wfee.org : Educational grant submission

Final submission date for individual and major collaborative grants: March 2, 2012; received on-line by midnight.

Instructions: The online grant application does not support saving your grant in an interim state. Please follow the instructions below.

1. Review Education Grant guidelines.
2. Download a Word version of the grant application.
3. Complete the Word document with your grant information.
4. Save a copy of your application on your compter.
5. You are required to have administrative sign off on your grant. You will need to review your proposal before submitting it.
6. If your grant includes a technology purchase please review with the Director of Educational Technology, Annamaria Schrimpf.
7. The Director must mail the Administrative Review Sheet (the last page of the application) to WFEE
8. Once all reviews have been completed please return to this page and cut and paste the appropriate content from your Word document.

We are unable to accept late applications. If you have any questions, please contact Grants Co- Chair, Susan Schwartz at schwinardo@gmail.com or Nick D’Angelo at Nicholas.dangelo@us.pwc.com. You may also call the WFEE office at 781-756-8020 or email info@wfee.org. Thank you for your interest and effort in completing this application

Please note: all fields are required unless identified as optional.

Download Educational Application (Word document)
Review Educational Development Grant Guidelines
Download Technical Review Sheet (Word document)
Download an application of an approved grant as a reference.

Have you reviewed the Grant Guidelines in the link above? yes List the names of people who have reviewed this application: Principal: Director: (review required if you are a member of a department) Director of Educational Technology: (required if the grant involves a technology purchase). Director must submit Review sheet to WFEE. Others: (optional)

Part I. Applicant and Project Information
Title of project:
Project manager:
School:
Email:
Confirm email:
Telephone:

Additional applicant :
Name:		Name:
School:		School:
Telephone:		Telephone:

Please check:	Individual grant Major collaborative grant
Curriculum:
Target grade:		No. of students:
No. of staff :		Start date:

Part II: Grant proposal
A. Please provide a brief summary of your project in 200 words or less. If the project is funded, we may use this summary for publicity purposes.
Summary:

B. Describe your project in detail by including the following information:
Educational issue:	Describe the educational need(s) that this project addresses based on your own experience or published literature.
Goals & outcomes:	Please list your short and long term goals for the project. Goals should be realistic, straightforward and measurable. Consider the following questions when developing your goals. a. What are your short term goals (i.e., reachable by the end of the school year)? b. What might be the long term impact on the school district (reachable 2-5 years after the project has ended)? c. How will your students and school benefit from this grant? Please include a description of the link between your project and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the district goals.
Activities:	Describe the procedures and/or activities for implementing the project. This should be done in detail and will be of particular importance to the WFEE Grants Committee. If using a consultant, specify his/her role in this project, list the company website or, if there is no website, mail a copy of the consultant’s resume, brochure, or any pertinent material to your proposal.
Innovation & Collaboration:	Specifically describe the ways in which your project reflects one or more of the following: - An innovative approach to solving a problem - A collaborative approach to addressing an issue or need. Describe the involvement of other schools including faculty, students, and/or parent groups.
Impact:	Please describe whether and to what extent this program could be reproduced in other classrooms or schools.
Publicity:	Please describe how you will publicize your project/grant to: 1. other teachers and schools 2. the community. List timetables and deadlines for project publicity.
Timeline:	Please provide a timetable of activities for the project.
Evaluation:	Demonstrate how you will measure the progress of your short term goals. Please establish concrete criteria for measuring each goal. Please note that this is an important element of your grant proposal.

Part III: Budget and Explanation - please be specific
1. Supplies and materials. Describe each item and provide cost
Description 1:		Cost 1:
Description 2:		Cost 2:
Description 3:		Cost 3:
Description 4:		Cost 4:
Description 5:		Cost 5:
Supplies:

2. Equipment (Please give as much information as possible about the equipment such as the product name, the manufacturer, model number, etc.) Also, contact the Education Technology Department for information and pricing.
Description 1:		Cost 1:
Description 2:		Cost 2:
Description 3:		Cost 3:
Description 4:		Cost 4:
Description 5:		Cost 5:
Equipment:

3. Personnel
Personnel 1:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 1:
Personnel 2:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 2:
Personnel 3:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 3:
Personnel:

Total costs:

4. Please provide a description justifying the costs of the project. Provide an explanation for requests for equipment, supplies, and funds to support personnel.
Budget explanation:
5. Sometimes funds are not available to fully fund a proposal. However, the WFEE may be able to fund part of a proposal with the hope that the shortfall can be found elsewhere, or the scope of the project can be limited to the available budget. If this is the case in this proposal, please indicate the minimum amount needed for you to continue.
Minimum budget:
Briefly describe how you would reduce the scope of the proposal to accommodate the minimum amount.
Description:

Part VI: Understanding

	By accepting funding, grant recipients agree to: Participate in the WFEE grant evaluation process, including submitting a final report on the grant’s outcomes and the expenditure of funds. Seek approval from the WFEE of changes in the implementation or focus of the project. Publicize the project directly to parents, teachers and the community at large by means of the school newsletter, etc. Press releases, reviewed by WFEE, should be submitted to local newspapers (including, but not limited to, The Woburn Daily Times Chronicle, The Winchester Star and The Boston Globe, North West). When issuing statements and/or press releases describing the project, the following information must be included: “This project is supported by a grant from the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence.” Encourage the replication of WFEE grants by making all equipment and materials accessible to other teachers and administrators. Successful applicants must notify WFEE about their publicity plans and follow through on those plans. In the case of Major Collaborative Grants, failure to do so may jeopardize grant funding.

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