JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the 6th round of its full Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme.

JISC wishes to fund one year projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to learning and teaching. This is an open call, and projects dealing with any aspect of e-learning are welcomed. To reduce the initial investment in time and resource needed to develop a traditional JISC proposal and to encourage speculative and innovative ideas from the community bidders are invited to submit outline proposals.

As with the last round, these outline proposals must be submitted via email. The short form of these initial bids has also been retained and we will be strictly enforcing word limits and content restrictions. Please read the guidance and template in full - bids outside of the required parameters will NOT be assessed.

JISC have run 5 previous rounds of the full Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant funding opportunity in May 2008, September 2008, January 2009, July 2009 and April 2010. In total, the programme has supported 19 projects.

Bids should be submitted to elearning-bids@jisc.ac.uk using the template provided. Letters of support will not be required at this stage.

Funds of up to £50,000 for projects of one year duration are available. JISC has committed at least £1,500,000 for this activity over the life of this programme which commenced in May 2008.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda.

Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.

The lead institution may only submit one proposal per assessment point.

The next deadline for submissions is 12 noon UK time on Monday 21 March 2011

Briefing event

A briefing event will be held online via Elluminate on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 2pm. Further details will be on the LTIG Programme page and in the call documentation.

January 28th, 2011 - 10:37am

JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its Greening ICT Programme. Funding of up to £1,050,000 is available within three strands:
 
Strand I - Rapid Innovation in Green ICT
Short focussed projects solving specific technical problems in Green ICT.  Total funding available £250,000.  Funding of between £25,000 and £40,000 for each project.  Project duration: 4-9 months.

Strand II - Estates Led Sustainable ICT Projects
Projects focussing on the role of Estates Directors and their teams in addressing areas of Green ICT concern or in the harnessing of ICT to address estates concerns.  Total funding avilable £330,000.  Funding of up to £50,000 per project.  Project duration: 12 months.

Strand III - Exemplars of ICT Enabled Transition to Environmentally Sustainable Campus
Exemplar projects showing where ICT can enable major re-engineering of the way that institutions do business to move towards a more sustainable future.  Total funding available £500,000.  Funding of between £100,000 and £125,000 for each project.  Project duration: 18 months.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Wednesday 17 November 2010. 
Funding is available for projects starting from February 2011 for up to 18 months. All projects must be complete by 31 July 2012.

The JISC is holding a community-briefing event where potential bidders will be given information about the background to the call, its objectives and the bidding process. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions of the JISC Executive staff.  This will be an online briefing and will take place on Wednesday 13 October 2010 between 10.00 and 12.00 noon. Please indicate your interest in taking part by emailing r.bristow@jisc.ac.uk with the phrase “Green ICT Briefing Session” in the subject line.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work supports the HE in FE agenda.

Institutions may submit multiple proposals for Strand I (Rapid Innovation).  However, given the nature of the proposals sought under Strand II and III, and their need to draw on cross-domain input within an institution, only one proposal per institution should be submitted for Strands II and III.

January 26th, 2011 - 12:30pm

JISC invites Further Education institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (SWaNI) to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under a new round of its Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme.

JISC wishes to fund projects of up to one year that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to learning and teaching. This is an open call, and projects dealing with any aspect of e-learning are welcomed. To reduce the initial investment in time and resource needed to develop a traditional JISC proposal and to encourage speculative and innovative ideas from the community bidders are invited to submit initial outline proposals.

The outline proposals must be submitted via email using the template provided below. Word limits and content restrictions will be strictly enforced. Please read the guidance and template in full - bids outside of the required parameters will NOT be assessed.

Bids should be submitted to elearning-bids@jisc.ac.uk.  Letters of support will not be required at this stage.
Funds of up to £50,000 for projects of up to one year duration are available. JISC has committed at least £500,000 to this call.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland only.
Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.

Please note: The lead institution may only submit one proposal

The deadline for submissions is 12 noon UK time on Tuesday 9 November 2010.

Session to support bid writing

We are running an 'elluminate' session to support bid writing

Name of session LTIG CALL FOR SWaNI
Date 21 October 2010
Times 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Participants can sign in from 2pm and a facilitator from Netskills will be on hand (Lisa Vincent). It is recommended that those planning to attend visit the site and pre-configure their computer some time before the session.

Link for participants

Post event material

We will record the meeting for those unable to attend and there will be FAQs posted after the event.

Recordings of the session

More information about the programme

 

January 25th, 2011 - 14:49pm

JISC invites proposals from institutions to undertake work in the following areas as part of its Flexible Service Delivery Programme.

Call 1 Join a new Strategic Technologies Group

Expressions of interest are invited from institutions to participate in the Strategic Technologies Group.   The Group will bring together representatives from individual institutions and across institutional consortia, that are interested in exploring and investing in improved ways of planning and providing flexible technical solutions that support administrative and academic services.

Three types of membership will be available so that the Group can accommodate the varied needs and readiness in institutions.  Different levels of funding are available for each category with maximum funding available of £30,000 per institution and £90,000 per consortium.  A total of £600,000 is available for this activity.

The Strategic Technologies Group will be expected to start work on 6 July 2009 and will run for 20 months.

Call 2  Synthesis, Coordination and Community Support Project

Proposals are invited from institutions for the Synthesis, Coordination and Community Support Project which will provide expert community and technical support to the Flexible Service Delivery Programme and all its stakeholders, including the Strategic Technologies Group.  It will also provide the analysis and synthesis from programme findings as it progresses.

Total funding of £100,000 is available for this project.  It will be expected to start work on 29 June 2009 and run for 20 months.

Call 3 Institutional Governance Models and Skills Study

Proposals are invited for a project to study and report on the governance and skills needed if an educational institution is to be successful in the provision of flexible service delivery.

Total funding of £30,000 is available for this study.  It will be expected to start work on 29 June and run for 3 months.

The deadline for ALL proposals is 12 noon on 14 May 2009.

 

January 25th, 2011 - 09:25am

Implementation and profiling support

JISC invites tenders to support the profiling and implementation of the Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) specification, version 2.1.

Aims of the project

• Contribute to the definition of the main profile of QTI 2.1
• Implement the main profile in at least one existing open source test rendering/responding system
• Provide support, in the use of QTI 2.1 and the conversion of other question and test formats to QTI 2.1, to those developing assessment tools and authoring questions
• Provide a publicly available reference implementation of the QTI main profile that will enable question and test item authors to test whether their material is valid, and how it renders and responds

Total funding of up to £40,000 (including VAT, travel and subsistence) is available for this project. The deadline for proposals is 12 noon UK time on Friday 18 February 2011.

It is envisaged that bidders will be notified of the outcome of the evaluation process in week commencing 7 March. The successful bidder will be expected to start work in mid-late March. The deadline for submission of final deliverables is 23 September 2011.

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January 21st, 2011 - 14:40pm