CampusEAI Consortium is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of myCampus Portal Grants. The myCampus Portal Grant Program is open to education institutions in the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia.
The CampusEAI Grant Program is designed to cover the costs of software, hardware and services associated with the implementation of a myCampus Portal solution, an intranet portal that integrates with online learning, administrative computing and student services systems. The Grant offering includes hardware, software, project management, installation and training costs necessary to install and operate a myCampus Portal, in the form of a grant which ranges between $250,000 to $1,000,000 in software, hardware, and services, depending on the size and requirements of the school.
The costs covered by the CampusEAI Consortium’s Grant include:
myCampus Software Patches, Updates, Releases and Upgrades (Software-as-a-Service)
Professional Services
Assisted Project Management
Installation & Configuration
User Interface Design
Single Sign-On Integrations
Enterprise Resource Planning
Learning Management System
Email & Calendaring Systems
Library Management System
Portal Identity Management Integration
Training
Quality Assurance & Performance Testing
Hosting/Cloud Infrastructure & Services
Enterprise Grade Datacenter Facility
Enterprise Datacenter Equipment
Multi-homed, Redundant Internet Connectivity
Bulletproof Network, Application, and Physical Security
Comprehensive Backup and Recovery Operations
Administration and Management of the network, operating system, application, and physical equipment
24x7x365 Network Operations Center staffed by a team of engineers monitoring your applications around the clock
Application Administration and Management - a dedicated team of application engineers and administrators
Database Administration Management - On-site database administrators to monitor this crucial service
Support
9.00am-5.00pm M-F Support for Priority 1 Issues
Phone, Email, Support Portal, IM Support
A myCampus Portal enables academic institutions to accomplish strategic IT goals and objectives by providing institutions with an integrated technology solution to better cater to the needs of the myCampus community: students, staff and faculty. It provides all members of the myCampus community with "single sign-on" to their integrated teaching and learning interests, student services and extra-curricular parts of myCampus life.
The myCampus Portal Grant is designed for institutions seeking to implement an Intranet/Intranet Portal. Recipients of the Grant will receive substantial financial and organizational assistance in integrating a myCampus Portal into existing systems and protocols for online and distance education, SIS software and administrative computing, school web properties, student-based web publishing, wireless and e-commerce initiatives.
In addition to receiving goods and services as part of a myCampus Portal Grant, recipients will be asked to participate in assessing the efficacy of a myCampus Portal and propose new applications and improvements for upcoming updates of the product.
II. CampusEAI Contact Information
Name of Corporation:
CampusEAI Consortium Headquarters:
1111 Superior Avenue
Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44114 www.campuseai.org
Primary Contacts:
Ash Bard
Manager, Grant Programs and Membership Development
Tel 216.589.9626 ext. 230
Fax 216.589.9639
Email: ceaigrant@campuseai.org
K-12 contact: Ash Bard Manager, Grant Programs and Membership Development Tel 216.589.9626 ext. 230 Fax 216.589.9639 Email:ceaigrant@campuseai.org
III. Application Protocol and Timetable
The CampusEAI Consortium will select Grant recipients based on a number of categories. Decisions will be made according to the CampusEAI Consortium's goal for determining the efficacy of myCampus Portal products and services at a diverse sampling of institutions of K-12 and higher education. Within the auspices of this broad goal, the CampusEAI Consortium will seek institutions that can demonstrate excellence in the following categories:
Commitment to information technology initiatives
Compatibility with the CampusEAI Consortium's technology goals
Ability to implement myCampus Portal effectively
Strong academic alliances
The CampusEAI Consortium will review applications from educational institutions with established credentials as institutions of K-12 and higher education under United States, Canadian Law or the laws that govern the other countries to which the Grant Program is available. All applications will be reviewed by an evaluation committee comprised representatives of the CampusEAI Consortium and external consultants. Both soft copies and hard copies will be accepted, with duplication of forms encouraged. Soft copies must be submitted. Applications must be received before 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Friday, April 13, 2012 and sent to:
Campus Single Sign-On Grant Committee
1111 Superior Avenue
Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44114-2225
After reviewing all valid applications, the CampusEAI Consortium will provide up to twenty-five (25) full and partial myCampus Portal Grants. The entire Grant application and distribution process will proceed according to the following timetable for US & Canada:
April 13, 2012: Final Application Due Date
April 20, 2012: CampusEAI Awards Grants
June 2012 – July 2012*: Portal Implementation
July 2012 – August 2012*: Portal Beta Release
August 2012 – September 2012*: Portal Production Release
The entire Grant application and distribution process for Europe, Asia and Australia will proceed according to the following timetable:
April 13, 2012: Final Application Due Date
April 20, 2012: CampusEAI Awards Grants
June 2012 – July 2012*: Portal Implementation
July 2012 – August 2012*: Portal Beta Release
August 2012 – September 2012*: Portal Production Release
For more information about CampusEAI Consortium or our grant program, please send an e-mail to ceaigrant@campuseai.org. For Europe, Asia and Australia inquiries, please send an e-mail to Jonathan Mullapudy at jonathan_mullapudy@campuseai.org. For K-12 inquiries, please send an e-mail to Ash Bard at ceaigrant@campuseai.org.
*Please note that the portal launch timeframes provided here are for reference purposes only; launch dates will correspond to Grantee's portal objectives and shall be determined collaboratively through communications between CampusEAI's Implementation teams and a Grantee's portal team.
