ITTL Application Guidelines

Applicants must submit an initial proposal (using the proposal form at the link below) as an email attachment in Microsoft Word format by Monday, March 30, 2009 to ITTL Committee Co-Chair Nancy Jolemore at njolemore@tcc.edu. Please direct any questions you may have to the ITTL Committee Co-Chairs, Nancy Jolemore at njolemore@tcc.edu and John Morea at tcmorej@tcc.edu.

Grant Proposal Form

The ITTL proposal must address the following aspects of the project's effort:

• Project Overview

• Rationale/Benefits to students and college

• People involved

• Anticipated cost of software, hardware and technical support needed

• Anticipated travel expense and justification for travel and conference

• Detailed Timeline (dates of project implementation, dates of travel, dates of equipment purchases)

• Detailed budget (including anticipated shipping costs, stipends or release time)

• Explanation of how the effectiveness of your project will be measured; how will data be collected and how will your experiences be shared? (New Horizons, TLTC committee presentation)

• Explanation of how project might continue if support is needed after funded period.

Further, attachments for core proposal must consist of the following:

• Names, email addresses, and work numbers of all project collaborators as well as brief description of their roles and duties in the project. There must be a lead applicant or coordinator who will serve as liaison between the ITTL chairs and approved project.

• A spreadsheet and detailed breakdown of all anticipated costs. Include specific hardware, software, or equipment costs, names of vendors and item numbers. Please keep in mind potential shipping costs, travel expenses, stipends, or any other costs.

• A detailed timeline or implementation schedule of planned project. Methods such as a Gantt chart are acceptable ways to delineate timeline of project.

Additional attachments are required if:

• A faculty member seeks release time from the standard teaching course load. The faculty member’s Division Dean must submit a “Statement of Approval” on behalf of the faculty member.

• The anticipated project and collected data might continue beyond one year. A detailed explanation is needed to ensure that its longevity will not discourage the approved grant from being successful.

• The proposal includes funds that are to be allocated through any competitive process within the grant. Related procedures should be clearly described and explained and must include protocols for excluding self-interest or conflict of interest from the process. TCC employees must not be involved in any decision-making process that results in allocating funds to themselves.