Assessment at WMU

2025 Assessment Mini Grant Program

Please complete the form below to submit a proposal for the 2025 Assessment Mini Grant Program. We will be accepting proposals up through 8 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2024.

Award recipients will be chosen based on meeting all eligibility requirements outlined in the Request for Proposals guidelines. Before applying, please read through these guidelines carefully. Applicants must adhere to these and all University policies to be eligible to receive an award.

If you have any questions or would like feedback prior to submitting a proposal, please contact Karen Stokes Chapo at @email.

We require that you obtain permission from your next level supervisor to participate in the grant program before submitting a proposal.

As a part of your proposal submission, you will need to complete and upload a budget table. Click on the gold button below to obtain the budget table template.

Download Budget Table Template

Please limit narrative responses to 6 pages maximum (3000 words or less). This applies only to items #18-#21, (not the demographic items, project title, project abstract or budget table document).

Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the University Assessment Steering Committee using a rubric. Award recipients will tentatively be announced prior to the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday break.

Thank you for your interest in the mini grant program!

1) Proposal Submission Date (required)

2) Principal Investigator (PI) Name (required)

PI must be a WMU instructor or staff member. Graduate students can participate on the project team as a co-investigator.

3) PI Title (required)

4) PI Email (required)

5) PI Phone (required)

6) PI Program Name (required)

7) PI Department (required)

8) PI College or Division (required)

9) Co-PI Name

If this is a joint proposal, add the Co-PI name(s). (NOTE: Graduate students may participate as part of the project team as a Co-PI only.)

10) Co-PI Title

11) Co-PI Email

12) Co-PI Phone

13) Co-PI Program Name

14) Co-PI Department

15) Co-PI College or Division

16) Title of project (required)

17) Project abstract (required)

Enter a short description of your project (100 words or less).

18) Project purpose and goals (required)

Provide a clearly stated purpose and goals for the project. Describe what you intend to do and why the project is important. Describe the potential impact the project can have on student outcomes and success and how it could improve curriculum, pedagogy, learning and/or program delivery using assessment data. Be as specific and detailed as possible. Be sure to explicitly describe how the project addresses one or more of the 4 assessment areas described in the Request for Proposals document under the heading Focus: Course or activity level learning outcomes assessment, Assessment methods, Alignment project, Program/unit level learning outcomes assessment. (6 points - see rubric for details)

19) Methodology, activities, and tasks (required)

Proposals should describe a project plan and timeline, and define the approach(es) that will be taken to work toward the intended purposes and goals. Include the sampling design, data collection and analysis methods (if applicable). Provide a clearly defined project timeline with intended dates for project start and completion, Include description of the specific tasks and activities that will be completed and when, and how they align to the project purpose and goals. Share any other pertinent information. (6 points - see rubric for more details)

21) Budget narrative (required)

Explain why the expenses are necessary and appropriate for completing the project. Describe materials that need to be purchased, student assistance, analytical assistance that may be required etc. Provide specific rationale and/or justification for all proposed purchases describing how the budget items align with and will help you to achieve your proposal purpose and objectives/goals. (4 points - see rubric for more details. Budget table content will also be considered in this score.)

Budget table (required)

Download the budget table template, (which can be found linked on the gold button above), complete the appropriate fields and then upload it here.
One file only.
2 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx.

Total funds requested (required)

Amount cannot exceed $2,200 maximum.

Click 'Submit' to send your proposal. Note, by clicking on 'Submit', you are consenting that you have received approval/permission from your next level supervisor to work on this project. Any violations of this specification will automatically nullify the proposal.