2015 OLT Seed Projects
Information Session
OLT Grants Programs
• Innovation and Development
– 2 year duration
– $225,000 maximum funding
• Seed Projects
– 1 year duration
– $40,000 maximum funding
• Extension Grants
• Strategic Priority Projects
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OLT Grants - Round 2
• OLT Closing Date: Monday 22 June
– Seed Projects
– Full proposals from successful round 1 EOIs
• Expression of Interest (seed projects): Monday 2 March
• Seed Projects Writing Workshop: Wednesday 25 March
• Internal Deadline: Monday 18 May
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2015 Priority Areas
• Academic standards
• Assessing equivalence of qualifications and learning
outcomes
• Assessment and promotion of student learning
• Curriculum design (on selected topics)
• Employability skills
• Improving institutional pathways across higher
education
• Improving access to and outcomes in higher education
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• The contemporary PhD
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Seed Projects
Seed Projects can be:
• Pilot projects which test and evaluate an original idea,
including those that plan to build into full proposals, or
• Stand-alone, small-scale projects, or
• Projects which build the capacity of early-career
academics, including projects which are led by early
career academics.
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Seed Project Criteria
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Project rationale and need for the project
Project outputs (or deliverables)
Project impact
Project approach
Project team and governance
Project budget
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Seed Projects: Applications
• Online application form
– Completed via the OLT Grants Portal
• Application
– Attachment to the online application form
– 10 A4 pages
– Address all selection criteria
• Appendices
– Letter of Endorsement from lead and partner institutions
– Biographies of project team
– Design specifications (for applications proposing technical
developments)
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Features of a good application
• Awareness and knowledge of current issues in learning
and teaching
• Passion for improving learning and teaching
• Identifies value, need and impact beyond the home
institution
• Aims and outcomes are achievable within the timeline
and budget
• Uses plain English
• Is not a research project – has a practical impact
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Where to Next?
• Application Instructions and additional information
http://www.olt.gov.au/grants-and-projects/seed-projects
• Ashleigh Ward, Teaching Awards and Grants Officer
– ashleigh.ward@adelaide.edu.au
– 34862
– Advice, feedback and support
• Head of School, Associate Dean (L&T), past grant
recipients, current applicants
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OLT Grants – Application Process
• Submit Expression of Interest: Monday 2 March
• Attend writing workshop: Wednesday 25 March
• Submit final application for internal assessment:
Monday 18 May
• Receive formal letter of University endorsement: early June
• Submit to OLT via online Portal : Monday 22 June
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