Office of Information Technology

Applying for Technology Fee Funds for FY09

* * *Proposal Submission Deadline was December 7, 2007***

The Submission Form has been closed

Student Technology Fee funds will again be made available in FY09 for departmental computing requests. All proposals must be submitted using the online form. The Student Technology Fee, implemented in January 1997, has brought significant benefits to the campus in support of the instructional and research program. The funding is targeted to the following goals:

• upgrade and expansion of network access,
• equipment upgrades in open and departmental computer labs,
• enhancement of student support services,
• expanded distribution of licensed software, and
• support for instructional technologies.

Software requests must be accompanied by a (Software Request Detail Form) which should be sent as an attachment file using the FY09 Online Request Form. For software to be eligible for consideration, all fields in this spreadsheet must be filled out for each software product being requested. This information will provide the necessary detail to properly evaluate a request.

The ASSP, DLABS, and START programs, funded by the technology fee, are designed to enable academic departments to maximize information technology tools in their teaching and learning environments. Please keep these services in mind when requesting FY09 technology fee funding.

The Academic Software Support (ASSP) program subsidizes the cost of software for students and for departmental computer laboratories in support of academic course work. Please check general software availability in the ASSP program before requesting software through the award process.

The Departmental Lab Support (DLABS) program provides assistance to academic departments in managing their academic computing laboratories through a formal process of sharing technical knowledge and expertise in laboratory management. DLABS support for academic departments is made available through the annual technology fee funding award process, and thus requests for this service should be included in your submission.

The OIT Innovative Technologies Center offers technical and pedagogical support in integrating technologies into the research, teaching, and learning environments with the Student Technology Assistants for Research and Teaching (START) program. The START program request form is available at the START web site.

Proposal Submission Procedures
***FY09 Submission Period: October 29, 2007 through December 7, 2007 ***

The FY09 Online Request Form has been updated to combine the Proposed Usage, Program Implications and On-Going Funding questions into one area. Other than this change, the form looks and is processed the same as last year. A copy of the submitted form will be e-mailed to the appropriate Dean’s office, the person listed as the authorized contact, and the person submitting the form. Also a readable copy of the submitted form will be returned to the originating terminal screen which may be printed.

Again this year, software vendor and product details must be provided in an Excel file attachment. When you click on the software form link above, you will be asked to open or save the file. (MACs will automatically require that the file be saved.) If you select open, the Microsoft file will open the appropriate program and the file. If you elect to save the file, your computer will prompt you to specify where you want to save the file and for a filename. Once it has been saved, you may open it like any Excel file and may input your software product data. Please fill out the form based on the particular software being requested and your department's current information, e.g. if your department already owns copies and wishes to upgrade or acquire more copies, etc. Please submit this Excel file as an attachment with your technology fee funding request.

Other attachment files may also be submitted to define specific hardware or software needs. These attached files may be vendor specification sheets, Excel spreadsheets, lists of desired equipment, or any other information files to be included with the submission of the form. Text files with extensions of .doc, .rtf, .txt, or .pdf are acceptable.

Dean’s Office
* * * Priority List Submission Deadline: Friday, December 14, 2007* * *

We welcome your recommendations and request all proposals within a college be prioritized by the Dean or official representative. A unique sequence number will be assigned to each proposal at the time of online submission. This unique number should be associated with an appropriate priority number. Please send the prioritized list of the proposals within a college or unit to techfee@utk.edu.

* * * Awards will be announced the first week of February, 2008. * * *

All requested equipment and software will be provided directly by the Office of Information Technology. Based on the Inventory Policy, certain equipment will remain on the inventory of the Technology Fee account; however, some equipment and software will be transferred to the custodial department either immediately or after an established period.