eSTEeM Project Plan Submission Form
We recognise that this project proposal plan may not be definitive but eSTEeM will support you in
finalising your proposal. Please indicate any major constraints. Agreed projects will be asked to provide a
final revised plan before starting.
1. Project organisation
a) Project leader(s)
Title(s)
Name(s)
Department(s)
Telephone(s)
Email(s)
b) Other staff involved in the proposed project team
[Name, position and department]
2. About the project
a) Project title
b) Project start date
Estimated end date
c) Description of the proposed work [PLAN] (<300 words)
Please provide a brief description of the project aims or the research question? e.g. What pedagogic
issue or problem are you addressing? What are you intending to do to address this issue? What do
you see as the impacts and uses of this work? What are the overall outcomes for the project? Please
explain how these will affect students and/or increase knowledge.
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d) Rationale and building on past work/fit with strategy [PLAN] (<200 words)
Why should this project be sponsored? For example, how will the proposed work build upon, or fit
in with, previous work in the area? How does this work support University and Unit strategy? What
prompted the proposal? How does the project link to your Unit plans? What is the intended impact
of the project on students? How does it fit with the themes of eSTEeM?
e) Outline of work plan (200 – 400 words in total)
What is going to be done and when? Provide an outline work plan for the project period. You may
ALSO use the project plan (Appendix A) to help you illustrate the details below.
i)
Milestones and timescale [ACT]
What are the milestone activities for the project? When will these be completed? For
example, What changes will you be implementing / data will you be collecting /
observations will you be making? When will these activities be carried out?
ii)
Deliverables and outcomes [OBSERVE]
What are the expected outputs/deliverables from these milestones?
iii)
What are the potential problems you may encounter [REFLECT]
What potential problems do you see arising form the research and how will you deal with
them?
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f) Evaluation
Please suggest how you will evaluate the success of the project. For example, what are the
anticipated impacts of the project outcomes and activities e.g. on students, the sector,
internationally? How will you know? Who will be analysing the evidence/data/results (e.g. survey
findings, telephone interviews)? What analysis tools/methods are you expecting to use?
g) Dissemination
How will the outcomes and deliverables of the project be used and by whom? How will knowledge
be transferred? Please detail opportunities for wider uptake.
h) Resources
The funding available is limited, therefore to maximise return we will be looking closely at value for money
in the proposed budget. The primary resource is your time. However, the work may involve travel, surveys,
etc. Please indicate, as best you can, your need for support of such activities.
Resource
Description
Cost
AL support, consultants
Please specify and indicate how this has
been costed i.e. based on DL rate of
£127.38/day
Transcription costs
The cost to the OU for transcribers is
£15.26 per hour + VAT (10 mins of
recording takes approx 30 mins to
transcribe)
Conferences
Please specify and indicate what your
anticipated contribution to that
conference will be (In MCT these costs
will be borne by the Department)
Surveys (please specify type)
Travel and subsistence
(In MCT these costs will be borne by the
Department)
Consumables
Please specify, any consumables must
be individually detailed and costed.
Equipment
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Please specify
Other costs
Please specify
Total
External funding
Will external funding be sought for the project? If so, what is the time scale for bidding and to
whom will bids be made.
Will the project lead to new income generation?
3. Collaboration (if applicable)
List any additional HE, STEM-related organisations, employers, professional bodies, AL/student cohorts
currently involved and/or those you plan to involve in the project. It is particularly important to ensure
that there is active support from any course or programme teams who will be affected by the project.
4. Project Approval
Projects will be deemed ineligible if any of the following is incomplete
a) Please describe briefly your main work commitments and state how much time you will devote to
the project over what period.
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b) Head of Department authorisation
I confirm the proposer has my support in submitting the project plan to eSTEeM and the commitment is
included in the proposer’s workload plan.
Name:
Position:
Signature:
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Project plan
Project Title:
Planning Period (date):
Project Leader:
Aims & Objectives
[PLAN]
Expected research activities/milestones [ACT]
Date expected
to achieve
Expected outputs/deliverables to demonstrate objective/
/outcome/milestone has been achieved [OBSERVE]
Potential problems
you may encounter
[REFELCT]
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