The Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) Mini-grant Program

OSGC offers mini-grants up to $1,500 to support innovative projects and programs from any discipline demonstrating interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and are available to Ohio K-12 teachers. Brochures describing this grant program and application information may be obtained by using the download links below.

Funds received for successfully awarded proposals may be used for an activity any time during the following one-year period. In order to receive funding, a completed OSGC application proposal must contain the following information:

• Project title
• Goals and rationale of the project
• Brief biographical information on the primary investigator and co-investigators
• Project description (including time-tables and deliverables)
• Projected results and method of evaluation
• Potential benefits to the schools involved
• Detailed budget including matching funds

We favor programs that...

• Target women and minorities
• Will have impact beyond the initial grant period
• Can be readily replicated at other schools
• Involve interclassroom, interdisciplinary, and multi-teacher initiatives
• Include community outreach projects and parental involvement.

Grant applicants can download the grant announcement flyer and the mini-grant application form. Grant applicants also have the option of submitting the grant application on-line. If you have questions, contact the OSGC Main Office at 440.962.3032.

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded on your system to read the following downloads:

Download 2008-2009 OSGC mini-grant announcement flyer. Download current OSGC mini-grant application form.

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Online Submissions
Click here to complete and submit on-line mini-grant application.
Click here to submit completed mini-grant application.

Reporting Requirements
As a mini-grant award recipient (Principal Investigator), you are required to complete the following reporting requirements as specified below. Failure to submit these grant requirements will result in the ineligibility of the mini-grant recipient (Principal Investigator) to receive future funding.

1. NASA CMIS Reporting - NASA Headquarters mandates that all Federal funding be reported into their database system (Consortium Management Information System - CMIS). The CMIS report is due March 30, 2009. The CMIS report will reflect progress of your project and/or projected results to that date.
   
   

   Download Precollege CMIS form.

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2. Final Report - A brief final report meeting the reporting requirements stated below is due no later than December 31, 2009. Your report should include the following:
   • Project procedure, including any revisions of original concept
   • Demographics of students, including numbers of male and female students, numbers of students from underrepresented groups, again by numbers of male and female.
   • Comments of teachers and students regarding the project (i.e., photographs, videotapes, CDs, DVDs, etc.)
   • Principal Investigator’s evaluation, with suggestions for implementation of the project model
   • Final budget and expense report
   • Presentation and interpretation of the results obtained
   • Critical discussion of the success of the project
   • Discussion of future work based on the project

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