MAC RAM Program Draft Budget for Year 4 (Oct. 1, 2018 – Sept. 30, 2019)
University: ______________________________________________ RAM Program Leader: _________________________________
Year 4 budget total = $70,000 PLUS unused funds from years 1, 2 and 3. Anticipated Year 4 Budget: _________________________
Personnel – Academic Fellowships (typically one-time non-wage payments to faculty who advance required FITW interventions)
The available categories with suggested semester fellowship payments are listed below. For each category, identify the approximate number
of awards anticipated each semester during year four and the amount of each award.
Recommended Award
Amount per semester
Teaching 1
st
yr exp course (1 credit)
Facilitating Collaborative Learning
Workshop attached to gateway courses
(1 credit)
Academic Advisement of 1
st
yr students
plus use of digital roadmap (minimum
of 2 mtgs/semester)
$50 per student for
year-long advisement
Informal mentoring of 1
st
yr students to
assist with adjustment to college
2
nd
year Introduction to research (1
credit course or workshop or other)
Academic Advisement of 2
nd
yr students
plus use of digital roadmap (minimum
of 2 mtgs/semester)
$50 per student for
year-long advisement
RAM student shadows faculty to see
how hands-on research is done
$50 per RAM student
per semester
Mentoring 3
rd
and 4
th
year Students in
hands-on research. Minimum 90
hrs/semester
$2,000 per student
completing 90 hrs of
hands-on research
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP TOTALS