Grants & Funding
Instructional Improvement Grants Proposal Cover Sheet 2000-2001
Title of the Proposal: ___________________________________________________________
Check appropriate category New proposal___ Continuation proposal___
Faculty Team Members: ________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Faculty Contact Person for the Project: ___________________________________________
Department(s) and College(s) Involved: __________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Proposed Budget (July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001)
Amount Requested: ($5000 maximum) ____________________
Cost Sharing or External Support ____________________
Total Project Cost ____________________
Source of Cost Sharing or External Support: _______________________________________
Signatures of Faculty Team Members: ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Departmental Chair(s): ___________________________
Date: _______
__________________________ Date: _______
Signature of Dean(s): __________________________ Date: _______
___________________________ Date: _______
Procedures
Deliver five (5) copies of your proposal to the Center for
Teaching and Learning Office, EPSE, 860 COE by March 13, 2000.
Faculty members who are awarded funding will be expected to
share the results of their work with other faculty and to
assist in reviewing future SOT proposals.
Instructional Improvement Grant Program
Purpose
The purpose of the Instructional Improvement Grant (IIG) Program
is to promote, through supplemental funding from the Provost's
Office, exemplary efforts by individual GSU faculty members
or departments to develop and implement creative approaches
to teaching.
Awards
IIG awards of up to $5000 will be made for such expenditures
as course releases, summer compensation, graduate or student
assistants, supplies, equipment and travel, in support of: (a)
the initiation or redesign of courses, including the application
of instructional technology, (b) the planning of inter-disciplinary
programs, (c) the implementation of new approaches to student
assessment and the evaluation of teaching, including standards,
and (d) other innovative activities relating to the enhancement
of teaching. Cost sharing by colleges and/or departments is
encouraged.
We are especially interested in funding projects that will
have a systemic impact on teaching and learning at Georgia
State University, including: (a) Courses identified and supported
by the college and the department and a commitment to use
the material to web enhance most or all sections of the course;
(b) Courses with high enrollment in multiple sections; (c)
Courses that are learner-centered, use standards-based or
criterion-based assessment; (d) Courses that foster a learning
community; and (e) Participating faculty committed to the
concept and to research on teaching using the course and course
revision based on the outcome.
Eligibility
Only full-time GSU faculty members may apply for IIG awards.
Past recipients are eligible for renewal awards on a competitive
basis with all other applicants. They should submit a follow-up
report explaining the progress made on the initial grant.
Deadline for Submission: March 13, 2000
Instructions
--IIG proposals should include the following:
1. Cover sheet (see above)
2. Abstract (one-page, double-spaced, summary of the proposed
project).
3. Project Description (include the need for the project,
its objectives and relation to program goals, description
of the proposed project, and plan to evaluate the project’s
effectiveness--not to exceed four, single-spaced pages).
4. Renewal Status (if applicable, a status report of previous
IIG-funded activities relating to the current proposal).
5. Biographical Sketch of Primary Applicant (brief with emphasis
on background related to the goals of the proposed project).
6. Potential Cost-Sharing/Extramural Funding (if applicable,
a description of potential sources for additional cost sharing/extramural
funding of the proposed IIG project).
7. Travel Justification (if applicable, a statement of: (a)
how any travel proposed for IIG funding fits within the overall
instructional improvement plan, (b) the uniqueness and significance
to the proposed project of any distant sources of information
to be visited, (c) the reasons why inter-library loan, microfilm,
or other means of sharing resources would not be more feasible
than travel, and (d) for foreign travel, evidence of the applicant's
competency in utilizing native language materials and that
the applicant's access to the materials has been authorized).
8. Estimate of Travel Expenses (if applicable, a mock-up
GSU travel authorization form).
9.Proposed Budget (July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001)
Course Release (PTI for Quarter $
Summer Compensation (PTI equivalent rate) $ _____
Graduate Assistant (for Quarter $
Supplies $
Equipment (itemize) $ _____
Travel (see above) $
TOTAL $
Minus cost-sharing/external support $
IIG Request (not to exceed $5,000) $
Deliver five (5) copies of your proposal to Harry Dangel,
Center for Teaching and Learning, EPSE—860 COE, by 5:15
p.m., Monday, March 13, 2000. Proposals received after the
stated deadline will not be considered for this funding cycle.
Review Process
A review committee consisting of members of the Advisory Committee
of the Center for Teaching and Learning and previous IIG awardees
will review the proposals and rank the proposals recommended
for funding. Grant recipients will be notified by April 15,
2000.
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