Example Type I Seed Grant Proposal

This example of a Type I Seed Grant Proposal has been prepared by the STEDTRAIN Committee as an example of what we want in a proposal.

Project Title

School Information

School name:

Street Address:

City State Zip County

Telephone Number

Taxpayer ID Number (TIN)/Employer ID (EIN):

Title I School School Type

Official School Website:

School Principal Information

Name

Email Address

Lead Teacher Information

Name

Title or Function

School Email

Home Email

Street Address:

City State Zip County

School Telephone Number

Home Telephone Number

Year(s) of prior STEDTRAIN Grant(s)

Project Character

A. Funding

Seed Grant Type:

Total STEDTRAIN funding requested

Number of other actual or potential sponsors

Total Project Cost

STEDTRAIN percentage of cost

B. Involvement

This is the initial involvement estimates provided by the teacher as part of the proposal process. Actual numbers will be collected during the final report process.

Estimated Involvement	Your School	Other Schools	Total
Number of students involved
Number of teachers involved
Number of classes involved
Number of grades involved
Number of external advisors involved

Estimated number of other School(s) involved .

Estimated number of Teachers collaborating with how many Teachers .

Estimated number of Teachers mentoring how many other Teachers .

Estimated number of Teachers mentoring how many Students .

Estimated number of Students mentoring how many other Students .

Grade(s) that will be involved

Kindergarten

1st
2nd
3rd
4th

5th
6th
7th
8th

9th
10th
11th
12th

C. Duration

How long will your project last?

Will your one semester project be repeated during the second semester?

When will your project start?

When will you project end?

When is the best month for your STEDTRAIN Point of Contact (POC) to make an initial with visit you, your class, and the principal? Additional visits may be scheduled at that time.

When will your project start the second time?

When will you project end the second time?

When is the best month for your STEDTRAIN Point of Contact (POC) to make an initial with visit you, your class, and the principal for the repeated project? Additional visits may be scheduled at that time.

How many years do you anticipate repeating this project using the non-expendable materials purchased with the funding from this Seed Grant? years

Project Abstract

STEDTRAIN Middle is in the process of creating an outdoor classroom as a major component of the environmental education curriculum. Investigating Environmental Science Through the LabQuest (https://www.vernier.com/products/labquest/) is a project that is designed to elevate the outdoor classroom from a place observation to an authentic scientific learning environment.  During the project, students will utilize a LabQuest 2 interface and a variety of probeware to collect and analyze data from the outdoor classroom. An integral part of the project will be a long-term water monitoring study of Test Creek.

Project - Program Definition

A. Project - Program Plan

1. Statement of Project - Program Objective(s)

The primary objective of this grant is a long term water monitoring project of Test Creek. Students will utilize probeware to collect data about the concentration of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH levels of the creek.  Through this Students will be exposed to the testing and activities of environmental specialists and introduced to the career field.  The Outdoor Classroom will permit each student to fully participate in the data collects, instrumentation, analysis, research, peer collaborating, peer mentoring, presentation composition and presenting. Students will thus learn not only by doing but also by peer teaching.

2. STEM Implications

o  During the project, students will utilize a LabQuest 2 interface (https://www.vernier.com/products/labquest/) and a variety of probeware to collect and analyze data from the outdoor classroom.

o  Long term water monitoring project of Test Creek is a new project here at STEDTRAIN Middle.

o  Through this project students will be exposed to the testing and activities of environmental specialists and introduced to the career field.  This project hopes to spark a student's interest is the field.

a.i. Students will utilize probeware to collect data about the concentration of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH levels of the creek.  This will require drawing of samples of testing using equipment purchased through this grant.

a.ii. Students will learn the measurements used to quantify water quality and eventually students will be able to compare data from previous months to current data to determine the water quality conditions over time.

a.iii. A final part of this project will be utilizing the data collects and research methods used to treat water systems for pollutants found.  These final projects will teach the students how the data taken throughout the year will be combined to understand harmful effects on the water system.

B. Project - Program Impact

1. Students will utilize probeware to collect data about the concentration of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH levels of the creek.  This will require drawing of samples of testing using equipment purchased through this grant.

2. Students will learn the measurements used to quantify water quality and eventually students will be able to compare data from previous months to current data to determine the water quality conditions over time.

3. A final part of this project will be utilizing the data collects and research methods used to treat water systems for pollutants found.  These final projects will teach the students how the data taken throughout the year will be combined to understand harmful effects on the water system.

4.a. Students will be required to work in groups of 4 and present group results and recommendations.

4.b. Students will be required to work in groups of 4 and present group results and recommendations.

4.c.i Yes, 5-years with minimal replacement materials being needed.

4.c.ii. Yes, the process and results could easily be presented to other environmental science teachers and easily recreated at other schools as indicated in Section 5.B.

Project - Program Management

Mr. John Doe - Project Lead Teacher
Will order the LabQuest 2 interface and probeware. Using these items, 
Mr. Doe will facilitate student learning through a variety of 
hands-on, student-centered activities including the long-term water 
monitoring of Test Creek.

Ms. Jane Doe  6th grade advisor
Will facilitate student learning through a variety of hands-on, 
student-centered activities including the long-term water monitoring of 
Test Creek.

Mrs. Janet Doe and Mrs. Lisa Loe  math advisors
Will facilitate students' efforts to analyze data and produce graphs and charts to display results.

Project - Program Schedule

Aug 2016 - Attend the STEDTRAIN Seed Grant Awards Ceremony to receive funding.

September 2016 - Mr. Doe will order interface and probeware.

October 2016 - Receive and setup interface and probeware.

October 2016 - May 2016 Students will begin collection of data from the outdoor classroom and begin the long-term water monitoring of Test Creek.

Nov 2016 - Students will collaborate with other students and teachers from IEEE Middle School in Madison County who are currently participating in an outdoor classroom learning environment to gather more information about future projects that could be conducted at Test Creek.

Jan 2016 - Submit the midterm report in the prescribed format prior to  4:30 PM.

March 2016 - Students will collaborate with students from IEEE Middle School to assist them with the development of an Outdoor Classroom for their school system. Mr. Doe will offer a professional development course to assist other teachers with the implementation of outdoor classroom learning environments.

April 2016 - Prepare a Power Point slide show and a Trifold display for the STEDTRAIN project presentations at the STEDTRAIN Conference which shows the attending teachers how the grant permitted the greater learning.  Attend the STEDTRAIN Conference.

10.

Project - Program Budget

Itemized costs and total costs. Also, if applicable, include the names of other sponsors and their contributions as shown in the example.

Reusable	Description	Unit Price	Quantity	Extended	Useful Life
Dummy Row
Dummy Row
Yes	LabQuest 2 interface (https://www.vernier.com/products/labquest/)	560.00	2	1120.00	5
Yes	Probeware	70.00	8	560.00	5
	Shipping Charges	35.00	1	35.00
	STEDTRAIN Middle School PTA	-800.00	1	-800.00

	Reusable Items Subtotal			1680.00
	Consumable Items Subtotal			35.00
	Total project budget			1715.00
	Total funds from other sources			-800.00
	STEDTRAIN funds requested			915.00

Reusable Items Definition

Any items purchased with STEDTRAIN Seed Grant funds that are not consumed during their use and which retain their original usefulness, identity, and characteristics during their useful life. Examples include: weather station, robotic controller, electronic items, microscopes, manipulatives, copyable lesson exercises, and similar items.

Note: The status of all non-expendable items must be reported annually for 5 years.

11.

Project - Program Evaluation

The students will be tested at the start of the school year to establish their starting knowledge of the data collection, instrumentation, analysis, research, peer collaborating, peer mentoring, presentation composition and presenting. 

Each 6th grade class will tested on the content of the science areas applications after they have made their presentations to the other teams.  The tests will evaluate each students advancement and final knowledge of data collects, instrumentation, analysis, research, peer collaborating, peer mentoring, presentation composition and presenting.  Thus they will be tested in all science areas in which they have participated and been taught.  Students will be asked how the "do it yourself" approach helped them learn.  They will also be queried as to what they learned from teaching their peers the science applications.

Telephone Contacts
Mr. Paul Agarwal	256.651.5693
Ron Hackett, PE	931.438.3298
If no answer, leave a voicemail

2025-26 Grant Calendar
Date		Event/Deadline
2025
Saturday 1 February	•	Proposal Season Opens

Tuesday 1 April midnight	•	Proposal Submission Deadline

Thursday 3 April midnight	•	Principal's Approval Deadline

Tuesday 15 April midnight	•	Last day to report problems

Tuesday 5 August	•	Seed Grant awards announced

Tuesday 19 August Noon	•	Deadline for accepting Seed Grant awards

Tuesday 19 August Noon	•	Deadline for verifying attendance

Saturday 23 August 8:30 AM	•	Awards Ceremony

Monday 15 December	•	Midterm Reports Begin

2026
Tuesday 20 January	•	Midterm Report Deadline

Saturday 28 March	•	Final Reports Begin

Thursday 23 April Noon	•	Final Report Deadline

Saturday 25 April 8:30 AM	•	Final Presentations

Friday 1 May	•	Principal's Reusable Items Reports Begin

Friday 15 May midnight	•	Deadline for Reusable Items Reports

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