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Engineering Information Foundation
180 West 80th Street, Suite 207
New York, NY
10024-6301
Tel: (212) 579-7596
Fax: (212) 579-7517
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.eifgrants.org
Contact Name: Hans Rütimann, Director
MISSION. Our mission is to improve worldwide engineering education and practice through information technology and the recruitment of women.
GRANTS.
What We Fund. Our grant activity supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit our fields of interest. These currently include the availability and use of published information, women in engineering, and information access in developing countries. You may want to review our recent grants to give you a better idea of the kinds of projects that interest us. We may infrequently sponsor proposals that do not fit strictly within our guidelines.
What We'd Really Like to See
--Innovative projects, with measurable results
--Projects that promote significant and lasting change
--Projects that can be successfully replicated elsewhere
--Methodologies that are specific and well-defined
How Much Should You Ask For? We suggest that you request a grant amount between $5,000 and $75,000. We encourage you to attract a matching grant from another source, if necessary.
WHAT WE DON'T FUND. Everybody has to say NO to something. This is our list. We say NO! to: operating expenses requests solely for equipment for general overhead campaigns conferences scholarships, fellowships, assistantships support for doctoral candidates loans
FIELD OF INTEREST.
Developing Countries Problem Statement: The technology gap between the developed and developing worlds is getting larger every day. The need for access to engineering resources as well as the skills to use the information effectively is of increasing importance as countries move along in their technological development. Are there special needs we can address in the developing world?
Our Goal: To support and strengthen educational and service center programs that help students and teachers find and use the engineering information they need, from computer and internet sources or by other means. Your project might focus on bibliographic instruction in engineering schools and libraries, support for acquisition of information systems, or support for Internet connectivity in the developing world.
HOW TO APPLY. We welcome grant proposals that fit our fields of interest. Our guidelines and applications procedures follow below.
REVIEW PROCESS AND DEADLINES. Our Directors meet April, August, and November of every year. To allow time for review, deadlines for submissions are: February 28, June 30, September 30. We will briefly acknowledge your pre-proposal upon receipt. If it is within our scope, we will ask for more information or a full proposal All proposals must be reviewed by EiF's Board of Directors. Decisions on applications will generally be forwarded within two weeks following board meetings.
What to do. Send us an initial three-page pre-proposal via mail (online applications are not accepted at this point) with a cover letter on your organization's letterhead. No fixed format is required. Describe your program and why we should fund it. Add supporting information: A budget, work plan, list of directors of the organization and key personnel, financial statements, sources of support, tax status. For non-U.S. institutions please include: an affidavit of equivalency, and/or name of intermediary organization. No overhead is allowed.
Criteria for Selection. Proposals should begin with a problem statement and make a case for why this problem is significant and why the approach recommended is the best one to solve it. Grants are awarded based on a good fit with EiF's fields of interest and budgetary considerations. We are tending to support smaller projects in our first years of operation. [Note: As the EIF Web page shows, the developing countries to which EIF has made grants in recent years include Chile, China, and South Africa]
HOW TO CONTACT US. For general inquiries, questions or comments, contact us at: Engineering Information Foundation 180 West 80th Street Suite 207 New York, NY 10024-6301 (212) 579-7596 (212) 579-7517 fax [email protected] To request our printed Annual Report and Guidelines, email us at [email protected]. For information on applying to EiF, please review our application procedures and guidelines on-line at www.eifgrants.org
Last updated: August 2000
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