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English 1302 Grant Proposal Project Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The final project is the creation of a grant proposal that proposes a solution to a problem faced by a community or group to which you belong, and address your proposal to anyone who might help solve the problem.

The assessment for this course will be the construction of a grant proposal that targets a current need. The overall assessment will demonstrate your ability not only to conduct research, but to think critically. Specifically, through your writing you must demonstrate your ability to address the following competencies:

Critical Thinking:

· Explanation of issues: Issue/problem to be considered critically is stated clearly and described comprehensively, delivering all relevant information necessary for full understanding

· Evidence: Information is taken from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis. Viewpoints of experts are questioned thoroughly.

· Influence of context and assumptions: Thoroughly analyzes own and others’ assumptions and carefully evaluates the relevance of contexts when presenting a position.

· Your position: Specific position is imaginative, taking into account the complexities of an issue. Limits of position are acknowledged. Others’ points of view are synthesized within position.

· Conclusions and related outcomes: Conclusions and related outcomes are logical and reflect your informed evaluation and ability to place evidence and perspectives discussed in priority order.

Additionally, your essay must demonstrate the components of written composition:

· Context of and Purpose for Writing: Demonstrate a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose of a textual analysis.

· Content Development: Use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the idea of critical thinking.

· Genre and Disciplinary Conventions: Properly format and organize the essay in MLA/APA style.

· Sources and Evidence: Incorporate at least two citations in each paragraph from at least two library database sources.

· Control of Syntax and Mechanics: Use graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency, making almost no errors.

The project will be broken up into different sections throughout the semester and at the end you will combine each section into one complete paper. Please make sure to use appropriate headings in this paper.

Some examples of grant proposal ideas have included:

· An elementary school has over 50 at-risk-students with behavior issues who are at risk with learning. This directly affects their ability for future success in school. A grant was submitted to support the development of a music program directly targeting the lessons being taught to improve memory.

· The implementation of logotherapy with failing high school students to improve behavior and help change the attitude of these students.

This project is divided into three main parts, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These different parts are: Problem Identification, Intervention Strategy, and Closing Statement.

Prompt

Your grant proposal must be 8-12 pages in length (plus your works cited page) and must be written in MLA or APA format. Include at least 8 academic journal sources cited in the proper format, along with the insertion and analysis of a visual source.

The grant proposal will contain the critical elements listed below.

I. Problem Identification: Research and identify resources for a specific issue that needs to be corrected (5-7 pages – at least two pages per subpoint). The issue/problem to be considered critically is stated clearly and described comprehensively, delivering all relevant information necessary for full understanding.

a. Prevalence:

i. What is the issue you have chosen to address? Define what makes your chosen issue a problem for the given community? What data do you have that points to the prevalence of this issue?

b. Assessment of Resources: Evaluate available and needed resources in your community.

i. Evaluate the resources available for providing a program or service to address the problem.

c. Impact of the problem: Describe the impact of the problem on individuals, families, and the community. Construct an impact statement on the prevalence of the identified issue and the lack of community resources.

i. Articulate how the prevalence of the problem has an impact on the community.

ii. How is the lack of available resources exacerbating the issue?

II. Intervention Strategy: This section examines why your proposal will address the problem discussed. It should use various rhetorical techniques to convince and persuade the audience that what you are proposing will address the issue (4-5 pages).

In your submission, be sure to include the critical elements listed below:

· Research and justify the selection of a theoretically supported and effective intervention strategy for addressing the target issue.

· Efficacy: Analyze and critique at least two established intervention strategies for inconsistencies and effectiveness.

i. Critically examine intervention strategies for consistency.

ii. How effective were these strategies in addressing their respective issues? To what extent would these intervention strategies address the issue identified in your community?

· Selection: Select a strategy and justify your selection based on its effectiveness and the individual, familial, environmental, cultural, and political factors.

III. Closing Statement: Conclude your grant proposal with careful attention to the audience you must convince.

Final Project Rubric

Guidelines for submission: Your grant proposal must be 8-12 pages in length (plus your works cited page) and must be written in MLA or APA format. Include at least 8 academic journal sources cited in the proper format, along with the insertion and analysis of a visual source.

Critical Elements	Exemplary	Proficient	Needs Improvement	Not evident
Problem Identification: Prevalence	Submission defines with comprehensive research evidence of the existence and prevalence of the identified problem/need and provides examples to support argument.	Submission defines the problem with published data that evidences the identified problem is a prevalent problem/need	Submission provides limited data to support that the identified problem is a prevalent problem/need	Submission lacks credible research data to support that the identified problem is a prevalent issue
Problem Identification: Assessment of Resources	Submission contains an extensive and comprehensive list of community resources that may be related to the services necessary for addressing the identified problem/need, as well as a detailed description of the limited capacity to address the identified problem and real-world examples to support claims.	Submission provides evidence in the form of links, citations, and a description of local resources for their limited capacity to address the identified problem.	Submission provides evidence in the form of links, citations, and a description of local resources without addressing the capacity of the resources to address the identified problem	Submission provides limited evidence in the form of links, citations and a description of local resources without addressing the capacity of the resources to address the identified problem.
Problem Identification: Impact of the Problem	Submission research supported evidence in a highly detailed and professional manner that demonstrates the comprehensive impact that the identified problem has been proven to have on individuals, families, and the community and grounds claims in actual examples and relevant theory	Submission provides research supported evidence of how the identified problem will have an impact on individuals, families, and the community if the problem is not addressed proactively	Submission provides research evidence of the general impact of the problem without considering the specific community	Submission discusses the general impact of the problem without considering the specific community or without providing research evidence to support the impact of the identified problem
Intervention Strategy: Efficacy	Submission evidences a comprehensive review of the strategies used for the identified problem (considers at least two) and uses examples to illustrate claims	Submission demonstrates consideration of evidence based strategies for the identified problem (considers a minimum of two strategies)	Submission demonstrates consideration of evidence based intervention strategies for the identified problem; submission may consider only a single intervention strategy	Submission demonstrates minimal consideration of evidence based intervention strategies for the problem/need, and the submission considers only a single strategy
Intervention Strategy: Selection	Submission evidences a clear selection to address the need/problem that has strong support from the research. In addition, the conclusions and related outcomes are logical and reflect an informed evaluation and ability to place evidence and perspectives discussed in priority order.	Submission evidences a clear selection of an intervention strategy. The conclusion is logically tied to a range of information, including opposing viewpoints, related outcomes are identified clearly.	Submission has a clear strategy to address the need but it may lack a clear basis. The conclusion is logically tied to information; some related outcomes are identified clearly.	Submission evidences a selection that lacks a clear basis in research support, and conclusion is inconsistently tied to some of the information discussed; related outcomes are oversimplified.
Closing Statement	Submission evidences a closing statement which comprises the main points of the grant in a logical fashion.	Submission evidences a closing statement which comprises the main points of the grant	Submission evidences a closing statement, but fails to comprise all of the main points of the grant	Submission does not evidence a closing statement
Articulation of Response	Submission is free of errors related to MLA/APA, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy to read format	Submission has no major errors related to MLA/APA, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization	Submission has major errors related to MLA/APA, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas	Submission has critical errors related to MLA/APA, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas