TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIC GRANTS 2011
APPLICATION FORM
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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)
Other Funding
Provided
Section B – Contact Details
Project Leader
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
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Section D – Project Proposal
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above the total recommended word limit may be submitted.
Application Assistance
SC=Selection Criteria
(refer to application
guidelines for more detail)
1. Rationale (150 words approximate)
- Describe the innovation/
problem(s)/issue(s) your
project is trying to address.
- Demonstrate alignment of
the project to University
and/or faculty key teaching
and learning operational
priorities and objectives
(SC1)
2. Project Outline and Approach (300 words approximate)
3. Demonstrate how the project aims to enhance student engagement as
defined as students’ involvement in activities and conditions that are
linked with high-quality learning and/or improve access, retention and/or
completion rates of students from equity groups (200 words
approximate).
-Provide a step-by-step
action plan describing the
activities you will undertake
during the project.
- Provide a timeline in
Section E
(SC3)
Explain how the project aims
will be achieved through:
- the outcomes of the project
- the planned project
activities and use of
resources
- project deliverables/outputs
(SC2)
4. Sustainability of the project outcomes (200 words approximate)
- What is the intended
impact of the project
outcomes?
- How will outcomes be
sustained? eg:
- How will new practices
be embedded
- stakeholder
engagement and
adoption
- Consideration should be
given to existing University
policies, protocol, and
maintenance systems and
their influence on outcome
sustainability. Eg.
Adherence to ‘Multimedia
Authoring Guidelines’
(SC4)
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
GPA, retention
- Evaluation tools eg.
student surveys
- Describe strategy for
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disseminating outcomes to
others in the discipline eg:
- stakeholder
engagement and
feedback
- reports and
presentations
(SC5) and (SC7)
6. Nature of involvement with Learning Innovation centres and institutes
(TEDI, CIPL, & CEIT) if applicable. (100 words approximate)
Describe your collaboration
with the relevant Learning
Innovation (LI) unit and the
relationship to its brief - LI
units include TEDI, CIPL, &
CEIT - in relation to the
proposal and a contact
person.
Section E – Timeline
Provide a timeline of project activities and milestones. (no more than one page)
Section F – Budget
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Up to $20,000 is available from DVCA funds.
These funds must be complemented by cash funding from another source eg external grants,
School, Faculty or Institute funding, external body such as industry/professional organisation.
The combined other funding must be at least 25% of the total requested funding from the DVC
(Academic).
The expectation is that these projects will be completed within 1-2 years. Leverage funding must
be detailed in the ‘Other’ category and the source of funding detailed in the budget justification.
Item
DVCA ($)
Year 1
Other ($)
DVCA ($)
Year 2
Other ($)
Total per
year
DVCA
Other
Total
Total
Project
Budget
Budget Justification
Explain the contribution and
importance of each
budgetary item to the
success of the project
Source(s) of the leverage
cash funding must be
detailed
(SC6)
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Section G – Endorsement
This endorsement indicates my support for the project and that 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 (or delegate) Endorsement (or attach written endorsement)
Name
Faculty
Signature
Section H – 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 UQ Strategic Teaching and Learning Grants Guidelines.
Project Leader
Name
Signature
Section I – Application Submission
Applications should be submitted via Faculty Associate Deans (Academic). The Faculty is responsible for
providing the central selection committee with a ranking of the applications. Faculties should submit all
applications to Majella Card in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, m.card@uq.edu.au .
Applications should be:
- in electronic form (Word or PDF)
- one file per application
Faculty Ranking
Dates
Variable - Please
discuss with your
School and Faculty
Application closing date –
Faculties send ranked
applications to Office of the DVC
(A)
Monday, 20 June 2011
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