Travel Award Program
Proposed Project Overview
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A project overview should provide the
Grants Incentive Committee with enough detail
to determine likelihood of funding or appropriateness of support through
this travel award program. Please provide as much detail as possible.
It is understood the idea or project may not yet be clearly defined.
Please follow the outline below as you prepare your overview.
- Sponsored Project Goal: Describe and define the problem addressed through this project. Suggested length: one to two sentences.
- Sponsored Project
Description: Describe planned activities, length of project, and collaborating departments,
schools, or other organizations to be involved in the project,
and also estimated date of proposal submission. Include a final paragraph to summarize the benefits and deliverables for the project. Suggested length
for this portion of the summary is two
to three paragraphs.
- Credentials:
Write a statement that convinces the reader you and your collaborators
have the background necessary to complete
the project. If facilities are important, describe those available.
Suggested length: one paragraph.
- Estimated Cost:
Provide an estimate of the costs of this project—include both
costs to be requested through the funding agency and those to
be provided through the institution as matching dollars (if required).
It is important to know if you estimate the project will cost
$5,000 or $5,000,000 or something in between. Funding agencies
do have limits. Suggested length: one to two lines.
- Travel Information: Provide a brief explanation of your travel plans including purpose of trip, dates of travel, destination, agency and/or program officer names, etc.
Submit completed overview, travel
award application, and funding guidelines electronically to researchoffice@ilstu.edu.
All information will be forwarded to the Grants Incentive Committee for review and funding
determination.
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