THE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM OF
THE MASSAGE THERAPY FOUNDATION
The Massage Therapy Foundation advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by
supporting scientific research, education, and community service.
THE RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Objectives
Awards are granted to support high quality, independent research which contributes significantly and
directly to the basic knowledge of massage therapy and/or its application, including applied research
which investigates massage therapy as a health/mental health treatment and/or prevention modality.
2. Eligibility
Research Grants are available to investigators who:
2.1 Have experience in the relevant field of research;
2.2 Are presently associated with, or have secured the cooperation of a university,
independent research organization, health center, or other institution qualified and
willing to function as a Sponsoring Organization for the purpose of this project. A
Sponsoring Organization must have sufficient facilities as well as human and
informational resources available to support the proposed research project, as
determined by the Massage Therapy Foundation at its sole discretion;
2.3 New investigators without prior research experience must document support from
an experience investigator willing to act as a collaborator. Collaborators should be
actively involved in the development and execution of the proposed research
project and should be identified as such in the staffing plan.
Research Grants will not be awarded to spouses, domestic partners, children, descendant, spouses
of descendants or any other individual related to any officers or trustees of the Massage Therapy
Foundation, or to members of the Research Proposal Review Committee.
Grants will normally be awarded for a 12-month period; the value of the Research Grants will be
between $1,000 - $30,000 and must be used in the specific time period for which they are awarded.
Any unspent funds must be returned to the Massage Therapy Foundation at the end of the grant
period. Projects of more than 12 months duration must be presented in full with total multi-year
budget in this proposal. If funds are awarded for the first 12 months, continuation of funding can be
requested in the next annual funding cycle.
The application submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 2, 2009. Applicants may
confirm receipt of their application by including a self-addressed, stamped post-card with their
application. Decisions will be mailed to applicants no later than 120 days after the application
deadline.
Massage Therapy Foundation
500 Davis Street, Suite 900
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847)869-5019
Fax: (847)864-1178
info@massagetherapyfoundation.org
