Graduate Student Travel Award

Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health

Request for Applications

Innovative Teaching Awards

Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

PURPOSE
The Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) aims to grow and support excellence in teaching MCH. ATMCH broadly defines teachers of MCH as all who provide MCH-related content to others. MCH is "the professional and academic field that focuses on the determinants, mechanisms and systems that promote and maintain the health, safety, well-being and appropriate development of children and their families in communities and societies in order to enhance the future health and welfare of society and subsequent generations" (Alexander, 2004). A teacher is one who engages with a learner, regardless of the teacher’s or learner’s place along the continuum of life-long learning.

The purpose of this requestfor applicationsis to fund new or ongoing projects/teams that will produce innovative and creative MCH educational offerings. Theproposed educational offeringscould include:

integration of MCH experiences into classroom discussions and exercises
models of collaboration between community-based MCHpractice andscholarship
skills development
innovative teaching methodsapplied to MCH
use of case studies and other examples of interdisciplinary projects suitable for a multi-disciplinary audience, or
use of innovative technologies and platforms for experiential learning.

The educational offering may focus on a specific topic (e.g., life course perspective, health care reform, breastfeeding), life span (e.g., perinatal, early childhood, women’s health), or other aspect relevant to the MCH population and MCH workforce.

DEADLINE

Applications are due by email to Julie McDougal() by 8:00 am CTFriday, September 29, 2017.All applications should have the subject heading “ATMCH Proposal-<Last Name>”. All applicants will be notified of the status of their applications by 5:00 pm CT Friday, October 13, 2017. Following notification, a Fee-For-Service document will be generated as backup documentation for the final invoice, to be submitted by awardees at project completion, unless a different time frame has been previously agreed upon.

AWARD AMOUNT

ATMCH anticipates funding 2-4 projects, depending on thenumber and quality of applications submitted and the total budget proposed by applicants. All planned expenditures must be clearly justified and tied to project outcomes.No single proposal should request more than $3,000.00.

ADMINISTRATION OF AWARD

The ATMCH Award is administered as a competitive internal award within ATMCH. All proposals will be reviewed by members of the ATMCH Education & Mentoring Standing Committee and/or ATMCH Executive Committee. These awards will be made to the project leader for distribution among team members (if applicable) at the project’s conclusion, unless a different time frame has been previously agreed upon. Projects are to be completed byMay 31, 2018.

ELIGIBILITY

Preference will be given to projects that clearly identify teams that include faculty/practicing professionals and students. All team members must be ATMCH members. Join free of charge at Applicants should contact the ATMCH Coordinator (Julie McDougal, 205-975-0531, )with questions regarding their applications.

APPLICATION FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

The application must consist of the following sections:

A completed cover sheet(below) with contact information for all team members, if applicable, along with their signatures, noting any MCHB funding streams (of which they are aware) at their institution(s)/organization(s) (e.g., Center of Excellence in MCH, MCH Catalyst Program, Pipeline Program, Workforce Development Center, etc.).
A brief proposal plan (5double-spaced pages maximum; 12 pt font, 1” margins) that includes the following sections:
Background of project
Significance of projectto MCH education
Gap in MCH education that this offering could address
Sustainability of offering
Proposed outline of offering, including project components and a description of what makes it
Proposed evaluation of offering
List of ways this could be shared with others for use (e.g., PowerPointpresentations, teaching notes, references, webinars, etc.)
Timeline
A budget narrative (with no indirects), separate from the brief proposal plan (no more than 1 page in length) that describes how the funds will be spent, clearly justifying all planned expenditures and tying them to project outcomes).
Combine all documents into one pdf file.Incomplete applications may not be reviewed.

CRITERIA FOR AWARD

Criterion / Score
Background / 10
Significance / 10
Gap statement / 5
Sustainability / 10
Completeness of outline & description of innovation / 20
Evaluation / 15
Means of sharing/External dissemination / 10
Timeline / 5
Budget (justification tied to project outcomes) / 15
Total / 100

FINAL REPORT

At project completion, submit an invoice which includes the period of performance (10/13/17-5/31/18) and a signature to ATMCH via . The final reports for funded proposals and all related documents will bearchived on the ATMCH website. They may also be presented via webinar or at the ATMCH Annual Assembly at APHA.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health Program, grant number T76MC00008. Its content and informationshould not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

COVER SHEET AND BUDGET PAGE

I. AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION

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Institution:

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MCHB funded projects of which you are aware at your institution(s)/organization(s) (see ):

II. TEAM MEMBERS’ SIGNATURES

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Team Leader Date

______Team Member Date

III. PROJECT BUDGET

Estimate below all plannedproject expenditures. Attach supporting documentation/justificationand connect all expenditures to project outcomes. Include no indirects.

TOTAL ANTICIPATED PROJECT EXPENDITURES: $ ______