MDOCS SUMMER INSTITUTE SKIDMORE FACULTY / STUDENT APPLICATION
APPLICATION COVER PAGE
Please attach this page to all materials submitted.
SUMMER 2016
1st Summer Session (May 31- July 1, 2016)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, January 25, 2016
Submit your completed application (cover page & statements) to:
storytellersinstitute@skidmore.edu
1A.
Faculty Name:
E-Mail Address:
Department:
Click here to enter text.
Click here to enter text.
Ext:
Click here to enter text.
Click here to enter text.
Tenured
Tenure-track
Non-Tenure
Faculty Status:
Full-Time/Regular
Full-Time/Temporary
Other: Click here to enter text.
Faculty Prior Participation in MDOCS Summer Institute?
No
Yes – When? Click here to enter text.
1B.
Student Name:
Click here to enter text.
E-Mail Address:
Click here to enter text.
Student Prior Participation in MDOCS Summer Institute?
Click here to
enter text.
Click here to
Phone:
enter text.
Yes – When? Click here to enter text.
Class Year:
No
2.
Title of Project: Click here to enter text.
3.
Description: Provide a statement of 500 words or less describing the proposed project in language understandable to the
non-specialist. What is your title? The idea you are developing? The content you are creating? The story you are telling?
What work have you already done (research, pre-production, post-production)? What do you expect to have in hand by the
time the Institute begins? NOTE: The MDOCS Summer Institute review committee includes faculty and documentarians from
different disciplines. It is your responsibility to provide a description of your project and your objectives that is easily
understood by someone outside your area of expertise.
Attached?
Yes
No
4.
Goals, proposed activities, and format of final outcome expected: Provide information as to what you intend to
accomplish during the Institute and the format of the expected final outcome; e.g., film, audio documentary, multi-media
event, conference presentation, exhibit, website, performance, etc. Indicate what stage you are at in your project, which
documentary method(s) you are working with, and what you would like to accomplish in 5 weeks. Please be as specific as
possible (NOT: “I will finish a film” is not useful, BUT “I will prepare a script, edit 15 hours of footage and conduct 3 hours of
interviews.”)
Attached?
No
Yes
5.
Equipment/Space Needs: Provide an itemized list of equipment and space you would ideally have access to in order to work
on the project. Do you have your own equipment? What MDOCS, Media Services or other campus equipment would it be
helpful to use for your project?
Attached?
Yes
No
8.
Signatures and dates. Your signature indicates that you have read and understood the program goals, application
procedures, criteria for selection, and general information and that you accept all the responsibilities inherent therein. Both
faculty and student participant must sign this application before submitting it to MDOCS through Intercampus Mail (MDOCS,
Filene 109)
_________________________________________________
Faculty Member or Student Signature
Date: ___________________________
PLEASE NOTE:
A FINAL REPORT must be submitted to the Director of MDOCS by August 1 immediately following the summer the Institute
Participation occurred. Faculty and student members must submit one report for each award.
Failure to file a final report may result in advances being treated as taxable income and will disqualify participants from future
grant opportunities.
The Final Report, submitted online, will consist of a written summary and a brief description of expenditures.
The Final Report forms can be found at:
FACULTY Final Report: http://www.skidmore.edu/fdc/faculty_student_summer_research/summer-research-faculty-final-report.php
STUDENT Final Report: http://www.skidmore.edu/fdc/faculty_student_summer_research/summer-research-student-final-report.php
All materials and/or equipment purchased with grant funding become the property of Skidmore College upon completion of the
project.
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact
Students:
Jesse Wakeman, Program Coordinator
John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative
jawakeman@skidmore.edu
Faculty:
Jordana Dym
Director, John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative
jdym@skidmore.edu.