EETAP States Program

This page shows you the questions that you will be asked on the EETAP States Application Form. You can not draft a proposal from this page. It is intended to be informational only.

To actually fill in the application form and create a draft proposal, your team will select a Proposal Coordinator who has the responsibility to use the online site to create, edit and submit the team's proposal. All other team members can submit comments online once a draft has been created by the Proposal Coordinator. The state team can continually improve the draft until they are ready for the Proposal Coordinator to submit it online to EETAP.

Please carefully review the online Instructions before filling in the application form or reviewing a draft proposal. After reviewing the Instructions, have the Proposal Coordinator use the Create a Proposal link to draft your proposal.

Contact Information

Application Contact Person	Email
Contact Title
Applying Organization/Fiscal Agent
Organizational Address	Web Address (begin with http://)
City	State * Required for all drafts	Zip
Phone	Fax

Summary Information

1. Abstract:
Describe in 200 words or less your proposed plans to strengthen educator training through EE capacity building in your state.

2. Existing EE Program:
Please describe which components of a comprehensive EE program are in place in your state and how effectively each is being implemented (see Comprehensive EE Programs for details) . Finally, comment on how this project will help strengthen the components already in place and/or add needed components in your state.

3. Lead Organization Biography:
Describe the lead organization and its ability to manage the EETAP States Program. What similar projects or programs have you implemented or been involved in?

Goals and Vision for EE Training in Your State

4. Vision: The EETAP states program is a two-year project. Please describe where you believe your state educator training capacity will be in 2003 as a result of your team's involvement in this project.

5. Goals/Strategies and Timeline: List and briefly describe up to 5 priority goals (based on the components for comprehensive EE programs) for strengthening educator training in your state. EETAP is more interested in the successful completion of your project goals than in the number of goals achieved. Thus,a state working on only one or a few goals is as applicable as a state working to achieve five goals; the key is for your team to demonstrate its ability to achieve all goals listed. For each goal list the strategies you will undertake to achieve the goal. For each strategy, list the month and year you hope to achieve it.

Project Partners

6. Who helped develop and will work to implement this proposal?
Name/Title	Organization	Contact Info (address, phone, email, etc.)

7. EETAP States Program Team In order for national staff managing this project to most effectively serve teams, it will help us to have specific roles identified on state teams for organizational coordination, fiscal management and communications. At the same time, we want team configuration to serve the capacity building purpose of each state and its organizing structure. Therefore, please note that the roles suggested below are provided as examples and are optional. Feel free to create roles that best match the application you are submitting. Use the Other Roles area to list and provide information about each of these team-specific roles.
Descriptions of possible roles: Project Manager is the individual responsible for overall management, planning and implementation of the project and is the liaison to the EETAP States Program management and communications structure. Fiscal Agent is the individual and organization that will receive the grant funds and provide the accounting including fiscal reports. Communications Coordinator is the individual responsible for developing and coordinatng updates for EETAP and media distribution and web services such as completion of the application form and entries for the EETAP States Program on-line community. ) Evaluator is the individual who will take the lead responsibility for implementing the evaluation methods developed by the team to measure the impact of the project.
Roles	Name/Title	Organization	Contact Info
Project Manager
Fiscal Agent
Communications Coordinator
Evaluator

Other Roles: Use the space provided to list additional and/or alternative roles. Please provide the role name and a brief description of the role(s) as well as the name, title, organization and contact information for the individual who will fill that role(s).

Budget Information

8. Budget Information: Please complete each of the budget items in this section: Two-Year Budget Summary as well as each of the Budget Category Detail areas that follow the summary. A total of up to $50,000 is available from EETAP over the course of two years. However, no more than $25,000 is available for each year of the project. EETAP will contract up to $25,000 per year of the project with the states selected. Within each of the individual budget category detail areas, list all items that you will be funding during this two-year project. For each item, provide a description, a budget amount (EETAP funding), match, and a total for that item. Combine each category's items into the Budget Summary to give reviewers an overview of your project budget. The match support you list must equal or exceed at least 25% of the total project budget. The match can be in the form of cash or in-kind support for the project. Please indicate what is the direct financial support you are requesting (Budget) and what is in-kind donations or services (Match).
Two Year Budget Summary
Categories	Budget (requested from EETAP)	Match	Total
Personnel
Travel
Supplies
Equipment
Contract
Other
Totals

Personnel Details: Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Personnel budget category. Be sure to list all personnel items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, budget amount, match (if any) and a total for that item. Line item example: Jane Doe, Project Coordinator, 50% time x $50,000/year x 2 years=$50,000 (salary and benefits); Budget=$25,000; Match=$25,000; Total=$50,000; $12,500 match provided by State Department of Natural Resources and $12,500 from Environmental Literacy Foundation.

Travel Details: Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Travel budget category. Be sure to list all travel items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, budget amount, match (if any) and a total for that item. Line item example: 20 coalition members to 2-day planning meeting, 20 x $150=$3,000(mileage, lodging and meals); Budget=$2,000; Match $1,000; Total=$3,000; $1,000 match provided by individuals attending meeting for meals.

Supplies Details: Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Supplies budget category. Be sure to list all supply items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, budget amount, match (if any) and a total for that item. Line item example: 5 conference calls for state team members x 2 years x $150/call=$1,500; Budget=$0; Match=$1,500; Total=$1,500;$1,500 match provided by State Department of Natural Resources.

Equipment Details: This area can only be used to show match. EETAP can not fund computers, furniture and other equipment. Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Equipment budget category. Be sure to list all equipment items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, match and a total for that item. Line item example: Computer and other office equipment for state EE initiative administrative center, $1,500 x 2 years=$3,000; Budget=$0; Match=$3,000; Total=$3,000; $3,000 match provided by state EE Association.

Contract Details: Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Contract budget category. Be sure to list all contract items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, budget amount, match (if any) and a total for that item. Line item example: EE pre-service consultant for statewide workshop targeting teacher education faculty, 2 days prep + 1 day training x $600/day=$1,800; Budget=$1,200; Match=$600; Total=$1,800; $600 is from Land Grant University hosting the workshop. Note: Federal guidelines limit EETAP funding for contractual services to $400/day.

Other Details: Use this area to provide detailed line items within the Other budget category. Be sure to list all other items that make up your two-year budget plan and include a description, budget amount, match (if any) and a total for that item. Line item example: Printing of promotional flyer for distribution at teacher and administrator conferences, $5,000; Budget=$5,000; Match=$0; Total=$5,000.

Additional Support

9. EETAP Services Please indicate in order of priority, which of the EETAP services (described in the RFP and About EETAP documents) your team would like to utilize in order to enhance and/or implement your plan. Indicate how you will apply the services listed.

10. Assistance Expected from State Team Partners and other Cooperating Organizations/Individuals: Please list all organizations and individual stakeholders or potential stakeholders including funders, agencies, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and others. For each listing, provide a description of the assistance expected and indicate whether or not this assistance has been secured.

Evaluation

11. Evaluation:
Describe how your team would like to measure, monitor, and share the outcomes of this project.