Project 4 Assignment Sheet

The purpose of this project is to develop a collaborative grant proposal and remix your work for a public community audience. When you have completed your Problem Primers, you will work together as a group to propose a solution to the UArk Cares Foundation. Once you review one another’s findings, you will decide on one project to propose and write a detailed plan for this project. You will also remix this research for a community audience – the same community to which you spoke for project 3. The revised draft of your grant proposal should be 7-9 pages double-spaced, or around 1800-2200 words.

Completion Requirements:

• Collaborative grant proposal (1800-2200 words)
• Multimodal research remix
• Project transmittal letter

Project Steps

To begin this project, you will review your findings from Project 3. Together, you and your group will decide on a specific problem for which to propose a solution, using the UArk Cares Foundation Community Improvement Grant as a way to generate ideas. You will collaborate on two ways to present your research: a grant proposal to a granting foundation, and a multimodal remix of your research for a community audience.

Design Memos

At the end of Weeks 11 and 12, you will co-write Design Memos, which update your instructor on the progress of your project and describe how you are designing your project for a specific rhetorical situation. You may also use these memos to describe any questions or problems you are having as you work through your project.

During Weeks 12, 13, and 14, you will work on drafting and revising the two major components of your project: the Collaborative Grant Proposal and the Multimodal Remix, described below.

Collaborative Grant Proposal

The Collaborative Grant Proposal should propose a community project that addresses the problem you researched during Project 3. This document communicates the results of your research to your audience in support of a specific plan to address your problem – one that aligns with community needs. The completed report should be 7-10 pages.

Multimodal Remix

During Week 13, you and your group will compose a multimodal remix of your Collaborative Grant Proposal for an audience of relevant community members. As a remix, your work should be reformatted, revised, and reimagined for a new audience and purpose. The multimodal remix will include the use of different modes, including sound and images, in addition to written text. For example, you might transform your grant proposal into a public service announcement about a problem, or you might repurpose the literature review of your grant proposal into an informative social media carousel. You will discuss the process of writing and designing your multimodal remix in the transmittal letter due during Week 14.

Transmittal Letter

Finally, during Week 14, you and your group will revise your drafts based on feedback from your instructor and peers. You will create a transmittal letter for your project that explains your group’s goals, choices, and writing and revision processes. This letter will accompany the final draft of Project 4.

Content and Design Tips

For help understanding this assignment and what types of content you might create for it, please visit the following resources:

• Chapter 11: Create a Grant Proposal
• Chapter 12: Remix Research for a Public Audience
• Chapter 13: Write a Transmittal Letter

Please upload your grant proposal as a single pdf file. Every submission should include:

• Name and contact information
• Transmittal letter
  • Explains your group’s process and goals for your grant proposal
  • Explains your group’s process of creating your research remix and making decisions about how to communicate with a public audience
  • Details feedback received and revisions made
• Project description
  • Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Community stakeholders
  • Funding request and plans for use
  • Anticipated outcomes
• Budget for project
• References
• Relevant appendices
  • Research remix
• Resume/CV of grant applicant(s)

Due Dates

Final Submission Checklist

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• Collaborative Grant Proposal
• Multimodal Remix Draft
• Transmittal Letter