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UniSA Development Grants (Up to 4 x $10,000 max.)
Development Grants are designed to promote small-scale innovation and to
develop good practice in learning and teaching. Successful applicants will
undertake to produce a number of by-products in the course of the project for
open access through project home pages established on the University's website
(e.g. annotated bibliography, interim and final reports). Up to four grants per
annum may be made, with funding of up to $10,000 each. Projects in this category
are expected to be completed no more than twelve months after initial funding is
received.
Applicants should keep in mind values such as the impact, future directions
and value for money of their proposed project, and attention also may be given
to how the proposed project aligns with the University's
Teaching
and Learning Framework
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Understanding and demonstrating
standards
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Demonstrating learning outcomes
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The role of the Program Director
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The role of externality in quality
assurance
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Curriculum design methodology
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Technology enhanced learning
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Innovation in teaching
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The UniSA Learning and Teaching Grants use a set of terms and definitions
closely aligned to key terms used in the ALTC Grants Scheme. Applicants should
become familiar with these terms as explained in the linked
Definition of terms.
In applying for a Development Grant applicants MUST ADDRESS the following
criteria:
- Demonstrate the need for the project, including that it is educationally
sound, based in the relevant literature, and that clear learning objectives
have been identified.
- Specify clear outcomes and the improvements anticipated.
- State the approach the project will take, including capacity of the
Project Team to deliver the proposed outcomes. A team approach that fully
utilises the individual strengths of the team members, and which takes
advantage of the Reference Group, must be in evidence throughout the project
management.
- Describe the process of project development by identifying linked
sequences of activities, milestones, and staged costing over the duration of
the project, and identify the project deliverables. A clear process and
structure underpinning the management of the project including financial and
staff management should be in evidence.
- Describe the strategies for evaluation of the project outcomes or
products through the use of a range of quantitative and qualitative
measures.
- Indicate whether any ethics approvals are necessary.
- A strategy for the dissemination of the project outcomes beyond the
immediate context of the project. Applicants will best address this
criterion if they outline an approach to dissemination that:
- Is engaged with targeting the beneficiaries of the outcomes and is
pro-active in achieving the uptake of those outcomes;
- Identifies the
likely benefits of the project beyond its immediate context and the
potential collaborations;
- Describes the deliverables of the project and how they will be used
to achieve the uptake of the project outcomes;
- Outlines a communication strategy that, from the outset,
communicates the project implementation and the project outcomes with
the broader University community.
- Identifies the potential risks to successful dissemination and the
strategies needed to manage those risks.
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If the proposed project involves the use of technology that requires
implementation and/or support by the University, then an application
must made for approval by the Teaching Technology Advisory Group
(TTAG) before any grant can be awarded. This application is made
separately from the grant application, as per the instructions at
http://www.unisa.edu.au/oes/work/ttag.asp
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Budgets should be prepared using the
staged budget proforma
(Word doc). Applicants should note that funding will not be allocated
for the following items:
- Purchase of assets, such as computer hardware, photographic equipment or
small digital devices, or any equipment which is normally available to
academic staff for teaching and learning purposes;
- Travel which is not directly related to achieving the outcomes of the
project for which the grant was approved;
- General recurrent funding.
Release of funds and financial accountability
Successful applicants are required to submit the Acceptance Form to formally
accept the grant and to supply relevant details for funds administration. The
staged release of funds will be tied to the project milestones. Notifications of
achievement of each milestone (the first one being the award of the Grant and
notification being the lodgement of the Acceptance Form) act as indicators for
the release of each stage of funding.
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The Project Team must organise a Reference Group (normally between 4-6
people) for the project. The
Reference Group for a Development Grant must include the following persons or
their nominees: the relevant
Head(s) of School and the
Dean: Teaching and
Learning of the Division. Project Leaders are also encouraged to include in the
Reference Group a member of the Learning and Teaching Unit
Academic Development
team.
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Applications for each of the grant categories must include:
- The completed official
Application Form
(Word doc).
- A written application, not exceeding 7 (A4) pages in length (font: 11/12
point Times New Roman), comprising:
- A brief overview, stating the title of the project and its principal
aims;
- A statement addressing the General Criteria; and the specific
Selection Criteria for the relevant grant category. This statement (b)
may be organised under the following headings:
- Project concept, pedagogy and educational value;
- The approach the project will take
- Project management and milestones;
- Dissemination strategy,
- Evaluation framework;
- Anticipated outcomes and deliverables
- A single page bibliography.
- A Budget in the form required, using the
proforma (Word doc)
provided.
Additionally, if applicable:
- A copy of Teaching Technologies Advisory Group (TTAG) completed
application form or approval (see section 4 of
application form
for more information)
Applicants are advised to keep their applications within the limits stated
above. Material in excess of these limits will not be considered by the Grants
and Awards Panel.
Prior to submission, applicants are strongly advised to discuss their
applications with Teaching Awards and Grants staff.
Submission of applications
The original completed application, together with an additional copy sent as an email attachment, must be lodged no
later than 4.00pm, Friday October 21, 2011.
Please send the original to:
UniSA Learning and Teaching grants
Learning and Teaching Unit
160 Currie Street, Adelaide / GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA 5001
The emailed copy is to be sent to:
Teaching.awards.grants@unisa.edu.au
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