{"id":9825,"date":"2022-11-08T09:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/?page_id=9825"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:26:30","slug":"proposal-format-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/resources\/proposal-format-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Grant Proposal Format Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Proposal Format Guidelines<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The proposal must include (A) the application cover sheet including a project title, (B) the project description, and (C) a detailed budget with justification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>A.<\/strong> <\/span><b>Application Cover Sheet<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Word: <a href=\"\/geddes\/files\/2025\/06\/Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026_Fall.docx\">Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PDF: <a href=\"\/geddes\/files\/2025\/06\/Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026_Fall.docx.pdf\">Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Listing the Principal Investigator (PI) by name, department, email, phone and signature; any collaborators; title of the project; amount of funding requested as well as name and endorsement signature of department chair(s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>B. Project Description (limit 2 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em> Introduction<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Introduction of project followed by a rationale for the proposed activities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statement, context for project and brief discussion of importance of project;<\/li>\n<li>Course(s) that will be impacted;<\/li>\n<li>Issues and concerns that proposal will address;<\/li>\n<li>Limitations\/boundaries of proposal activities;<\/li>\n<li>Prior work and funding (if applicable).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em> Literature review (if applicable)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief history of the problem and research\/studies relevant to problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em> Method\/Plan<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Specific activities to be conducted and timeline for implementation;<\/li>\n<li>Description of participants involved in activities and\/or those who will be impacted;<\/li>\n<li>A list of personnel involved (email, department, rank, tasks);<\/li>\n<li>Instruments to be developed or used and description of activities\/products resulting from proposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em> Dissemination<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to the required project presentation at the Geddes\u2019 Spring Faculty Showcase, faculty are strongly encouraged to publicize the results of their mini-grants in workshops, conference sessions, or through publications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>NOTE<\/u>: If this is a continuation project, previously funded through other sources, initial results and information about the funding source must be included.<\/p>\n<p><b>C. Budget and Justification (limit 1 page)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Requests may include materials, supplies and books, software, hardware, student stipends (according to University rules), faculty stipends (for non tenure-track faculty only).<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Submit the completed application to<\/b><span>:<\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span>Cody Arnold, Grants Administrator (<a href=\"mailto:codya@bu.edu\">codya@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span><span> by Friday, October 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposal Format Guidelines The proposal must include (A) the application cover sheet including a project title, (B) the project description, and (C) a detailed budget with justification. A. Application Cover Sheet Word: Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026 PDF: Geddes_Mini_Grant_Cover_Sheet_2025_2026 Listing the Principal Investigator (PI) by name, department, email, phone and signature; any collaborators; title of the project; amount of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3080,"featured_media":0,"parent":3080,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3080"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9825"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11082,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9825\/revisions\/11082"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/geddes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}