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 University of Adelaide 2 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 University of Adelaide 3 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 University of Adelaide 4 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. University of Adelaide 5 Seed Project Criteria • • • • • • Project rationale and need for the project Project outputs (or deliverables) Project impact Project approach Project team and governance Project budget University of Adelaide 6 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) University of Adelaide 7 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 University of Adelaide 8 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 University of Adelaide 9 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 University of Adelaide 10