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UO Faculty, Staff Wligible for NWACC Technology Grants
Joyce Winslow
jwins@oregon.uoregon.edu
UO faculty and staff are eligible to apply for two awards offered by the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), which comprises 34 colleges, universities, and other nonprofit and for-profit organizations in six Northwestern states.
This year's two-grant program, in accordance with NWACC's primary goal, is aimed at promoting awareness of innovative technologies at member institutions. A total of $250,000 is available for awards in two categories: "Technology Collaboration" and "Proof of Concept."
Technology Collaboration. This program provides up to three grants of $50,000 each for projects that promote team-based approaches to developing and using information technology for instruction and research.
Collaborative projects must be coordinated by an NWACC member institution and partners may include other NWACC members, K-12 schools, libraries, museums, for-profit corporations, or government agencies. (If parties other than NWACC members are included in the collaboration, the proposed project must directly benefit NWACC members.)
Proof of Concept. This program is intended to stimulate new curricular uses of advanced information technologies--including voice recognition software, multicast video, wireless voice and data, GIS software, and so on--through demonstration projects.
Up to ten grants of $10,000 each will be awarded. Grant funds may be used to purchase hardware or software, provide access to networked resources or communications links, develop new software or modify existing software, provide faculty stipends, and the like.
Before submitting your proposal, you'll first need to contact your NWACC representative to obtain an eligibility code. The UO's contact is Joanne Hugi (see contact information below). A full list of institutional representatives is available at http://www.nwacc.org/members/individuals.html
Once you have your eligibility code, you can submit your proposal via the appropriate web application forms at http://www.nwacc.org/grants/forms/technology.html or http://www.nwacc.org/grants/forms/proof_of_concept.html
Deadline. Project proposals must be received on March 15, 2001, by 5 pm Pacific Time.
UO Contact Information. If you wish to obtain an eligibility code or have questions regarding either of these grant programs, contact Joanne Hugi, Chair of the Grants Committee (541-346-1702, hugi@oregon.uoregon.edu).
More details about these awards, including grant guidelines and selection criteria, is available at http://www.nwacc.org/grants/