SRI Grant Proposal Form
Strategic Retention Initiative Grants in the College of Arts and Science
Each team will submit a proposal narrative that addresses the questions below. These questions will help us to understand the current state of affairs in your department when it comes to retention and student success. Departments do not have to identify specific retention goals or propose new initiatives in their proposals. This will be a part of the strategic planning process that occurs in Phase 1 of the SRI grant.
In the application phase, we are primarily interested in learning more about what strategies departments have already tried, what challenges they have faced and what types of resources and support they are most interested in gaining through the SRI grant.
If you do not want to fill out the form sections on-page, you must upload ONE document that provides all of the requested information in those sections.
Proposal deadline: September 24 by 5 p.m.
SRI Grant Proposal Form
More information on the departmental strengths section
Departmental strengths: What unique capabilities does your department bring to student success work? The College is particularly interested in harnessing talent and expertise in the following areas:
- Collective impact: The alignment of student success efforts toward shared equity goals, through continuous learning, mutually reinforcing activities and consistent communication.
- Student engagement: Inclusion of students in the strategic planning process and/or as co-creators of the retention initiative
- Equity-minded practice: A focus on systems change, rather than the creation of new, isolated programs and services
- Data-informed decision-making: Use of both quantitative and qualitative data for needs assessment and continuous improvement
- High-impact practices: Strategies found to positively impact retention, especially for underserved student populations