UGA College of Education Multicultural Grant Recipients

In an attempt to maximize the amount of time grantees have to complete their multicultural education grants, the timeline for the College of Education Multicultural Education grants runs from July 1 (2001) to June 30 (2002).

The Task Force for Multicultural Education is pleased to again announce the availability of funds to support COE schools, departments and/or faculty and staff in their work in multicultural education. In conjunction with the College of Education’s Multicultural Education Initiative, this process is intended to be used to help initiate, supplement, and/or enhance scholarship -- research, service and teaching initiatives -- related to diversity.

The multicultural education grants have been successful in the past in helping the College grow and develop towards its established “Goals of the COE for Multicultural Education” and “Multicultural Education Mission”. The goals, identified at the beginning of the College’s multicultural education initiative in 1994, are listed within four categories: administration, instruction, service and research. A list of these goals and the college’s multicultural education mission statement can be found on the college’s web page http://www.coe.uga/~mctf. Proposals that will continue to help the college build toward our goals and mission are strongly encouraged.

Proposals will be subject to a blind peer review; therefore, grants must be written so that the name of the individual, department, school or unit submitting the grant is not disclosed. Grant proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned and may not be considered. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.

Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $2,500.00. The committee’s intent is to encourage a wide variety of grants with varying ranges of budgets. Examples of budget expenditures from past grants range from less than $600.00 (e.g. purchase multicultural resource materials/videos for use in courses; honorarium for classroom teachers) to larger budgets that supported the development of multicultural computer based learning activities, funded an initiative to recruit bilingual para-professionals into teacher education, and supported graduate students’ participation in research projects.

Schools or departments, individual faculty members and staff groups are encouraged to submit a Multicultural Education grant proposal to the College of Education’s Dean Office. The proposal should be a maximum length of five pages (suitable for blind review) and include an abstract of no more than 100 words, a project narrative, and a budget page. A cover sheet (sample attached) should be included with each proposal. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS is the end of the day, Monday, April 16, 2001 to Brenda Davis, G-3 Aderhold Hall. Notification of funding will occur no later than May 7, 2001.

The goals and/or objectives for the project should be delineated such that the needs of the originating school, department or specific area are addressed. Proposals can be designed to address the needs of and provide support for (1) faculty and/or staff members, (2) undergraduate students, (3) graduate level students, (4) program needs, and/or (5) assessing the college’s status with regard to meeting established goals for multicultural education. A description of what the applicant (e.g. school or department) believes multicultural education is and how the school,

department, college or group expects to benefit from the funding of this proposal should be included.

Details of the activities or projects with timelines should be included in the proposal. School or departmental workshops; school or departmental retreats for diversity education or planning; consultants to provide educational opportunities to faculty and staff; acquisition of multicultural education resource materials in specific content areas; and curriculum material development are some examples, ranging from the most basic ideas to the more advanced notions in the area of multiculturalism.

A description of the participants should be included as well as criteria for selection of the participants, if applicable. The proposal should identify who is responsible for and/or providing the leadership for the proposed multicultural activities, as well as who will be responsible for monitoring the expenditure of funds.

Each proposal should describe the benefits of the proposed activities to the department, school, college and/or group. Please be specific as to what impact these activities are expected to have on students, faculty, and/or staff, or the college as a whole. In addition, estimate the number of students, faculty, and/or staff participating in the proposed project.

Each proposal must include an evaluation plan that describes how the effectiveness of the activities will be assessed. The evaluation tools might include paper-and-pencil instruments, evaluation by the users of the curriculum materials, and interviews.

The proposal should include information regarding how you intend to disseminate the results/outcomes of your grant activities. This can take a variety of forms ranging from delivering a COE informal seminar to preparing an article for publication. Grantees will be expected to display a poster session at the COE’s annual Multicultural Education Conference.

A budget and budget rationale/explanation should be included with the proposal. Monies for particular activities or personnel must be designated. Only a simple budget is needed; budget categories might include personnel (e.g. consultants); participant’s cost; materials; and supplies.

Any contributions provided by the department or school should be noted in the budget. (Please refer to the attached page for specific budget instructions.) A 1-2 page summary report will be expected at the end of the project, delineating how the monies were spent as well as the project outcomes.

Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the COE Multicultural Education Grant Committee, which is composed of representatives from the Task Force for Multicultural Education, previous grant recipients, and other College of Education faculty and/or staff. Reviewers of proposals from the same department in which the proposal originated will not be involved in the discussion and the evaluation procedures of that particular proposal.

General criteria used in the evaluation of the multicultural education proposals will include merit, relevance, creativity of ideas, impact and significance, and congruence with the College of Education Multicultural Initiative. Previous recipients of COE multicultural education grants who have not fulfilled the obligation of being a grant recipient (fiscal reporting, program completion, etc.) will not be eligible for funding. Proposals will receive an overall rating on a five-point scale.

(sample)

PROPOSAL TITLE

Name (please print) Signature Phone # and e-mail Date

Name (please print) Signature of Phone # and e-mail Date

Project Director

________________________________

Department Head

________________________________

School Director

1. All multicultural grant activity will be administered in your respective school office. The Dean’s Office will transfer to each grantee’s school office the appropriate grant award amount.

2. All bills, invoices, or other requests to pay should include the name of your grant and a notation that this is one of the Multicultural Education grants, and should be taken to your school office.

3. If your grant will employ a graduate student, you need to let your school office know either the percentage of time, or amount of money you expect to pay that student. Also, the student should report to your school office as soon as possible to complete necessary paperwork.

4. If your grant intends to hire someone external to UGA, you would need to complete an honorarium form for payment for that person. Turn in completed forms to your school office.

5. If your grant rents a room or facility, other than with a University agency (who will direct bill), you will need to prepare a purchase order for the rental and provide it to your school office for processing.

6. The University cannot pay extra compensation from State funds. All of the awarded funds must be spent this fiscal year.

7. Since this is state funded money, restrictions on not being able to purchase food, for example, apply.

Request for Proposals - 2001 - 2002