ENGL 221 Week 8 Discussion

In the Module 8 discussion, you will search for calls for proposals that match your interests and potential project ideas. After your search, you will identify three CFPs that you would be interested in responding to, write a discussion memo, and post the memo to the discussion area. Next, you will review your classmates' memos and respond to at least three of them. 

This class discussion is designed to generate ideas that you can further review in your assigned team. Each team will select a CFP for their project. 

Overview

For your final project, you will work on a team project to create a grant proposal. Before you start this activity, review the Grant Proposal Project Overview to learn more.

In this discussion, search for calls for proposals (CFPs) that match your interests and potential project ideas. The best proposals start with projects, not the other way around. To get started, think about the kind of project you would like to develop. Think about what kind of local community work you would be interested in developing, what your town or neighborhood needs but can’t readily afford, or even what kind of well-defined professional research project you’d like to engage in if only you had the resources. Consider what kind of meaningful, tangible, and well-defined work you would do with the right support. 

Now, use your project idea to develop search terms and parameters. Explore these resources to help identify ideas to use for your CFP.

·         Grants Watch (Links to an external site.)

·         The College Grants Database (Links to an external site.)

·         STEMfinity STEM Grants (Links to an external site.)

·         Fundsnet Services (Links to an external site.)

·         U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Small Grants Program (Links to an external site.)

·         NASA Funding Opportunities: Grant Solicitations (Links to an external site.)

·         U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAA Grants (Links to an external site.)

·         Grants.gov (complete database for U.S. Federal Government grants) (Links to an external site.)

·         ERAU Worldwide Grants (Links to an external site.)

·         IEEE Foundation How to Apply for a Grant (Links to an external site.)

Identify three CFPs that you would be interested in responding to.

Compose a short memo (150 words) that describes the three CFPs that you selected. Provide a link to each CFP.