Institute for International Public Policy Advancing participation of underrepresented groups in international education

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Institute for International Public Policy
Advancing participation of underrepresented
groups in international education
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IIPP Fellowship ProgramPurpose

• To enhance the international competitiveness of
  the United States by increasing the participation
  of underrepresented populations in the
  international service, including private
  international voluntary organizations and the
  foreign services of the United States.
• Such programs shall include a program for such
  students to study abroad in their junior year,
  fellowships for graduate study, internships, and
  intensive academic programs such as a summer
  institutes or intensive language training.

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IIPP ProgramAuthorizing Legislation

• The Institute for International Public Policy
  program is authorized under Title VI, of the
  Higher Education Act as amended by Higher
  Education Opportunity Act of 2008. 20 U.S.C
  1131 1131f.

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IIPP ProgramWho is eligible?

• Consortia consisting of one or more of the
  following entities
• An institution eligible for assistance under Part
  B of Title III of the Higher Education
  Opportunity Act of 2008
• A tribally controlled college or university or
  Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian-serving
  institution eligible for assistance under Part A
  or B of Title III or an institution eligible for
  assistance under Title V
• An institution of higher education that serves
  substantial numbers of underrepresented minority
  students and
• An institution of higher education with programs
  in training foreign service professionals.

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IIPP ProgramWhats New

• With the adoption of the Higher Education
  Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, the IIPP program
  requires each applicant to include an assurance
  that, where applicable, the activities funded by
  this grant will reflect diverse perspectives and
  a wide range of views on world regions and
  international affairs.
• The IIPP has introduced the following
  invitational priority for FY 2009
• Projects that focus on any of the seventy-eight
  (78) languages deemed critical on the U.S.
  Department of Educations list of Less Commonly
  Taught Languages (LCTLs), which includes the
  following Arabic (all dialects), Chinese (all
  dialects), Russian, Thai, Urdu and Yoruba, among
  others.

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IIPP ProgramWhats New

• Ralph Bunche Scholarship
• (1) Requirements. A student receiving a Ralph
  Bunche scholarship under this section--
• (A) shall be a full-time student at an
  institution of higher education who is accepted
  into a program funded under this part 20 USCS
  1131 et seq. and
• (B) shall use such scholarship to pay costs
  related to the cost of attendance, as defined in
  section 472 20 USCS 1087ll, at the
  institution of higher education in which the
  student is enrolled.
• (2) Amount and duration. A Ralph Bunche
  scholarship awarded to a student under this
  section shall not exceed 5,000 per academic
  year.

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Selection Criteria

• Significance of the Project
• Quality of Project Design
• Quality of Project Personnel
• Quality of Management Plan
• Quality of Project Evaluation

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Significance of the Project (Maximum 20
points)

• How significant is the project? Please consider
  the following factors What is the national
  significance of the proposed project?
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• (1) What is the extent to which the proposed
  project is likely to build local capacity to
  provide, improve or expand services that address
  the needs of underrepresented minorities?
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• (2) What importance or magnitude are the results
  or outcomes likely to be obtained by the proposed
  project?
• (3) What is the extent to which the proposed
  project involves the development or demonstration
  of promising new strategies that build on, or are
  alternatives to, existing strategies?
• (4) What is the extent to which the results of
  the project are to be disseminated in ways that
  will enable others to use the information or
  strategies?

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Quality of Project Design (Maximum
20 points)

• Is this a project of high quality? Please
  consider the following factors (1) To what
  extent are goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
  achieved by the proposed project clearly
  specified and measurable? (2) To what extent
  is the design of the proposed project appropriate
  to, and does it successfully address, the needs
  of underrepresented populations and other
  identified needs? (3) To what extent do the
  proposed activities include a coherent, sustained
  program of research and development in the
  field? (4) To what extent is the proposed
  project designed to build capacity and yield
  results that will extend beyond the period of
  Federal financial assistance?

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Quality of Project Personnel (Maximum 10 points)

• How good is the quality of the project personnel?
  Please consider the following factors
• (1) To what extent does the applicant encourage
  applications for employment from persons who are
  members of groups that have traditionally been
  underrepresented based on race, color, national
  origin, gender, age, or disability?
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• (2) How relevant and appropriate are the
  qualifications, including relevant training and
  experience, of the project director or principal
  investigator?
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• (3) How relevant and appropriate are the
  qualifications, including relevant training and
  experience, of key project personnel?

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Adequacy of Resources (Maximum 15
points)

• To what extent are the resources that the
  applicant plans to devote to the project
  adequate? Please consider the following
  factors (1) How adequate is the support from
  the applicant or applicants? Such support
  includes, but is not limited to, facilities,
  equipment, supplies, and other resources? (2)
  Are the costs reasonable in relation to the
  objectives, design and potential significance of
  the proposed project? (3) Is there potential
  for continued support of the project after
  Federal funding ends?

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Quality of Project Evaluation Plan (Maximum
20 points)

• How effective is the evaluation plan of the
  project? Please consider the following factors
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• (1) To what extent do the applicants methods of
  evaluation include the use of objective
  performance measures that are clearly related to
  the intended outcomes of the project?
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• (2) To what extent will the performance measures
  produce quantitative and qualitative data to the
  extent possible?
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• (3) To what extent will the methods of evaluation
  provide for examining the effectiveness of
  project implementation strategies.
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• (4) To what extent is the evaluation plan
  designed to provide guidance about effective
  strategies suitable for replication in other
  settings?

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Quality of Project Evaluation Plan (CONTD)

• Evaluation will be an important selection
  criterion in the FY 2009 competition for the
  Institute for International Public Policy.
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• Applicants should propose an evaluation plan that
  encompasses all of the facets of the program to
  be implemented. Plans should include methods to
  assess the short-term effectiveness of the
  various program components. Additionally, and in
  accordance with long-term objectives of the
  Institute for International Public Policy,
  applicants should consider how an evaluation plan
  will measure employment of IIPP graduates as well
  as the completion of Masters degrees within six
  (6) years by students who enroll in the program.

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Elements of a strong evaluation plan

• Independent or objective
• Formative and summative assessment
• Appropriate controls and processes
• Benchmarks to monitor progress
• Differentiates effectiveness of practices
• Appropriate to the project
• Quantitative
• Informs changes to project plans
• Specific project objectives and measures

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Checklist for Focusing the Evaluation design

• Review options for the evaluation design.
• Consider a goal-based evaluation model.
• Make sure that the evaluation design fits the
  evaluation questions.
• Collect baseline data.
• Plan how to compare your data with those of other
  states and with national data.

• Define the purpose (s) of your evaluation.
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• Identify the use(s) of the evaluation results.
• Formulate the questions the evaluation will
  answer.
• Distinguish evaluation from research questions.
• Review evaluation questions with stakeholders,
  program managers, and program staff.
• Include process and outcome evaluation.

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Reporting Requirements

• The IIPP program requires the submission of the
  Annual Performance Report (APR) and a Financial
  Status Report by July of each year.
• The APR report collects such data as to whether
  the IIPP is maintaining satisfactory progress
  and whether they meet the requirements in their
  approved activities, specified statue and
  regulations.

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Reporting Requirements (CONTD)

• The SF 269 financial status report provides
  details related to the time and amount of all
  disbursements, the stipend award, and the
  institutional payment.

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Reporting Requirements (CONTD)

• We also require the submission of a final
  performance report and the SF 269 90 days after
  the end of the final budget period.
• Submission of these reports is required under the
  Education Department General Administrative
  Regulations (EDGAR) volume 34 CFR 74.51, 75.590,
  75.720, and 75.730-732.

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IIPP PROGRAMMatching Requirements

• What is the Matching Requirement?
• The statute states that the eligible recipient
  of a grant in this competition will contribute to
  the conduct of the program supported by the grant
  amount from non-Federal sources equal to at least
  one-half the amount of the grant. This
  contribution may be in cash or in kind.

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IIPP PROGRAMAvailable Funding

• The administration has requested 1,670,000 for
  new awards for this program for FY 2009. The
  actual level of funding, if any, depends on final
  congressional action.

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Application Information

• Tentative Competition Dates
• Type of Application
• Formatting Narrative
• Applicant Information

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Tentative Competition Dates

• Notice Inviting Applications Early March
• Closing Date Mid April
• Program Review May
• Awards Announced July/August

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Formatting Narrative

• Applications consist of
• SF 424
• Budget Forms, IIPP Statutory Assurances and other
  Standard Forms
• Narrative
• Abstract (should include a brief synopsis of the
  overall goals and objectives of your program)
• Narrative Content (addressing Criteria)
• Appendices

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Formatting Narrative

• Narrative
• Page limit requirements
• (60 pages narrative restriction)
• Must use not less than a 12-point font, however
  can use a 10-point font only in charts, tables,
  figures, graphs, footnotes and endnotes.
• Double space ALL text in the application
  narrative. Only single space text in charts,
  tables, figures and graphs.

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Formatting Narrative

• Narrative
• Use one of the acceptable fonts
• Times New Roman
• Courier
• Courier New
• Arial
• Use of any other font will NOT be accepted, this
  includes Times Roman and Arial New

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Formatting Narrative

• Narrative
• Appendices
• Curriculum Vitae (no more than 3 pages per
  faculty member
• Course listings
• Letters of Support
• Bibliography
• Surveys, Studies, Articles ect.

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Formatting Narrative

• Any narrative sections of the application must be
  attached as a file in a .DOC (document), .RTF
  (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
• Any file uploaded in a file type other than the
  three listed above or submitted as a password
  protected file will not be reviewed.

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Applicant Information

• Submission through Grants.gov
• Applications that are successful may receive a
  call from their congressional representative
• Receive a Grant Award Notification (GAN) in July.
  The GAN is official notification that application
  was successful.

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Budget and Cost Effectiveness

• PROVIDE
• A detail breakout of all project costs for each
  year
• Further disaggregate by federal and match
• DEMONSTRATE
• The relationship between project objectives and
  expenditures

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Budget Development

• BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND
• 50 match requirement (cash or in-kind)
• Provide a detail breakout of all project costs
  for each year
• Further disaggregate by federal and match
• DEMONSTRATE
• The relationship between project objectives and
  expenditures
• MONEY SHOULD FOLLOW
• Goals, objectives, activities
• DONT ASK FOR TOO MUCH
• Applications disqualified if requested funding
  exceeds specified maximum in Federal Register
  Notice.

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WAIT FOR THE REVIEW PROCESS

• REVIEW PROCESS TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS
• WHAT HAPPENS DURING REVIEWS?
• NOTIFICATIONS USUALLY IN JULY/AUGUST
• Funded? Your budget was (probably) cut
• Not funded? All is not lost!!!

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FINISHING THOUGHTS

• FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Team Leader Dr. Sylvia Crowder
• Senior Project Manager Tanyelle Richardson
• Program Manager Carly Borgmeier
• GET SOME HELP
• If you are new to grants or to IIPP
• Hire a qualified consultant, then FOLLOW THEIR
  ADVICE!

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USEFUL WEBSITES
URL WHY?
http//www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsiipp/index.html Direct link to Department of Ed IIPP program Most important link for proposal development and submission
http//ciberweb.msu.edu/facultydev/ Link to master list of CIBER FDIB (Faculty development in international education by Centers for International Business Education and Research)
www.firstgov.gov Information on federal grants
www.grants.gov More information on federal grants
www.cfda.gov Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
www.fdncenter.org Information on private foundation grants
www.guidestar.org Another portal to private funding
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QUESTIONS?