ADVANCED CONCEPT TEACHING SPACE (ACTS) DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
TEACHING & LEARNING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
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Section A – Project Title
Project Title
Project Team:
List team members
and their
School/Faculty/Unit
Funding sought from
DVC(Academic)
Section B – Contact Details
Project Leader
Title
First Name
Surname
School/Institute/Faculty
Email
Telephone
TEDI, CEIT or ITS Project team member
Title
First Name
Surname
School/Institute/Faculty
Email
Telephone
Financial/Administrative Contact (contact for financial transfer arrangements)
Title
First Name
Surname
Email
Telephone
Section C – Project Summary
Project Summary
(100 words max)
Key Words
Completion date
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Section D – Project Proposal
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Application Assistance
SC=Selection Criteria
(refer to application
guidelines for more detail)
1. Project Objectives and Rationale (150 words approximate)
- Describe the
problem(s)/issue(s)/
innovation your project is
trying to address.
- Demonstrate alignment of
the project to the schemes
TLEP targets
- How will the project add to
the body of knowledge in the
use of spaces and
technology to advance T&L
practice
2. Project Approach and Outcomes (300 words approximate)
- How will the project
foster interactive teaching
and learning practice and
improve students’ learning
experiences and
outcomes (SC1)
- What are the anticipated
project outcomes and
deliverables
-How will you design or
redesign the curriculum to
achieve these outcomes?
- Describe the project’s
theoretical approach
– Provide evidence to
support the chosen
approach
- What data collection and
data analysis activities will
support the research
activities?
3. Use of ACTS (200 words approximate)
How will the project utilise
the facilities available in
ACTS (SC2)
- Demonstrate why the
project scholarship activities
are best undertaken in
ACTS
4. Project Management (200 words approximate)
- Development of a
coherent and feasible
project implementation
and completion plan (SC3)
-Provide a step-by-step
action plan describing the
activities you will undertake
during the project
5. Evaluation and dissemination of project outcome (100 words
approximate)
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- Briefly describe your
strategy for evaluating the
impact of project outcomes
on student outcomes eg:
- Questionnaire
- Indicators of success eg
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GPA, retention
- Evaluation tools eg.
student surveys
- Describe strategy for
disseminating outcomes to
others: eg:
- other courses
- other teaching
spaces
(SC4)
Section E – Budget
-
Maximum funding of $7,500 per project provided by DVC(A). This higher funding amount is
intended to support scholarship and research activities using ACTS, beyond T&L development.
Requested funds must be matched $ for $ by Faculty or School funds.
Additional in-kind funding is welcome
Leverage funding must be detailed in the ‘Other’ category and the source of funding detailed in
the budget justification.
Item
DVCA ($)
Year 1
Other ($)
DVCA ($)
Year 2
Other ($)
Total per
year
DVCA
Other
Total
Total
Project
Budget
Budget Justification
Explain how the funds will
be spent and importance of
each budgetary item to the
success of the project.
Source(s) of the leverage
cash funding must be
detailed
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Section F – Endorsement
This endorsement indicates my support for the project and that in-kind cash support and internal
resources as required will be available (eg administrative support and workload allocation).
Head of School Endorsement (or attach written endorsement)
Name
School
Signature
Executive Dean Endorsement (or attach written endorsement)
Name
Faculty
Signature
Section G – Project Leader Sign Off
Responsibilities of the Project Leader
I acknowledge I have read, agree and understand the Project Leader responsibilities and conditions for
the release of funds as outlined in the ACTS Development Funds Guidelines.
Project Leader
Name
Signature
Section H – Application Submission
Applications should be submitted to the Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI) via Trish
Andrews, t.andrews@uq.edu.au
Applications should be:
- in electronic form (Word or PDF)
- one file per application
Round
Round 1
Round 2
Application closing date –
Faculties send ranked
applications to Office of the DVC
(A)
23 January 2009
24 April 2009
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Grants
announced
February 2009
May 2009
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