New Competitive Process for Requesting Funding for Student Technology Initiatives

A pool of funds from the Student Technology Fee has been created to stimulate the development of innovative student-focused technology projects on the Oxford campus. A total of $525,000 will be available and any student, faculty or staff member may apply for funding. The projects must support the goals articulated when the Student Technology Fee was created: supporting students in achieving their academic program goals, while also enhancing their life at Miami. 

The IT Strategic Advisory Council, an IT governance committee chaired by Provost Herbst, recently approved a new plan for distributing the $1.5 million generated annually by the Student Technology Fee. The new plan divides the total fees that are anticipated next year into three portions, described below.

• $525,000 innovation pool to be distributed through a competitive process with proposals reviewed by a committee of 6 students, including a member of the Student Technology Advisory Committee (STAC), and 5 faculty/staff members.

• $525,000 will be allocated to Schools, the College, and the Library for student-focused technology initiatives.

• $450,000 will be allocated to IT Services to pay the continuing staffing costs of services initiated in FY07.

Innovation Proposal Deadline: March 15, 2008

To apply for the innovation pool funds, a proposal must be submitted in accordance with the Student Tech Fee Guidelines for Expenditures, which can be found at the www.muohio.edu/techfee. Any student, faculty member, staff member, groups, or departments on the Oxford campus may submit a proposal. The deadline for proposals this year is March 15, 2008. 

All proposals will be reviewed by the Student Technology Fee Proposal Review Team, co-chaired by Carolyn Gard, Senior Director of Academic Technology Services and Sean Weaston, student chair of STAC.

For more information about the student technology fee allocation process, please visit www.muohio.edu/techfee.