Call for Project Collaboration Proposals 2005-2006

Application Deadline: Friday, May 27th 5pm

It's that time of year again! At CDH, we have begun planning for 2005-2006, with an eye to allocating our resources as well as we can. As always, you have a vital role to play in the planning. If you are thinking of undertaking a project on which you would like us to collaborate during 05-06, now is the time for us to get to know about it.

There are some things to highlight about this year's application process, with many thanks to those who made suggestions about improving things last year.

• We've got some sample applications from last year on this website.
• You'll also find a word version of the application, so you can download and use it to write drafts which you can share with others if you'd like. You will eventually need to submit the online application, but we hope that it will be a help to have the word document to work with off-line.
• We hope to collaborate with the Experiential Technologies Center which supports Scholarly Research, Teaching, Partnerships, K-12 Outreach, and Tool Development.
• We also hope to see projects that will allow us to collaborate with the Library on an experimental UCLA Instructional Materials Repository, which may allow us to fund some graduate student researcher positions.

We encourage projects that reflect collaboration across traditional disciplinary boundaries, involve student participation, blended instruction models, or the innovative use of multimedia. We also encourage applications for CDH assistance in developing or piloting an idea that you would otherwise be unable to implement on your own.

Talk of projects can make it seem like we're only interested in big undertakings. Quite the contrary, if you're simply thinking of taking the "digital turn" in one of your classes, we're here to help you with that too. If you feel that the support you would normally get through the ITC or DTA programs would not be enough, then please do consider submitting a brief application.

Most of CDH's funding is for instructional technology, with a focus on enhancing instruction in non-tutorial undergraduate classes. Our strategies for supporting research oriented projects next year include Collaborating with the Experiential Technologies Center and using our unrestricted funds to seed work that supports applications for extramural funds. We also typically seek to group projects when the underlying technology needs are similar.

If you have questions, please visit our Question and Answer section. And please feel free to consult with any staff member at CDH.

The deadline for applications this year is Friday, May 27th at 5pm.

We look forward to hearing from you!