Course ID: | ALDR(AGED)(AGCM) 4800E/6800E. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Grantseeking |
Course Description: | Funding proposal development for foundation and government
agencies. Conceptualizing innovative projects that address
societal needs, identifying funding sources, and developing
proposals that follow agency guidelines, including a literature
review, need for the project, approach, timeline, and budget. |
Oasis Title: | Grantseeking |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online and does not
require students to travel to a classroom for instruction. |
Prerequisite: | ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:
Understand the logic and habits of successful grantseeking.
Conceptualize a project for further development in education
(formal, informal, and non-formal).
Choose an appropriate market (government or foundation) for
funding needs.
Identify and obtain a request for proposal (RFP) or call for
applications (CFA) suitable for project ideas.
Identify appropriate literature and conduct a review to support
the need for the project.
Write a 10- to 20-page funding proposal including the following
sections:
Introduction, background, project goals and objectives,
capability statement, methods, management plan including
personnel and evaluation, budget and time line, 100-word
abstract, references, and appendices.
Peer-review of completed proposal. |
Topical Outline: | Getting Organized
Introduction
Choosing a Market
Government and Foundation Funding
Demonstrating a Need
Write a funding proposal including the following sections:
Preparing the Proposal: Introduction, Background, Goals and
Objectives
Preparing the Proposal: Capability and Methods
Preparing the Proposal: Management, Personnel, and Evaluation
Preparing the Proposal: Budget, Timetable, and Summary
Quality Circle
End-of-Semester Details |
Honor Code Reference: | University of Georgia is committed to the maintenance of the
highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct of its
members. This level of ethical behavior and integrity will be
maintained in this course. Participating in a behavior that
violates academic integrity (e.g., unauthorized collaboration on
homework or assignments, plagiarism, multiple submissions of the
same assignment, cheating on examinations, fabricating
information, helping another person cheat, having unauthorized
advance access to examinations, altering or destroying the work
of others, and fraudulently altering academic records) will
result in your being sanctioned. Violations may subject you to
disciplinary action including the following: receiving a failing
grade on an assignment, examination or course, receiving a
notation of a violation of academic integrity on your
transcript, and being suspended from the University. You have
the right to appeal the charge. |