Developing your project idea

Your project idea should be no longer than three pages, consisting of: 

Cover page

Ensure that you answer the questions below in your one-page introduction.

Who are you? Who is your community partner? What is your community-based experience?
  • first and last name
  • student number
  • home address
  • phone number
  • email address
  • organization name
  • name of staff member
  • title
  • phone number
  • email address
  • Describe your community-based experience (e.g., course-based; Trek, Reading Week; course-based CBR or CSL).
  • What about your experience has led you to want to deepen your community involvement

Project idea

Describe the project idea by considering the following questions, which reflect our evaluation criteria. Note that any project idea exceeding two pages will be disqualified.

  1. What is the project idea?
  2. What are the goals and objectives of the project?
  3. How will you and your community partner work together to co-develop and implement the project?
  4. What strengths and assets will you and your community partner each contribute to the project? For more information on an asset-based community development approach, read What are Asset-based Approaches to Community Development? (829KB PDF).
  5. How will the project benefit the community?
  6. How do you anticipate your project being sustainable? Think about how you envision your project continuing after the summer without your involvement. Could your project be replicated? Could it be a catalyst for future community-driven development?
  7. What is the approximate budget required to complete the project? Think about how much will be needed for project expenses and how much for a student honorarium.
  8. Can your project realistically be completed between the May and August 2012?

Questions?

Email your project idea to Kiki Lipsett at kiki.lipsett@ubc.ca by Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:00 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

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