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Blended Teaching and Learning Grant
Round 2
Winter, 2012
Request for Proposals
The ACS invites faculty from all ACS institutions to submit collaborative proposals for blending learning grants
Aims of the Project
The overall aim of the projects is to enable faculty on one campus to work with faculty on other ACS campuses to explore, design, develop or enhance courses, modules, webinars and or tutorials for use in blended teaching and learning environments that will be open to students across ACS campuses. Interested faculty should send a proposal to acs@colleges.org no later than February 1, 2012. A review committee will analyze the proposals and respond promptly.
Faculty members who receive funding will be asked to provide a final report (no more than five pages) describing the project, assessment of the project and lessons learned for future application.
Questions about the project may be answered by contacting Christiane Williams at christiane@colleges.org.
Grants
Deadline for Proposals
February 1, 2012
Range of Project Funding
Up to $2,000
Proposal Preparation
- Complete proposals, required cover sheet and supporting documents should be submitted as a word document attachment via email to christiane@colleges.org and proposal preparation questions should be directed to her.
- The narrative of the proposal should be a maximum of 3 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, one-inch margins exclusive of a one page budget. The budget should be on a separate page after the. Place no other narrative on that page. Appendices are limited to 3 pages. Please include the following with the proposal:
- Required Standard Cover Sheet
- Title of Project
- Institutions
- Names of faculty submitting the request
- Titles, departments and mailing addresses
- Phone and e-mail information
- Requested Amount
- Date of submission and date of proposed period of grant
- Signatures of applicants, department chairs, and chief academic officers send via email
- Introduction
- Goals and anticipated outcomes
- Justification
- Consistency with program priorities
- Project Description
- Activities
- Overall timetable
- Specific timetable for grant supported activities
- Budget and justification for each line item
- Qualifications of project leaders related to specific proposal
- Evaluation and Dissemination
- State how the success of the project will be evaluated
- Indicate how project results will be disseminated within ACS and outside of ACS for use as a possible model. For example: posting results and a final report on the ACS website along with presenting project findings at a professional conference or meeting at a specific time.
- Institutional Approval
The proposal must be approved by the Academic Dean or Provost. The approval note should be sent along with the proposal. Each collaborative proposal must include letters of intent from all participants. The proposal should be accompanied by a letter of support from the academic dean of each participating institution.
- Disclosure Statement
Applicants should list other current financial support for the project that will coincide with the timetable of the proposal.
- Curriculum vitae
Applicants should include a short CV of professional activity. This should be emailed with the proposal and should not exceed two single-spaced pages.
All projects must be completed and the final report received at ACS by December 1, 2012. All events must occur within this period. The funds also must be spent within this same time period, and any unused funds should be returned to ACS within 10 days of the end of the project.
The report should state how the goals were met, should include an expense budget with receipts and should provide the dissemination plan.
Grantees will be asked to participate in evaluation of the blended learning and teaching grant. Feedback will help ACS refine the application and award process and assist in an overall evaluation of the New Paradigm Project.
Proposal Review
A Grant Review Committee will consider proposals and notify applicants by March 1, 2012.
Download the Required Standard Cover Sheet
Final Reporting Guidelines
Final reports must be received at ACS by December 1, 2012. Your report should be e-mailed to acs@colleges.org
Please address the following points in your separate ‘detailed narrative’ report with evaluation and dissemination information.
- Name of Person (s) Submitting Report
- E-mail Phone
- Institution
- Name of project/event
- Date(s) of Project
- Amount Awarded
- Original Goals and objectives
- If goals/objectives changed during the course of the project, please state the revised goals/objectives.
- In what ways were the goals/objectives met? Please give examples.
- Describe the evaluation/assessment process used. Summarize the results of this process? Include any instruments used to evaluate/assess your project.
- If you were to redesign your project, what would you do differently and why? (What are the “lessons learned?”)
- How did your project impact other faculty on your campus? How did it impact faculty on the other campuses?
- How did the project impact the institutions as a whole?
- What was the impact on the students?
- How have you shared the results with ACS colleagues and beyond ACS? Where? At professional meetings, which ones? What are your plans for dissemination not including posting your report on the ACS website? This is a must answer question.
- Did any publications result from this project? If yes, list here
- What are the next follow-up steps in your project? Evaluations, surveys etc. are to be included as a part of this report.
- A complete financial statement, showing original budget (the breakdown of the amount awarded) and expenditures.
- Please include a summary of your work that may be included on the ACS website.
Email your report to acs@colleges.org
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