Mini Grant Program

The Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation (NITEP) supports proposals for FY 2025 projects that engage processes and outcomes related to COE early college initiatives (i.e., dual/concurrent enrollment, college and career readiness activities) where practice and research are tied together. Proposers should a) serve as a early college course liaison, b) establish a partnership with an early college course liaison, and/or c) have direct engagement with a CoE early college program (Rebel Teach, Rebel Summer Camp, Rebel Start Academy).

In no more than four pages (including a budget request), proposals should describe a project design highlighting one or more of the following priority areas:

Proposals should be brief and include the sections outlined below with sufficient detail for evaluation. Proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in 12 point, Times New Roman, single-spaced font, with 1-inch margins and may not exceed 6 pages in total. All submitted proposals must have numbered pages and a header with the project title.

• Project Title and PI name
• Problem: Overview of the problem with relevant citational support (not exceeding ½ page and written in a succinct narrative form)
• Project Question(s): Identify the question(s) to be addressed by this project which directly ties to the problem (not exceeding ¼ page);
• Project Plan: Appropriate project plan to address the question(s)/problem above and which tie to early college practice in one or more of the priority areas – research should tie directly to CoE early college programming and serve to help support the improvement, growth, or expansion of early college programming – outline succinctly the who, what, where, and when of the project you are proposing (not to exceed 2 pages);
• Anticipated Deliverables: Outline the anticipated deliverables that will accompany the project; deliverables should align with the previous sections and provide a context for project accountability (not to exceed ½ page).
• Budget: Detailed budget (see details below; template provided here);
• Budget Narrative: Detailed description to explain and justify each budgeted item and how it supports the project ( template provided here; not exceeding 2 pages, ideally 1 page); and
• Timelines: A complete project timeline not to extend beyond June 15, 2024 (not exceeding ¼ page);
• NOTE: Funds must be properly encumbered by April 1st, 2024. Any funds not properly encumbered will be returned to NITEP .

Total available funding for this cycle is anticipated to be $25,000 — We will fund projects between $2,000-$10,000. Budgeted items can include participant support/incentives, course buyouts, faculty summer salary (summer session 1), faculty professional development, and technology. There should be a clear return on investment that connects how funds are being used to the anticipated deliverables.

*The executive summary should avoid jargon, use clear language and use graphs to demonstrate findings and recommendations. The report should be developed as a research manuscript to be submitted for publication by the mini-grant team. NV Forward should be identified as a funding source in the final publication.

Please email proposals to nvforward@unlv.edu no later than October 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Submitted proposals will undergo a blind review.