukoski Cup

[DeeJay Garringo]

Applications Will Soon Be Accepted for the Fourth Annual Society for Prevention Research Sloboda and
Bukoski SPR Cup


 

Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely
together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the
field, the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) will sponsor a friendly competition amongst teams
of researchers for the honor of bringing home the traveling Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup for the
2009-2010 academic year. 

 

The Cup is named for two of the founders and long time active members of SPR, Dr. Zili Sloboda and
Dr. William Bukoski. The Cup competition is an opportunity for an unique experience: several
independent teams of scientists, each working with the same data set, problem solve together for a
brief period of time and then jointly present their ideas to each other and a larger group of
experienced prevention scientists.

 


Competition


 

SPR Cup teams will receive a data set via email two months prior to the annual meeting. Each team
then will conduct a literature review, generate hypotheses, conduct analyses, and prepare a
presentation for a 10-minute symposium talk on their results. 

 

Teams will present their results during an invited symposium at the SPR annual meeting. A panel of
senior prevention scientist judges and the audience at the symposium will rate the quality of the
research work and of the presentation. Both verbal and written feedback will be provided to teams
about their work.

 

The highest scoring team will be recognized and awarded the SPR Cup during the SPR Awards Ceremony.
Past team champions include the Sun Devil Scholars from the Prevention Research Center from the
Department of Psychology at Arizona State University in 2006, the Prevention Geeks from the State of
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in 2007, and the Prevention
Fellows from the Prevention Research Center of the College of Health and Human Development at The
Pennsylvania State University in 2008.

 

Teams

 

Teams are limited to five members. Each team should include participants with knowledge and
practical experience in research methodology, data analysis, and conference presentation. Each team
will designate a team captain, who will participate in several SPR Cup conference calls during the
spring of 2009.

 

Eligible Participants

 

Eligible participants for teams are individuals who are either (1) currently enrolled in a masters
or doctoral training program, or (2) have received their terminal graduate degree within the last 5
years and have not yet been a principal investigator on a research grant from a federal agency or
private foundation.

 


Data Set


 

A public data set relevant to prevention science will be used. During the past three years, the data
sets were from the Monitoring the Future Project and the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey. The identity of the data set will be released during a conference call of team captains on
March 26, 2009.

 

Mentors

 

An experienced SPR Cup prevention science mentor will be assigned to advise each team and will be
available for consultation via phone or email on an as needed basis. Teams may access other mentors
as desired. All mentors must be acknowledged during the presentation. 

 

Publication

 

All participating teams will be strongly encouraged to refine their analyses after the meeting and
to generate publishable products. The highest scoring teams may be invited to submit a manuscript to
be considered for publication in SPR's flagship journal Prevention Science. To date, the Arizona
State University team and The Pennsylvania State University teams from the first year of competition
have published manuscripts related to their SPR Cup presentations in peer-reviewed journals. Other
manuscripts are in progress.

 

Application Process

 

To apply, send an email to  <mailto:marke at oslc.org> marke at oslc.org with the subject line "2009 SPR
Cup Submission". Within the email, for each team member, please include name, highest academic
degree, current position, primary institutional affiliation, a brief summary of research skills and
expertise, and contact information. Please list a team name and designate a team captain. A receipt
of submission will be sent to the team captain.

 

Up to three teams will be accepted for the competition this year. Teams will be accepted in the
order of when applications are received.

 

Applications will not be accepted before January 09, 2009, and will not be accepted after January
31, 2009. Accepted teams will be informed via email by February 13, 2009.

 

Further Information 

 

Questions are welcome. Please contact:

 

J. Mark Eddy, Ph.D., and Charles R. Martinez, Jr., Ph.D.

Co-Chairs, 2009 Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup

 <mailto:marke at oslc.org> marke at oslc.org and charlesm at oslc.org

(541) 485-2711


 

 


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