The Foundation has identified five categories of the types of projects we often fund. They are:

We have learned from experience that the most frequent delay in our ability to review your proposal is caused by missing or inadequate information from this section. Your ability to provide all pertinent information requested below will reduce the time it takes to assess the merits of your proposal.

When applicable, the Foundation encourages you to complete as much information as you need to explain the different components of your proposed project. For example, if your proposal is primarily for Research but you also intend to host a conference, please provide detailed information for both the Research and Conference sections listed below.

  1. Research
  2. Electronic/Print Media
  3. Conferences/Lectures
  4. Prizes/Awards
  5. Curricula/Courses of Study

 

  1. Research
    • Rationale for proposed research
    • Explicit research questions/hypothesis set forth for this project
    • Methodology to be used for this research
    • Enforcements of the study such as statistical analysis, adequacy of power, and lack of study controls
    • How the study participants will be identified and selected
    • Research protocol
    • Data analysis design statistical analysis, does protocol have enough power (when applicable)
    • Outcome measures to be assessed
    • Pilot phase plans (when applicable)
    • Institutional Review Board (IRB) considerations(when applicable)
    • Plans for technical advisory panel (when applicable)
    • Possible confounding variables (when applicable)
    • Facilities and key instruments used (when applicable)
    • Literature review
    • Draft of survey instruments or a sample of questions that will be asked of the focus group (when applicable)
    • Draft of RFP document (when applicable)

    2.  

  2. Electronic/Print Media

    This section includes projects such as reports, publications, magazines, and other print media; film, television, radio and broadcast media; websites and electronic media.

    • Statement of the topics or themes
    • Target audience
    • Projected sales, website hits, size of film or broadcast audience, etc.
    • Analysis of similar work already in the market
    • Explanation on how your proposed work addresses a different niche
    • Public relations, marketing and dissemination plans
    • Publishing strategy including information on who the publisher will be and if there is an agreement in place (when applicable)
    • Examples of work relevant to the proposed project such as a book outline, sample chapters, film treatments, etc.

     

  3. Conferences/Lectures
    • Theme of event
    • Date(s) of the event
    • Location of event
    • List of proposed speakers and your plan for recruitment
    • List of confirmed speakers, and the topics and titles of their presentation
    • Target audience
    • Recruitment method for target audience
    • Strategic plan for engaging media, driving traffic to website, etc.

    4.  

  4. Prizes/Awards
    • Title of the Prizes/Awards
    • Purpose of the Prizes/Awards
    • Topics and themes
    • Size of Prizes/Awards
    • Intended applicants
    • Eligibility criteria
    • Plan to recruit applicants
    • Selection criteria
    • Information on who will be asked to serve on the selection panel
    • Information on who the advisory panel will be
    • Draft of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to be used for the award program

    5.  

  5. Curricula/Course of Study
    • Title
    • Purpose
    • Topics and theme
    • Audience/student level
    • Place of the course within the larger curriculum (required, elective, part of a degree program, one time or to be repeated, certification)
    • Length of time for the course/curriculum
    • Evaluation plan
    • Draft syllabi
    • Reading list or bibliography for the course
    • The Curriculum Vitae of each instructor
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