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From: J. Scott Yaruss
Date: 10/9/01
Time: 7:41:59 AM
Remote Name: 136.142.142.98
HI Tara - Thanks much to your comments and welcome to the world of the NSA ;-) In terms of the number of proposals that are accepted and rejected...the committee has been in "full swing" for a couple of years now, and the list of accepted proposals that was shown in the paper was complete as of June '01 -- I did not include the rejected proposals (there have only been a couple). Since June we have received 3 or 4 more proposals, which have been accepted...I got two additional inquiries this past weekend (heads up committee ;-)...
In terms of the reasons for rejection...this is generally going to be for papers that do not follow the guidelines that were listed in the poster...explanations of how the research will protect the membership, the benefits to the NSA, etc. My opinion is that if a prospective researcher is unwilling to prepare a proposal that follows the admittedly simple guidelines shown we have developed, then there is no reason for the NSA to go too far out of our way to support the project. This does not mean that the project cannot proceed; it will simply have to do it without the support of the NSA. We do not reject papers due to differences of opinion about stuttering or dogmatic views about the most appropriate treatments, etc. -- we hope to learn more about what is appropriate for theory and treatment through this process.
So, our goal is to encourage, rather than discourage, prospective researchers to partner with the NSA for their studies...we have a large membership that can be very helpful to researchers interested in learning more about stuttering, and we have tried to make it as easy as possible for scientists to work with the group, while at the same time ensuring the protection of our most valuable membership.
I hope this answers your questions -- thanks again for your interest! Scott