Can a Subject Matter Project or a university-based institute be a mandated partner?
These types of entities may participate as a mandated partner ONLY if they are part of a College or School of Education and/or of a College or School of Arts and Sciences. The project director may be from such an entity if it is associated with a mandated partner IHE. The application must be signed by the university administrator who represents the School of Education or Arts and Sciences, not the director of the institute or project. If this entity is not officially part of the required IHE schools, it may still participate and may even play a lead role, but the mandated partners must also be included. Care should be taken to assure the proposal reflects ITQ priorities and grant requirements, notwithstanding the routine work of the entity that may play a lead role in proposing and implementing the project.
