Proposal Submission for Ready for the World Funding
Please review guidelines for proposal submissions at: http://rftw.utk.edu/funding/application/
Go to: http://rftw.utk.edu/funding/submit-your-proposal/ to provide identifying information and upload proposal
materials.
Each proposal must include:
1) Cover sheet (see below)
2) Project narrative of 1500 words or less*, including:
a. Description of your project and how it aligns with Ready for the World goals and learning outcomes.
b. Explicit statement of the proposal’s impact on undergraduate education including an estimate of the number
of undergraduate students served.
c. Description of how you will partner with others to insure broad impact on undergraduate students.
d. Description of how the event will be publicized.
3) An itemized budget for the amount requested. Please also show how you will use funds from partner
organizations.
4) Endorsement letter(s)
a. From a faculty advisor for student organizations.
b. From the Department Head and Dean for faculty/staff proposals.
*Projects requesting less than $500, may write an abbreviated narrative of approximately 500 words.
E-mail vpaa@utk.edu if you have questions.
Cover Sheet for
2015-2016 INTERCULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE (RFTW) PROPOSALS
Name: __________________________________________ Title: ________________________________________
Department: ______________________________________ Email: _______________________________________
Budget Account No.: ______________________________
Title of Proposal: _______________________________________________________________________________
Amount Requested: _________________________________
Current matching support committed from other university or external sources:
Source
Amount
Title
Proposals for matching funding under consideration by other university or external sources:
Source
Amount
Requested
Ready for the World Initiative Goals Addressed: Please check all that apply.
__ Improving faculty capacity and engagement in international and intercultural education
__ Transforming the undergraduate curriculum to enhance international and intercultural content
__ Bringing the intercultural/international world to the University
__ Taking the University to the world
Ready for the World Student Learning Outcomes Addressed: Please check all that apply.
__ Being knowledgeable of their own culture*
__ Being knowledgeable of domestic and international cultures other than their own*
__ Being knowledgeable of world geography, global economics, international politics, various
religions, philosophies, histories, languages, literatures, or arts
__ Being knowledgeable of sustainable practices
__ Able to demonstrate intercultural communication concepts*
__ Able to evaluate the impact of historical forces on the modern world
__ Able to explain the causes of domestic and global social problems
__ Able to identify and summarize concepts of interdependence
__ Able to identify and describe significant global agricultural issues
__ Able to recognize and give examples of significant global and domestic health issues
__ Able to recognize global systems, processes, social constructs, trends, and issues
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All projects should address at least one of the three starred outcomes.
Department Heads and Deans should attach endorsements. The Dean’s office should submit proposals electronically to
http://rftw.utk.edu/funding/submit. E-mail vpaa@utk.edu if you have questions.