/ TheSTeLR process aligns closely with the LTIF process for 2011 and is intended to provide an entry point for future grants. Applicants who are awarded an LTIF grant will not be eligible for a STeLR grant in the same year for the same project.
STeLR grant selection criteria
  • global in reach and impact
  • work-relevant and industry-partnered
  • urban in innovation and impact
  • support the participation, retention and/or success of low Socio Economic Status (SES) higher education students in undergraduate studies
AND
  • have a clearly explained and coherent methodology and be ethically sound
  • provide practitioners, researchers and/or strategy/policy makers with relevant and practical knowledge
  • build capacity in educational research and scholarship of learning and teaching
  • be feasible and a good return on investment
  • show clear expected outcomes including evaluation and appropriate dissemination strategies
Submission Guidelines
  • Applications must be submitted in A4 format using Arial 11pt font with 2cm margins. When you have completed the application save it in the following format ‘stelr11_school_surname’ e.g. stelr11_school__brown.
  • Applications must be submitted by email from the Head of School and include emails from project members, acknowledging their support and willingness to participate.
  • Use the STeLR Proposal Form(subsequent pages) as the template for your submission.

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  1. Project Title (No more than 30 words.)
  1. Brief Project Description (Provide an overview of the project; outline what you plan to do and the outcomes you anticipate. No more than 200 words). Complete after item 7.
  1. Project Leader

Title
Surname
Given Name
School
Position
Phone
E-mail
  1. Project Team (Include details of ALL internal RMIT staff and external team members. Add additional rows as required.)

Name / Position / School or, for external member, Institution / Nature of contribution to the project / Anticipated allocation of project work (i.e. /100 for entire team) / Phone / Email
  1. Rationale (Please address the perceived need for this project. Include reference to published literature and similar projects in other contexts. Cite all references. No more than 300 words.)
  1. Strategic Relevance Detailed descriptions of these priority areas can be found in:
  2. Strategic directions outlined in ‘Where Bold Hopes Can Be Realised: A Red Paper on RMIT’s Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015 [PDF, 1.87MB]’, released in July by the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner AO.
  3. Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) which aims to increase the participation, retention and/or success of low Socio Economic Status (SES) higher education students in undergraduate

One or more priority areas addressed by this project. 100 words max for each area being addressed.
Global in reach and impact;
Work-relevant and industry-partnered;
Urban in innovation and impact;
Support the participation, retention and/or success of low Socio Economic Status (SES) higher education students in undergraduate studies
  1. Detailed Project Design (Outline the key elements of the project design Includemethodology,activities to be undertaken, evaluationand dissemination strategies.
  1. Activities Timelines (Add additional rows as required.)

Commencement Date / Completion Date / Key Activities / Key Project Outcome/s
e.g. 16 January 2011 / 16 February 2011 / Conduct Interviews / Record and analyse data
  1. Budget (Use this table to detail all funding requested. Add additional rows as required.)

Name of team member / Service area (e.g. EduTAG, Library) / Type of material required / Specify salary level * / material cost etc / Direct Cost / Oncosts / Total
TOTAL

Note: When framing your budget please take into account information in the sectiondetailing implications for other groups. Don’t include expenditure or work by other groups unless you have confirmed it with them.

  • Refer to your School Finance Manager and the current SalarySchedule

  1. Ethics Approval If your project involves research with human participants (for example, interviews, surveys, tests, interventions), approval from the RMIT Human Research Ethics Committee will be required prior to commencing your project.

Refer

You cannot begin collecting data until you have been granted ethics approval. A workshop will be held to support this process.

  1. Submission Approval Acknowledgement by the Head of School, project leader and project members is required.

The Head of School should submit the completed proposal and include emails from Project team members. The email chain will be accepted as verification.

Project leader

School Support

School name
Head of School or nominee / I support this application, which if successful will be included in individual and School work-planning.

If the project incorporates more than one School:

School name
Head of School / I support this application, which if successful will be included in individual and School work-planning.

Project team members

Name / Role
No later than 10th December 2010. Emails from HoS received after 10th December will not be considered as the timeline is so short.
Outcomes will be notified by 17th December / Claire Brooks
email:
Senior Coordinator, Learning & Teaching
College of Science, Engineering & Health, RMIT University
Building 14, Level 12, Room 16E
P: +61 3 9925 9643 F: +61 3 9925 9650

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