University of Wisconsin System PK-16 Initiative: Professional Development in Instructional Technologies for Teachers - UW System Administration is seeking proposals to fund projects that provide professional development activities for PK-12 teachers on the integration of technology into the curriculum.

Up to $682,000 is available in FY 99 for projects. Applicants may request project funding for up to three years; however, a new application for funding must be submitted each year. Matching funds are not required, but collaborating partners must identify the resources and capabilities they each bring to the project and what they will do to sustain the project when funding ends. Applications should request funds in the range of $25,000-$75,000 per year. Anticipated funding is between twenty and twenty-five projects.

Projects must focus on the professional development of practicing teachers. While projects may also enhance the infusion of technology into teacher preparation programs, the primary emphasis must be on the inservice teacher. Projects may also include discipline-specific consortia exploring technology resources, collaborative research on assessment strategies and joint curriculum-writing projects.

For full information see: http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/pk16/rfp.htm