EBTA RESEARCH GRANTS 2010
The EBTA Board are offering two research grants in
2010 of 3500 Euro each
to suitable projects carrying out research into
solution-focused brief
therapy and its applications.
How to apply:
To apply for a grant, please submit a statement of 800
words describing
the aims of the project, the researchers involved and an
outline of the
proposed method. You should state the likely benefit of the
project to sfbt
and what other sources of funding have been sought or
obtained. The names
and contact details of two referees should be attached.
Copies of the application should be submitted to Dr
Macdonald by November 30th 2009 by email or land
post. Dr Macdonald will forward copies to the
other members of the awards committee. A decision will be
made in January 2010. The recipients of the grants will be
informed directly and announced on the sft-email discussion
list. The monies will be paid as a single sum in February
2010. Support from
EBTA should be acknowledged in any subsequent publication
of the study.
Awards Committee:
Dr Mark Beyebach, Universita Pontifidad, Salamanca, Spain;
mbeyebach@upsa.es
Prof Wally Gingerich,
USA; wjg4@po.cwru.edu
Dr Alasdair Macdonald,
UK; macdonald@solutionsdoc.co.uk
Dr Ferdinand Wolf,
Austria; ferdinand@wolf.co.at
Dr Alasdair Macdonald
Research coordinator, EBTA.
www.solutionsdoc.co.uk
EBTA RESEARCH GRANTS 2009
Dear colleagues,
The European Brief Therapy Association Grant Awards
committee has awarded two grants of 3500 Euro for
2009. There were several interesting
applications. The successful projects were: Janet
Bavelas and colleagues (Canada), to study the effects of
positive questioning in sft using micro-analysis.
Marieta Igarenska and colleagues (Bulgaria), to study the
effects of sft on improving cardiovascular health in a
randomised controlled trial.
Dr
Alasdair Macdonald,
Research Coordinator, EBTA.
www.solutionsdoc.co.uk
The concept of the research grant was proposed by Steve de
Shazer and agreed by EBTA Board in Turku, August
2000. The awards committee was agreed to be three
persons: Research Coordinator, an office bearer of the
Board and an external academic (currently Prof Wally
Gingerich, Case Western Reserve University).
GRANTS AWARDED:
2007 - Plamen Panayotov and his colleagues in
Bulgaria. This project will examine the effectiveness
of solution-focused therapy in relation to medication
compliance in people with schizophrenia.
2006 – No award for administrative reasons.
2005 – Steve Myers, University of Salford: study of
juvenile sexual offenders and their responses to the
solution-focused treatment.
2005 – Lisbeth Kvarme, University of Bergen. An
intervention study in the school health service to find out
if solution-focused therapy contributes to strengthen
self-efficacy and quality of life of pupils who have been
exposed to bullying.
2004 - Frederic Linssen of Bielefeld for his study of a
large number of sft clients using pretest, posttest and one
year followup, including measures of satisfaction with
therapy. The design is similar to the EBTA study but
uses different measures. Work in progress.
2003 - No award as no adequate submissions received.
2002 - Elka Bozhkova of Bulgaria received the grant.
Her project is to include the EBTA multi-centre research
design within a larger study of sft on a cohort of clients
in a psychiatric rehabilitation service. The data
will go towards the multi-centre study as well as her own
project. Work in progress.
2001 - Karin Wallgren, Stockholm. Her project was a
randomised controlled trial of group sft for chronic sick
persons in a Swedish local authority area in order to
return them to work. Successfully completed. published:
Thorslund KW (2007)
Solution-focused group therapy for patients on long-term
sick leave: a comparative outcome study. Journal of
Family Psychotherapy, 18(3): 11-24. Randomised 15 exp
/ 15 control; 1-5 mon sick. 8 sess; increased return
to work (60%(9) vs 13%(2)) and psychological
health improved at 3 mon follow-up.
(karin.wallgren@losningsfokus.se)