FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
March 2005
community of scholars who work in related
areas of undergraduate education. Finally, the
revised program requires proposals to explicitly
identify a set of measurable outcomes that will
be used in the project management and
evaluation.
Focus on Funding is a newsletter published
by the St. Louis Community College Office
of Institutional Development (OID). It
features external funding opportunities
available from federal, state, local and
private funding sources, as well as other
news. For more information about the OID
and services provided by staff, please
contact Castella Henderson, Director, at
314/539-5354, or visit the OID web page at:
http://www.stlcc.edu/odweb/.
To provide a framework for projects to
maximize their effectiveness on improving
undergraduate STEM education, the program
identified five components of a cyclic model of
knowledge production and the improvement of
practice. The program will accept proposals
that may combine one, several, or all of the
following components:
Grant Opportunities
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory
Improvement (National Science
Foundation)
* Conducting research on undergraduate
STEM teaching and learning;
* Creating learning materials and teaching
strategies;
The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory
Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to
improve the quality of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education for all undergraduate students. CCLI
supports efforts that conduct research on STEM
teaching and learning, create new learning
materials and teaching strategies, develop
faculty expertise, implement educational
innovations, assess learning, and evaluate
innovations. The program supports three types
of projects representing three different phases of
development, ranging from small exploratory
investigations to comprehensive projects.
* Developing faculty expertise;
* Implementing educational innovations;
* Assessing learning and evaluating
innovations.
The program will accept three types of
proposals representing different phases of
development:
* Phase 1, Exploratory Projects with a total
budget up to $150,000 ($200,000 when fouryear colleges and universities collaborate with
two-year colleges) for one to three years;
Please note that the CCLI program has
changed substantially for FY 2006. The
program has increased its emphasis on projects
that build on prior work and contribute to the
knowledge base of undergraduate STEM
education research and practice. In addition,
projects should contribute to building a
* Phase 2, Expansion Projects with a total
budget up to $500,000 for two to four years;
* Phase 3, Comprehensive Projects with a
total budget up to $2,000,000 for three
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FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
Publications Available from the
Office of Institutional
Development
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to five years.
DEADLINE: May 18, 2005 for Phase 1
proposals; January 24, 2006 for Phase 2 and
3 proposals.
The following publications are available
upon request from the Office of
Institutional Development:
Chancellor’s Report on Donations, Gifts
and Grants to St. Louis Community
College and the St. Louis Community
College Foundation 2003-2004. A
comprehensive list of all donors and
categories of giving to the College and the
College Foundation.
The Off
ice of
Institut
ional
Develop
ment Te
am
Office of Institutional Development
Annual Report 2003-2004. Brief
descriptions of all projects funded by
external grants to the College, and
information about the roles,
responsibilities and achievements of the
Office of Institutional Development.
Castella
Henders
Director on
314/53
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Julie
Scholarsh Heyer
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Resource
Developm dinator/
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314/539-5 t Specialist
jheyer@s 476
tlcc.edu
Alice Ho
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Secretary n
314/539
ahoffman -5354
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Lucia
Academic Miller
Grant
314/539-5 Writer
lrmiller@ 328
stlcc.edu
Scholarship Opportunities. A
comprehensive list of scholarships
managed by the Office of Institutional
Development including campus,
qualifications for the scholarship, contact
information, and amount available.
Federal Funding Opportunities 20042005. A list of over 40 federal grant
programs for which community colleges
are eligible to apply. Includes brief
descriptions of each program, the
program web address (if available) and
projected deadlines.
To request any of these
publications, just give us a call at
539-5354.
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