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Graduate Program Improvement and
Innovation Grants Proposal Guidelines

The Office of the Provost, through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, is offering grants to academic units for innovative initiatives and projects designed to improve the graduate experience and graduate student success at the University of Delaware. These grants are expected to support the development and implementation of graduate program redesign to enhance student success. Priority will be given to proposals that seek to enhance educational, interdisciplinary, and cultural experiences, ensure faculty mentoring and student-advisor accountability, strengthen degree completion and time to completion, and improve graduate program policies and practices. High priority will be given to those graduate program improvement plans that address the need to increase the racial and cultural diversity of UD’s graduate student population.

The grants will typically range from $10,000– $50,000, but will depend on the scope and merits of the project. This funding is to be matched by departmental and/or college financial resources for the term of funding, and is intended to support the transition costs as academic units redirect and supplement resources to meet the recurring needs of their redesigned graduate programs. Proposals must stipulate in a “Long Term Funding Plan” how the recurring costs of innovations and improvements will be supported once the transition is complete. It is also anticipated that revisions in departmental Graduate Program Policy Statements must be reviewed and approved by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty Senate.

Proposals are to be submitted to the college dean with documented support of the department faculty and chair. Proposals approved by the dean of the college in which the proposing graduate program resides will be submitted in prioritized order to the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies. Awards must be approved by the Provost upon the recommendation of the Vice Provost and college dean.

Proposals for this second round of Graduate Program Improvement and Innovation Grants are due June 2, 2008. It is anticipated that awards will be announced by August 1, 2008 for initiatives to begin September 2008.

Graduate Program Improvement and Innovation Proposal Template

Graduate Program Grants Evaluation Template

Explanation of Evaluation Template

Please direct questions to:
Suzanne Austin, Faculty Director
Office of Research and Graduate Studies
203 Hullihen Hall
831-1119
salchon@udel.edu