CAAT Seed Funded Projects
Proposal Template to Request CAAT Funding
[Insert Title]
[Insert Date]
Organization Information
Name of Organization:______
Address:______
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Contact Person:______
Title:______
Phone:______
Email:______
Abstract
[Insert a brief (approx. 50-100 words) overview of the proposal including purpose, planned activities, resources, and expected results.]
Project Purpose, Objectives, and Outcomes
[Describe what needs the proposal seeks to address, the specific objectives of the project, and how the project aligns with the overall mission of the CAAT.]
Project Scope
[Describe thekind of educational project for which you are requesting funds. Is it an adaptation of an existing course or development of a new course, course module, or educational artifact?] What impact will the project haveon new or existing articulation agreements? On credit or non-credit courses? If credit, for what certificate(s) or degree program(s)?]
Target Audience
[Who will be your targeted students–community college students, incumbent workers, or others? How many students will be impacted? Will they be for degree, non-degree, or certificate programs?]
Qualifications
[Describe what skills, experiences, and organizational resources you and other personnel who will be engaged bring to the project. Include the capabilities of partners and collaborators supporting your project and brief Bios or Curriculum Vitaes.]
Project Plan
[How will you gather and organize the requirements and resources for the project? What is your plan, including major milestones, for developing all educational materials to be funded? They must be submitted in editable format for inclusion in the CAAT website that is accessible by other educational institutions and other organizations. For a course, these materials include: Course Description (including pre-requisites, audience, curriculum or other certificate program that contains this course, etc), Course Objectives, Course Outcomes, Course Syllabus, Instructor Materials by class period including PowerPoint slides, and other artifacts such as Student Materials, Lab Activities and Objectives, Lab Equipment, Pre- and Post- Tests, and Exams.]
Quality Assurance
[What outcomes will be specified for the curriculum/educational materials and what evidence will you collect to demonstrate that the curriculum is effective? What steps will you take to pilot or testyour proposal and make adjustments to reflect the pilot results?]
Timeline
[Provide a timeline of important milestones in completing the project. Please include contract invoice/payment dates tied to the project milestones and deliverables.]
Budget
[Provide your budget for the project detailing other sources of support and specifying labor, materials, travel, equipment, and administrative costs with justification for each.]
Reports
[You will be asked to submit brief progress reports that coincide with the project milestones and invoice submittals as stated in your project’s timeline in your proposal.]
NSF Acknowledgement and Disclaimer
Because CAAT is funded by NSF, and NSF requires an acknowledgement and disclaimer on materials prepared using their funding, you will be asked to add an acknowledgement of receiving NSF funds and a disclaimer to prepared materials as follows:
Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1400593.
Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.