This fall, the College will be allocating approximately $1.2 million in funds generated from 2004-05 student computer fees. (A second call for proposals for 2005-06 student computer fee funds will be issued in January 2005. In future years, there will be one call for proposals each year in the spring semester.) The College’s Instructional Technologies Committee will consider proposals for the use of these funds to maintain and to improve the College’s academic computing infrastructure. The committee is soliciting a broad range of proposals including requests to renew or revitalize existing computing facilities, or to establish new initiatives in educational computing.

Any academic unit in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences may submit proposals. Units with needs that can be effectively met in shared use facilities are encouraged to submit cooperative proposals. Single units may submit more than one proposal; multiple proposals must be prioritized by the DEO. Units may request one-time funding or recurring funding for up to four years. A list of funded proposals from the last two years can be found at: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/it/scf.pdf.

There will be two categories of funding for proposals:

Category A–Renewal of Computing Infrastructure

This category will fund the renewal and revitalization of existing computing infrastructure. The intent is to support the operation, maintenance, and regular upgrade of computing facilities, and to facilitate long-range planning. Renewal requests must justify continued funding by explaining the role of facilities in teaching and demonstrating the effectiveness with which they have been used.

Category B–New Initiatives

This category covers new computing projects. This category will fund the creation of new—or significant expansion of existing—facilities or projects. It is designed to fund projects that address unmet computing needs, including general or specialized labs, innovative uses of instructional technology, and improved accessibility to computing hardware and/or software.

Proposals in either category can be for one-time awards or for recurring awards (up to four years).

Proposal guidelines and cover sheet are available in Word or Adobe Acrobat versions.

Proposals are due in the Dean's Office by Friday, October 1, 2004.

For additional information, please contact Aletia Morgan at 335-1418 or aletia-morgan@uiowa.edu.