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The NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards members of NCWIT's Academic Alliance with start-up funds (up to $15,000 per project) to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting and retaining women in computing and information technology. We thank Microsoft Research for its initial funding of the Seed Fund.
For more information about the Academic Alliance Seed Fund award, contact our AA Project Manager, John Ezell.
The deadline for Round 3 of NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund proposals was June 1, 2008.
We received 13 proposals for Round 3 and the reviews are now in progress. The winners will be announced in mid-July. Stay Tuned!!!
Information about proposal requirements and the review process is posted in the Academic Alliance Document Center at the NCWIT Member Website. If you're not currently a member of the NCWIT Academic Alliance and you'd like to find out more about joining, please visit us at the AA Website.
View our previous winning proposals below:
Guidelines for Round 3 NCWIT Seed Fund Proposals:
The NCWIT Seed Fund is an Award, not a Grant. It is a Peer Review process that determines the winners.
PROPOSAL CONTENT, FORMAT, SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Maximum two-page proposal that includes project overview, alignment to AA best practice, anticipated impact, assessment plan, budget justification (NB: budget request must be in amount of $5,000 or $10,000 or $15,000)
- Signed letter of support from the dean or department chair that expresses institutional commitment for sustaining financial support for successful seed-funded projects (Note: please include with two-page proposal)
- Submit proposal electronically as PDF file on or before 1 June 2008. Submit to johnezell@ncwit.org
REVIEW CRITERIA
- Must relate to an NCWIT promising practice. (Or if not, must have a lot of credibility as a possible future one. LOTS of credibility.)
- Reviewers in Round Three will be looking for innovative approaches that do not look like those already funded in Round One or Two. For instance, Proposals to support DVD production will be at a disadvantage.
A summary of previous proposals can be viewed at URL: http://www.ncwit.org/work.awards.seed.html
- An NCWIT goal is the widespread application of promising practices, so please indicate how your proposal relates to a promising practice - or convincingly justify identification of a new one.
- An NCWIT goal is widespread implementation of promising practices (a generous interpretation of the practices). To learn conditions necessary for success.
- Originality is not a goal. It's helping NCWIT build practices. Not about research.
- Items that should be addressed are:
1. Relationship to one or more NCWIT Promising Practices in Higher Education
2. Likelihood of successful implementation
3. Likelihood of producing useful information about the conditions necessary for success. (i.e., useful to NCWIT and its members).
4. Quality/Amount of Institutional Support, Sustainability, and Assessment Plan.
You can find NCWIT Promising Practices at URL: http://www.ncwit.org/work.practices.html
