Application form for moe innovation fund –tier 2

APPLICATION FORM FOR MOE INNOVATION FUND –TIER 2

Email: MOE_Ideal@moe.gov.sg

• Project must

1. be between $10,000.01 and $80,000

2. 
   be innovative in nature and new to the Cluster (Cluster Superintendent’s input required)
   
3. 
   have testing period of not more than a year
   
4. 
   have desirable educational outcomes and based on sound educational principles
   
5. 
   meet the approved categories of expenses (e.g. fund cannot be used for employment of personnel to perform instructional duties, engaging outside agencies and their representatives to conduct courses, and other vendor services) – ANNEX C
   
6. 
   In addition, for projects costing between $50K and $80K, project must involve collaboration and co-creation between at least 2 schools
   

• Team must share learning (in the form of stories and insights) gathered from the experiment with other project teams at the cluster or zonal level and/or MOE ExCEL Fest.

• Upon completion, resources created (e.g project blueprints, lesson plans, etc) must be made available online for sharing and downloading by other schools.

• Status reports must be submitted to the MIF Secretariat (interim status report – 3 months after commencement of project, final status report – 1 month after completion of project).

1. 
   Project Title (Please limit to 10 words or less)
   

1. 
   MOE’s strategic thrusts²; and
   
2. 
   The school or cluster strategic thrusts / goals / objectives (maximum 100 words)
   

Activity	Time-Frame	Resource

School : ________________ Name of Principal : _________________

Cluster : _________ Name of Superintendent : _________________

MOE INNOVATION FUND – TIER 2

Email: MOE_Ideal@moe.gov.sg

Section 1 : Project Information

1 Project Title

Total Funding: $________

Section 2 : Progress Report

Date: _______________________

MOE INNOVATION FUND – TIER 2

Email: MOE_Ideal@moe.gov.sg

Section 1 : Project Information

1 Project Title

Total Funding: $________

Section 2 : Project Report

Additional Information

INFORMATION ON MOE INNOVATION FUND – TIER 2

1. Applications for the Fund are open to all MOE Schools.

1. 
   For funding to be approved, projects
   

1. 
   Should be innovative in nature;
   
2. 
   Should have desirable educational outcomes;
   
3. 
   Must be based on sound educational principles; and
   
4. 
   Meet the approved categories of expenses.
   
5. 
   At completion of the project, sharing must be done at the cluster or zonal level, and resources (e.g. project blueprints, lesson plans, etc) made available online for sharing and download by other schools.
   
6. 
   In addition, for projects costing between $50K and $80K :
   
   1. 
      Must involve collaboration and co-creation between at least 2 schools;
      
   2. 
      Must have strategic impact at minimally the cluster level;
      

2. 
   This fund can be used to cover operating expenses, including the purchase of materials that have a direct bearing on the implementation of the projects, e.g.
   

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  Postage, printing and stationery;
  
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  Software for data collection;
  
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  Purchase of instructional materials;
  
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  Development of instructional materials;
  
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  Prototype development and implementation; and
  
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  Construction of physical structures, e.g. special rooms or purchase of furniture and equipment which will be instrumental for the innovation;
  
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  Differentiated hardware that schools in the cluster have not used before and deemed essential for the project. The hardware requested for the project should lead to systemic benefits, and have the potential of scalability, across the cluster or throughout MOE.
  

3. 
   However, this fund is not meant to cover items such the following:
   

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  Employment of personnel to perform instructional duties;
  
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  Engaging outside agencies and their representatives to conduct courses; and other vendor services
  
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  Cost of teacher training; Overseas trips; Sponsorship of overseas speakers, trainers or consultants.
  
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  Purchase of hardware that is already commonly available in most schools, e.g. laptops, projectors, modems and other items covered by the ICT fund⁷;
  
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  Recurrent cost expenditure of past projects;
  
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  Mass production and mass deployment of activities, products, etc; and
  
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  Refreshments, prizes and tokens.
  

4. 
   Approved projects are monitored by the respective principals and superintendents. Schools have to submit a report to the superintendent and MIF Secretariat respectively at the end of the project, with a maximum timeline of one year. On receipt of the report, the superintendent could arrange for the team to share their findings with other schools, either at cluster or zone level.