REQUIREMENTS

• Application Cover Page
• The Written Proposal
  Text must be double spaced and no more than four single-sided pages.
  State the challenge and describe why this is a need for your school and why it interests you. The proposal should reference the following:
  • A description of your project/initiative.
  • How you intend to use your sabbatical time.
  • How your efforts would benefit your school and the students and positively impact the school's culture and climate.
  • Understanding that this may change, how might you and your principal/head of school use the $50,000 Rowland Foundation grant to address the issues raised in your proposal?
• A Preliminary Budget
• Three Letters of Support
  1. One from principal that supports you and demonstrates the principal's endorsement of your proposal. This is a critical element of the application.
  2. One from department chair or immediate supervisor
  3. One of your choosing
• A Current Resume
• Three copies of the application collated in the above sequence (without folders, covers or binding) should be mailed to the address below and postmarked by December 31. Finalists will be asked to provide six additional copies of their proposal at the time of their interview.

The Rowland Foundation
PO Box 88
South Londonderry, VT 05155
802-824-6400

www.therowlandfoundation.org