Capacity Building Grants: Education Full Proposal

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1 Capacity Building Grants: Education Full Proposal Full Proposal Due: April 11th, 2018, 5:00 PM ET Before the form is completed, you may click "Save & Continue" at the bottom of the page at any time to save your work or "Next" to move onto the next page of this form. When the form is completed, you may click "Save and Exit" at the bottom of the page to save your work and return to the dashboard.* denotes required fields Submittor: I. Project Personnel 1. Project Director: Prefix* Dr. Miss Mr. Mrs. Ms. First Name* Last Name* Stage of Career* Affiliation* Department

2 Please remember to view the complete instructions on our website. Full Proposal Due: April 11th, 2018, 5:00 PM ET Before the form is completed, you may click "Save & Continue" at the bottom of the page at any time to save your work or "Next" to move onto the next page. When the form is completed, you may click "Save and Exit" at the bottom of the page to save your work and return to the dashboard. * denotes required fields 2. Key personnel: 2a. than the project director, how many key personnel will be involved in this project?* Key personnel are individuals who share in the responsibility of the direction or intellectual design of the project and/or contribute to the execution of the project in a substantive, measurable way.(please enter 0 if there will be no other key personnel.) 2b. Please list the name(s), affiliation(s), and expertise/role of the key personnel in the order of their importance to the project.* Name of Key Personnel Affiliation of Key Personnel (Please do not use acronyms) Type of Institution 1. For-profit Expertise of Key Personnel (Up to 10 words)

3 2. For-profit 3. For-profit 4. For-profit

4 5. For-profit 6. For-profit 7. For-profit

5 8. For-profit 9. For-profit 10. For-profit

6 2c. If the number of key personnel exceeds 10, please list the names, affiliations and expertise of the remaining key personnel.* 2d. Are any of the key personnel federal employees?* Yes No NOTE: If a proposed project with employees of federal agencies as key personnel is awarded, the Gulf Research Program would ask the applying to certify that (1) the employees of federal agencies named as key personnel are serving in their personal capacity, donating volunteer time at no charge to any parties and (2) that no part of the proposed work is done by the federal government. 3. Project director s or key personnel s involvement in other applications: 3a. Is the project director or are any key personnel involved in other applications for this funding opportunity (Capacity Building Grants: Education)?* An individual may only be listed as project director in one application, but may also be listed as key personnel in up to two additional applications. Individuals not listed as project director in any application may be listed as key personnel in up to three applications. Yes No

7 3b. If you answered yes to Question 3a, describe the involvement of the project director and/or key personnel in other applications. 4. ORCID--Open Researcher and Contributor ID (optional) If you have an ORCID, please enter it below. If you don't have an ORCID, learn more about ORCID. Consider registering for one. II. Project Description 5. Project title (up to 15 words)* The title should clearly represent the project and articulate the importance and/or goals of the project. 6. Provide an overview of the proposed project.* (up to 250 words) The overview should be written in the third person. Please use clear and concise language, avoid using specialized terminology or jargon. It should be written in a way that is understandable to a general audience and/or someone unfamiliar with the project or the topic(s) involved. It should describe: Basic project background or context: Why does this project need to be done? Why is it important and what is its relevance to society? What opportunity, challenge, issue, or need would the project address? Major project goals/objectives: What outcomes does the project aim to achieve in relation to the context? General project plan: How will the project achieve its goals? How will the project be carried out? What tasks and activities will be involved? One of the uses of the overview is to assist with selection of reviewers, so it should provide sufficient detail from the above categories to assist with that task.

8 It is recommended that the main concept behind the project be at least previewed or initially articulated in the first sentence or two of the overview to facilitate review. 7. Describe how the proposed project is relevant to the RFA.*Please address the following: Scientific and environmental literacy (up to 100 words) How will this project seek to foster the development of the scientific and environmental literacy, skills, competencies, and capabilities that are critical to cultivating a next generation of informed citizens, scientists, engineers, and decision-makers? Service-, project-, or problem- based learning opportunities (up to 100 words) How will this project incorporate service-, project-, or problem- based learning opportunities that actively engage students in solving real-world problems? Relevance to the Gulf Research Program Pick One Initiative: Healthy Ecosystems Thriving Communities Safer Offshore Energy Systems Relevance to Selected Initiative (up to 150 words) How will the proposed project contribute to building Healthy Ecosystems, Thriving Communities, or Safer Offshore Energy Systems as described in the Initiatives of the Gulf Research Program?

9 8. Provide a detailed description of the proposed project.* (up to 3,000 words) Provide a clear statement of the work to be undertaken, including: A detailed description of the project goals and objectives that addresses what you want to do and why you want to do it. An implementation strategy that demonstrates the feasibility of the project. This should address: o o o How you plan to execute the project, including an overall strategy and methodology that are well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project. Why you expect the proposed project to be effective (e.g., the rationale and any evidence supporting the anticipated effectiveness of the proposed project). Any partnerships that will be pertinent to implementing the project. A clear description of how the project intends to use science and/or environmental education to empower students to address chronic or emerging challenges facing their communities. How the proposed project would advance students scientific and environmental literacy through relation to the present state of knowledge in the field, to work in progress by the applicant under other support, and to work in progress elsewhere. If key personnel other than the project director are included in the project, a description of each person's role. 9. Describe the project s anticipated outputs and potential outcomes.* (up to 500 words) Please describe: Anticipated outputs of the proposed project, including development of curricula or other products, and Potential outcomes for specific communities, society, and science

10 10. Briefly describe the demographics of the population you expect this project to serve.* (up to 100 words) Describe the population your project expects to serve, including any relevant statistics. References may be cited in Section 13, References Cited. 11. Describe your preliminary evaluation plan.* (up to 500 words) To facilitate the evaluation of educational programming, all applicants must outline the design components expected to be included in the program/project evaluation. Applicants also will be required to provide evidence that a qualified program evaluator has been identified and budgeted into the project or include an in-house evaluation expert as key personnel. In addition, applicants should provide details on any anticipated information products (i.e., curriculum, training materials, videos, etc.) that may be developed through this project and how those products may be disseminated for continued use. Evaluation Design Guidance documents are provided to applicant on the funding opportunity webpage to assist applicants with identifying budget and personnel requirements to fulfill their evaluation needs if awarded. Full evaluation plans will be designed per project by a relevant expert and submitted to the Gulf Research Program to review within three months of contract award date. If awarded, the Gulf Research Program will also review evaluation plans and progress at reporting periods throughout the grant period. 12. Does the proposed project involve research on human subjects or the use of human-subjects data?* Yes No

11 All projects involving human subjects must have approval from an institutional review board (IRB), unless they qualify for an exemption from IRB review, before an award can be made. Where IRB approval is required, proposers should file their proposal with their IRB at the same time the proposal is submitted to the Gulf Research Program, so that the approval procedure will not delay the award process. A proposal may be submitted to the Gulf Research Program without IRB approval; but if the proposal is selected for funding, award will be made conditional upon IRB approval within 60 days of the notice of conditional award. If a proposed project involving human subjects is exempt from human subjects regulations [see 45 CFR (b)], the applicant must provide documentation that an IRB (or some authority other than the project director or key personnel) has declared the project exempt from the human subjects regulations. Documentation should include the specific category justifying the exemption. 13. References Cited* Reference information is required. If there are no references cited, a statement to that effect should be included in this section of the proposal. Please be especially careful to follow accepted scholarly practices in providing citations for source materials relied upon when preparing any section of the proposal. Each reference must include the names of all authors (in the same sequence in which they appear in the publication), the article and journal title, book title, volume number, page numbers, and year of publication. If the document is available electronically, the website address also should be identified. While there is no established page limitation for the references, this section must include bibliographic citations only and must not be used to provide parenthetical information outside of word limits of other sections. III. Project Budget 14. Total budget requested* Minimum Request: $75,000

12 15. Provide a budget justification.* (up to 1,000 words) The amounts requested for each budget line item should be documented and justified in the budget justification. Please click here to see a sample budget justification. 16. Does the project budget include any sub-awards to the following types of?* Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are not-for-profit entities sponsored and primarily funded by the U.S. government to address technical needs that cannot be met as effectively by existing government or contractor resources. Please check all that apply. Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs) University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) None of the above NOTE: The FFRDC(s) and/or UARC(s) named as sub-awardees in the full proposal must have the authority to obtain funding for work outside of its federal sponsor contract and not be proposing to do work it is otherwise doing under its federal sponsor contract. IV. Attachments* Attachments must be uploaded from the application dashboard. Required attachments: 1. Budget form*. CLICK HERE to download form and complete it to provide information on the proposed budget. Budget requests should be developed commensurate with the support needed to achieve the project goals. 2. Resume(s)*. A resume (limited to two pages for each person) is required for the project director and for each individual identified as key personnel. CLICK HERE to see additional

13 resume specifications. Please combine all resumes into a single PDF before uploading it as an attachment. 3. Collaborators and Affiliations. The purpose of this form is to help us eliminate potential conflicts of interest during our reviewer recruitment. CLICK HERE to download form and complete it to provide information on the following (including their current al affiliations): All persons who are currently, or who have been collaborators or co-authors with the individual on a project, book, article, report, abstract or paper during the 48 months preceding the submission of the proposal. The individual s own graduate and postdoctoral advisor(s) and their current al affiliations. All persons (including their al affiliations), with whom the individual has had an association as a graduate or postdoctoral advisor. Optional attachments: 1. Tables and figures. The textbox for Project Description does not support figures and tables. Applicants may upload a PDF document with a list of equations to support the project description. Applicants may include up to three (3) illustrations (for example, figures and tables) in the PDF to support the project description. If the total number of optional illustrations in the PDF exceeds three, only the first three that appear in the document will be considered in peer review. 2. Letters of support. Applicants may upload a PDF with letters of support from collaborators or anticipated /participants. Please combine all letters of support into a single PDF before uploading it as an attachment.

14 Before the form is completed, you may click "Save & Continue" at the bottom of the page at any time to save your work. When the form is completed, you may click "Save and Exit" at the bottom of the page to save your work and return to the dashboard. * denotes required fields By checking the box, the applicant certifies that this proposal is original work* I agree Please be advised that the Gulf Research Program has posted the Grant Agreement online and expects applicants to have reviewed the Grant Agreement prior to submitting an application to ensure that the applicant is aware of the applicable terms under which the grant is offered. It is the policy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to entertain potential modifications to the Grant Agreement only under the most exceptional circumstances. Rather, successful applicants will be strongly encouraged to sign the Grant Agreement as presented.