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Ron and Jane Rada River Studies Center Margins of Excellence Grant Program

Overview ||  Award Types  ||  Guidelines  ||  Timeline/Process  ||  Application ||   Examples  ||  Program Objective 5-year Benchmarks

 

Timeline and Process for Proposal Submission and Review:

Confluence Award proposals:

·       Proposals must be submitted to the RSC director by 5 pm on Monday, November 25, 2024.

·       Time sensitive proposals may be submitted and reviewed between deadlines at the discretion of the RSC director and the Awards and Safety focus team leader.

·       Proposals will be reviewed by a 5-member RSC review committee with representatives from as many different disciplines as possible.

·       At the start of fall semester, the RSC Director will ask the membership for reviewers.

·       Members planning to submit a Confluence proposal for that funding period will be able to serve on the review committee, however they will recuse themselves from review and discussion of their proposal. 

·       The committee will submit rank-ordered recommendations to the RSC Director who will then make the final award decisions. 

·       Award notifications will be announced no later than one month after the submission deadline.

Tributary Award proposals:

·       Will be accepted on a rolling basis as opportunities arise up until 5 pm, Monday, December 2, 2024. 

·       To expedite turn-around time, the RSC Director will ask two members of the proposal review committee to review each Tributary Award proposal. 

·       The reviewers will independently provide recommendations to fund or not to fund the proposal (including brief rationales for their decisions) to the RSC Director who will then make the final award decisions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding priority will be given to projects that…

  • Specifically address outcomes highlighted in the Objective Benchmarks for this Margins of Excellence Grant Program
  • Are strategic initiatives that increase the capacity to conduct research and other scholarly activities that align with the RSC Mission
  • Create sustainable partnerships between the RSC, natural resource agencies, industry, and non-governmental organizations that provide experiential learning opportunities for UWL students
  • Advance water-focused, multi-disciplinary instruction and pedagogy in either a formal or informal setting
  • Enhances the general public’s understanding and appreciation of the important contributions UWL’s RSC makes to environmental protection and education of Wisconsin’s citizenry (the Wisconsin Idea)
  • Address the goals of Inclusive Excellence (i.e., Actions that increase access, equity and inclusion for historically marginalized and systematically under-served populations)
  • Provide compelling reasons for donors (alumni, friends, and others) to invest in RSC experiential learning endeavors
  • Leverage opportunities for matching donations for initiatives referenced above

Additional considerations:

  • Proposals should be well-written and demonstrate attention to detail
  • Proposals that are deemed to not have enough impact and/or that require ongoing funding to be successful may not be funded even if the overall proposal is of quality