The DeLoss Brubaker, EdD, ATC Undergraduate Student Writing Contest (USWC) was initiated to recognize early research-related projects from emerging investigators at the undergraduate level.

The annual competition includes three categories, with an award being given to the top submission in each:

-Best Original Research Paper ($500)

-Case Study ($250)

-Best Literature Review ($250)



Eligibility Criteria:

-All students must be members of the NATA in order to submit to the contest.

-Students must be undergraduate students at the time of submission.

-Students must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate athletic training education
program. That includes both primary, as well as all secondary, authors.

-Only undergraduate students may be authors of the submission; college/university
faculty members are not permitted to be authors, nor may they receive the monetary
award.

-Student(s) may submit to only one of the contest divisions per year.

-Students can only submit one manuscript per research project.

-No more than six authors are allowed on one manuscript submission.



Deadline
ALL materials and electronic copies MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1

Send electronic copies to LLDewald@gmail.com and hard copies to:
NATA Foundation
Attn: Shelley Tims
1620 Valwood Pkwy, Suite 115
Carrollton, TX 75006

Policy on Plagiarism

The NATA Foundation Undergraduate Student Writing Contest Committee will electronically check all submissions for plagiarism. As defined, plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

-The copying of words, sentences, and paragraphs directly from the work of another
without proper credit;

-The copying of illustrations, figures, photographs, drawings, models, or other visual and nonverbal materials, including recordings, of another without proper credit; and

-The presentation of work prepared by another in final or draft form as one’s own
without citing the source, such as the use of purchased research papers.