October 12:

Call for Proposals

NOTE: Beginning this year (2009-10), the Student Technology Fee Committee will no longer accept proposals for computer lab upgrades. Existing computer labs will now be ugraded on a rolling schedule, and the Student Technology Fee will continue to fund these upgrades. (The schedule for upgrading computer labs, when approved, will be posted on the STF website.)

November 25
(by 12:00 noon):

DRAFT PROPOSALS for projects needing any site prep are due in draft form via email to Francis Halle, Director of Space Administration: space.administration@wwu.edu.

December 10:

Space Administration will return draft proposals and site prep estimates to applicants by this date.

Department & College
Due Dates:

Please check with your department for internal due dates. Your Department Chair and the Dean of your College must sign your STF Proposal.

December 21
(by 12:00 noon):

FINAL PROPOSALS are due to Provost’s Office, OM460.
Please see the Proposal Form Instructions to submit your proposal.

Winter Quarter:

Proposal Review and Site Visits
STF Committee members meet weekly to discuss proposals and make site visits for each project.

If you have submitted a proposal, you can expect a Student Technology Fee Committee member to contact you to arrange a visit with you and any co-applicants who can make the meeting. The STF Committee member will bring questions from the committee as a whole regarding your proposal, and he or she will want to see the site where the proposed technology will be installed. We look forward to visiting with you during Winter Quarter.

By mid-March:

STF Committee determines final award recommendations, and sends recommendations to WWU President Bruce Shepard and AS President Matt Jarrell for their joint approval of proposal funding.

Early April:

Award recipients are notified. Announcement of STF Award recipients.

June-July:

STF-funded equipment is generally purchased in early summer.

August-September:

Implementation and equipment familiarization. It is intended that STF-funded equipment will be available Fall Quarter for student use.

Environmental Sciences