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Proposal guidelines for
students, faculty and staff
Note: Before you write a proposal, please call Dave Nonnemacher or Rachel Te Grootenhuis to discuss your ideas. You will receive guidance and feedback on the proposal screening process.
Proposals/Requests for Funding
- Proposals/requests for funding from the Lilly grant project at Northwestern College may come from any of the following NW sources:
- Any department or program
- Faculty, staff, or administrator
- Student or student organization
- Proposals/requests for funding must include the following:
- A title
- Name of the person or entity requesting the funding
- The person(s) responsible for the finances and assessment of the proposal
- The beginning and ending date(s) of the project
- The grant initiative(s) that the project will address. The grant initiatives are listed at http://www.nwciowa.edu/vocare/sustainability.aspx.
- A narrative statement of purpose that answers the following questions:
- What is the origin of the idea for your project? What spurred you to make this connection to Vocare?
- How does the project center on the 1) theological, 2) exploration, 3) of vocation in a significant way?
- What is the significance/purpose/objective of the project?
- In what ways will this project promote on-going conversations about vocation on NW’s campus?
- In what ways will this project cultivate in students an awareness of the sense of one’s life as a call from God (vocation)?
- Who will benefit from your project?
- Students: how will they participate with you on creating, researching, implementing, or assessing the project?
- Other faculty/staff: are there collaborative possibilities for this proposal?
- Others within the NW community: How does this project develop the capacity of NW personnel to help students find their place in God’s world?
- Other professionals in your field?
- The church: how might your project help the church in calling students to leadership in the life of the church?
- The larger world: Are there ways your project might teach others to assist in the discernment of leaders for church and society?
- What is being developed beyond personal skill and competencies?
- An itemized budget
- Have you explored other funding sources? Include a listing of amounts and other sources of funding you have sought, secured, or exhausted.
- Any ideas you have on how your project could be assessed
- Things to keep in mind regarding funding of proposals:
- You are not guaranteed funding by submitting a proposal following these guidelines.
- Grant funds are not a means of replacing faculty or other staff development funds or purposes.
- There are limited funds.
- Submit all proposals by e-mail to racheltg@nwciowa.edu.
- The proposal must be submitted by the 1st of the month to be considered before the 15th of the month, or by the 15th of the month to be considered before the 1st of the month.
- All projects must submit a report or evaluation for assessment purposes. The Lilly grant office will provide an evaluation form for funded proposals for seminary or graduate school visits and for conferences or retreats. Other projects will be asked for a specific form of assessment on the grant agreement form.
- Funding decisions will be made by the grant director or Vocare Resource Committee based on availability of funds, timeliness of request within the larger grant vision, number, size and quality of requests and other relevant factors.
- Replies to all proposals will be provided by the grant director. Funded requests will receive a list of grant procedures, a grant award agreement to be signed by the recipient, and an evaluation form (if applicable).
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