TEI Request for Proposals 2009
Members of the TEI Steering Group are excited to launch the 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP), a process designed to solicit leadership and ideas for a range of TEI-related tasks and projects, including short-term investigations, design experiments, and pilot research projects. We seek proposals of three different types: for novel projects aligned with the TEI; for projects to scale-up or sustain existing TEI projects; or for plans for carrying out the defined opportunities for involvement in the TEI that we have summarized here.
The funds available in the RFP are intended to catalyze short-term tasks and undertakings, and are not meant to serve as comprehensive funding for projects. Depending on the type and scope of a proposed project, funds from this RFP might be used to support one or more of the following:
- part-time undergraduate or doctoral student assistance with planning or project execution
- project documentation
- seed money for initial design work, writing larger grant proposals, or publication
- costs associated with creating materials, recruiting participants, or purchasing or developing equipment
Members of the TEI Steering Group can also assist project leaders in locating additional sources of funding.
The RFP has been designed not only to engage members of the School of Education community in working on new projects of strategic significance to the TEI, but to support our learning at an organizational level. Since it is essential that we find ways of disseminating and making public what we learn through work on supported proposals, we are developing electronic, print and interactive means of sharing our work, facilitating routine communication about the TEI, and nurturing the use of our experiences and conclusions within the School of Education and in the broader education community. All projects funded through the RFP must include plans for documentation and dissemination.
Please click here for information about how to apply to the RFP.