Engineering Project Management Bid Proposal - DOC

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              National HE STEM Programme Project
                    Engineering Activity Proposal Form
                      First call opens: 22nd March 2010
                  First call closes: 17.00 on 16th May 2010
                              www.thelep.org.uk/national
                          www.raeng.org.uk/education/hestem

Name                                            Email
Department                                      Telephone
University/
Institution
Position
Discipline

List Partner Organisations involved in this
project
List project team involved in delivery of the
project

Which fund do you intend to bid for?

Engineering for Society

HE Innovation Projects

Education Research

HE focussed engineering outreach


TITLE: (20 words Max)

Brief Description (100 words max)
Please provide a short description of your proposal.




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Aims (100 words max)
What are the overall aims of the project?




Project Outcomes (250 words max)
How will you evaluate the success of the project against its aims? Who are the key
stakeholders to consider in evaluating the work?




Methodology (350 words max)
How are you planning to achieve the aims and objectives?




Rationale (200 words max)
Why do you want to do this? Why is this worth funding?
Is there any supporting evidence from published research?




Expertise (150 words max)
What experience do you have in this area? What experience do the other members of the
project team bring to this work? Please state what assistance you require from the Royal
Academy of Engineering.




Timetable of Activities
Please set out the stages for your proposal, the milestones, projected dates, actions to be
undertaken for each milestone.
Milestone/Activity       Start     End        Resources required          Breakdown of Costs
                         date      date
Milestone 1:

Milestone 2:

Milestone 3:

Other resources                             Travel
                                            Subsistence
                                            Total Cost of Proposal

Project Management
List the potential risks to a successful project outcome and how you will manage those risks
Risk                              Potential Impact              Management of Risk
Contribution in kind
What will be the key contributions provided by your institutions and partners?




Sustainability (200 words max)
How the proposals benefit the HE STEM sector and engineering community in the long-term?
What strategies or systems will you develop to ensure the outcomes of the proposal are
sustainable? How will the proposal work towards embedding practice in the HEIs you are
working with?




Dissemination and evaluation (200 words max)
How do you propose to evaluate and disseminate the findings of the proposal to the HE STEM
sector and engineering community in the long-term?




Related proposals (200 words max)
Are you aware of any similar proposals and/or bidding for additional funding for related work?




Checklist
The application should include:
o An electronic signature from the proposer, your head of department and the Spoke University
   from your region
o You can also include a copy of the proposers CV, if you wish.

Contacts
o   Any initial questions or queries regarding the engineering activity proposals should be addressed
    to: The Royal Academy of Engineering (HESTEM@raeng.org.uk)
o   Please email your completed and (electronically signed) form to The Royal Academy of
    Engineering (HESTEM@raeng.org.uk)

To contact the regional spoke Higher Education Partner Institutions:
o South-West England: The University of Bath
   (HESTEM@bath.ac.uk)
o West Midlands and East Anglia: The University of Birmingham
   (HESTEM@contacts.bham.ac.uk)
o North-East England: The University of Bradford
   (HESTEM@bradford.ac.uk)
o North-West England: Manchester Metropolitan University
   (HESTEM@mmu.ac.uk)
o South-East and London: The University of Southampton
   (HESTEM@soton.ac.uk)
o   Wales: Swansea University
    (HESTEM@swan.ac.uk)

Applications for this project proposal should be with the Royal Academy of Engineering by 17.00 on
16th of May 2010. You will receive an email on receipt of your proposal application.

DECLARATION
(To be signed by the proposer and their Head of Engineering)

1. I have read and understood the project guidelines set out by The Royal Academy of
   Engineering.

2. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the details in this application are
   complete and accurate and I undertake to inform The Royal Academy of Engineering
   immediately of any change in the information given.

3. I commit to provide the required remaining funding for the project.

4. An agreement regarding issues related to identification, protection and subsequent
   exploitation of IP generated from the research will be in place before the start of the
   project.

5. I agree for the information provided to be disclosed to external third parties for peer
   review and other relevant parties solely for the purpose of operating this scheme.

6. The UK Institution will bear responsibility for the correct use of the funds awarded by the
   Academy.




Signed
(Proposer):                                                               Date:


Name:




Signed
(Head of Engineering):                                                    Date:


Name:




Signed
(Regional Director - Spoke):                                              Date:


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