The Tech Fee Request for Proposals (RFP) is designed to solicit a broad response from faculty and staff members throughout the York College community for new technology-supported teaching and learning ideas and strategies in accord with the CUNY Technology Fee guidelines.
The Technology Fee operates on a fiscal year that begins July 1 and ends on June 30. It is, therefore, required that all initiatives and financial transactions occur prior to June 30. Proposals are accepted once annually during the Winter or Spring semester, according to the schedule established by City University of New York. This typically falls between January and May. Requests outside of the annual cycle are limited to emergency replacements or repairs only. Funding for approved projects is generally released in mid-October.
All applications must be received by 5:00 PM on the application dates. Applications that are received after the due dates will not be considered. Decisions and application updates will be sent via e-mail on the notification dates listed on the proposal cover page.
Decisions made by the Technology Fee Committee are final.
All grant recipients are required to submit a written outcome report summarizing the results and impact of the funded project upon completion of project activities. Reports must be submitted to the Committee no later than July 31 of each year. Reporting instructions and the required format will be provided with the award notification.
In addition, once Technology Fee funds are available in the College’s procurement system, recipients must use a special project identifier when creating all related requisitions. This identifier, which will be provided at the time of award, must be included as part of the requisition naming convention and will be used to track all Technology Fee expenditures associated with the project.
All purchases charged to the grant must include the required identifier. Requisitions submitted without the identifier that are directly related to the funded project will be returned for correction.
Review Process
Each proposal will be reviewed when the Technology Fee committee members meet which is once a semester. Review criteria include the following:
The relevance of the proposed project to York’s overall mission of Student Retention/Recruitment/graduation and Academic Success.
Compliance of the project with the CUNY technology fee guidelines
The intellectual quality and coherence of the proposal
The ability of the proposed project to reach a broad York constituency
The innovation of the approach
The degree of faculty and student collaboration
The appropriateness of the evaluation component
The extent to which outcomes are clearly identified and follow-up activities specified; and
The rationale for the proposed budget
Eligibility
Current full-time faculty and staff members are eligible to apply
Only one application per faculty member will be considered in each round
Repeat applications are welcomed, but applicants must submit additional information as needed
All applications MUST be approved by the appropriate department head prior to submission
