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2014 OLT Seed Projects Information Session. OLT Grants Programs. Innovation and Development 2 year duration $225,000 maximum funding Seed Projects 1 year duration $50,000 maximum funding Extension Grants Strategic Priority Projects. OLT Grants - Round 2. OLT Closing Date: Monday 16 June
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OLT Grants Programs • Innovation and Development • 2 year duration • $225,000 maximum funding • Seed Projects • 1 year duration • $50,000 maximum funding • Extension Grants • Strategic Priority Projects University of Adelaide
OLT Grants - Round 2 • OLT Closing Date: Monday 16 June • Seed Projects • Full proposals from successful round 1 EOIs • Expression of Interest (seed projects): Monday 24 February • Seed Projects Workshop: mid-March • Internal Deadline: Monday 12 May University of Adelaide
2014 Priority Areas • Academic standards • Assessment and promotion of student learning • Curriculum design • Improving tertiary pathways • Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s higher education access and outcomes • Innovative use of technology in learning and teaching • Internationalisation • Leadership for capacity building • Research and development • Strategic approaches to learning and teaching which enhance student access and progression, and respond to student diversity University of Adelaide
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
Seed Project Criteria • Clearly articulated outcomes and a clear argument demonstrating how the project will address one of the program priorities andcontribute to the enhancement of learning and teaching in higher education • A strong theoretical framework grounded in the literature • A set of strategies which is considered, coherent & appropriate to the outcomes the project is designed to achieve • An approach that is in general alignment with the commitments of the OLT andobjectives under Section 3 • Alignment between plans for the dissemination/embedding of the successful strategies andoutcomes and the project design • A sound argument for the value and need for the project • Athorough approach to project management, including a preliminary allocation of responsibilities among the team members University of Adelaide
Seed Projects: Applications • Applications are limited to 5 A4 pages • Aims (55 words in the online form) • Abstract (155 words in the online form) • Keywords (20 words in the online form) • Rationale and Aims • Project Approach • Deliverables and Outcomes • Attachments • Letter of Endorsements from lead and partner institutions • Timeline, budget and budget justification • Project team details • Design specifications (for applications proposing technical developments) University of Adelaide
OLT Grants – Application Process • Submit Expression of Interest: Monday 24 February • Attend seed projects workshop: mid-March • Submit final application for internal assessment: Monday 12 May • Receive formal letter of University endorsement • Submit to OLT via online Portal : Monday 16 June University of Adelaide