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APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS
All proposals must be
typed and
submitted by email no later than 4 PM on the deadline. Proposals must meet
the selection criteria and follow the formatting
guidelines listed below. Proposals should be no longer than the page
limits indicated.
Submit your
proposal to:
Eily Marlow, Civic Engagement Center
marlow@macalester.edu
Subject Line: The
Action Fund
1. Title Page (limit
one page)
Using your own format,
please provide the following information:
• Lead student(s)
name,
address, phone, email and class year. Please indicate who is the
primary contact person.
• Student
organization
affiliation for the project, if applicable.
• Short (2 - 3
sentence)
summary of the project.
• Total amount of
project
funding requested.
2. Project
Description (limit two pages)
A. Please describe the
project and the community issue your project will address. The project
should include both action and education components
related to the issue.
B. How will you know
if you
have been successful in completing the project? Please include one to
three briefly stated project goals and how you will measure if you have
achieved them.
C. Please briefly describe
the student(s) who will lead the project. How will additional students
be mobilized to get involved in the project as participants and leaders?
D. Who in the off-campus
community wants you to do this project? Describe the relationships you
have with relevant community organization representatives and their
support for the project (also see Community Support" below.
E. How will the
project or
its outcomes be sustained past the grant period? Are there "lasting
legacies" you hope to create through this project?
3. Community Support (limit one page)
Please include an email or letter of support from a community organization (e.g. non-profit, K-12 school) involved with your project. One or two paragraphs is sufficient. Ask your community partner to comment on their involvement in helping plan the project and their interest in seeing it completed.
3. Project Budget
(limit one page)
Please be detailed and
separately list
each item for which you are requesting funding, and the cost of each
item. Please include a description for any item that is not
self-explanatory. If other funds in addition to The Action Fund grant will support the project, please describe those.
4. Attachments
(five page limit) optional
If you choose, you may
attach
supporting documents that help clarify your project ideas (e.g. letters
of recommendation from on-campus or off-campus partners, promotional
materials, etc.)
The
Action Fund timeline
Projects must be started
within five months of being accepted, and be completed within twelve
months of being accepted.
Please note that applicants
are asked to attend a short meeting with the review committee during the review process. Each applicant or applicant group (the one
or more "lead" students on the project) will meet with the review
committee for approximately 15 minutes. This allows the review
committee to ask follow-up questions of the applicant and provides an
opportunity for the applicant to clarify the project and ask questions
as well. These meetings will take place before funding decisions are
made. Applicants will be asked to sign up for a meeting that works for
their schedule at the time they drop off their application.
Applications due to the CEC (2007-08 deadlines):
October 10, 2007 (4 pm)
February 27, 2008 (4 pm)
For more
information…
Students are strongly
encouraged to discuss their ideas before submitting an application.
Students are also welcomed to ask questions. Please contact Eily Marlow (Civic Engagement Center) at (651) 696-6738 or marlow@macalester.edu.
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