New Media Program
Purchase College
Senior Project Support Award
The objective of the New Media Senior Project Support Award is to permit worthy but expensive senior projects to be carried forward. There will be a second round for applications in the Spring if money is available.
A. APPLICATION PROCEDURE
1. The application deadline is February 6. Please deliver to Fern Becker in the Natural Sciences Office.
2. In the application special attention should be paid to a justification of all budget items. Also, the narrative description of the project should be accessible to readers not in the project's area.
3. The maximum award will be $400 for individual projects and $600 for joint projects. Approved items will be ordered by the college and you plan submitting them well in advance of when they will be needed.
4. The application must be written by the student applicant and typed. Please describe your project in clear terms. Address why you must purchase the items in your budget to complete your project. Attach a itemized budget that clearly indicates how much money you are asking for and how the money will be spent.
B. REVIEW PROCEDURES AND SELECTION POLICIES
1. Members of the New Media BOS will review the applications.
2. The criteria for favorable evaluation of the applications are: high qualifications of the student, high artistic merit of the project, and high probability of completion within two semesters.
C. BUDGET AND OTHER POLICY GUIDELINES
1. Valid budget items are considered to be those that further the progress of the investigation including:
-consumable supplies such as media (dv tapes, CD’s etc.)
-equipment improvements or peripherals (please see the New Media blog for list of equipment NME already owns for student use)
-computer software that would remain in the New Media Program
-books, manuals, and publications that would remain with the BOS for use by other faculty and students
- equipment rental (lighting, props, etc.),
-transportation costs and/or "fees" central to the project
2. The following are not legitimate budget items: student transportation costs to instructional or research sites (including libraries), hiring of student assistants, and routine copying.
3. In the proposal the student should consider and evaluate the applicability of alternate, less costly experimental protocols before requesting more costly options.
