University Program Application

To apply for a software grant, send a short proposal to up@rti.com. In your proposal, please:

Tell us who you are:

• Give your institution name and your affiliation with the institution.
• State your non-profit status.
• Name the faculty and students involved with their contact information.
• Identify the primary faculty contact and provide background: role in the university.
• Include phone number, email and mailing address of primary faculty contact and yourself.
• Include your programming experience, educational major, thesis topic (if any).
• Give an estimate of how many people will use the software.
• How did you learn about our University Program?

Tell us what you want to do:

• Give us some history. Indicate a web site or include papers so we can understand what you do.
• Describe your research. Indicate your project timeline.
• Tell us how you develop applications now and how you think our software will benefit you.
• Indicate the funding agencies for your laboratory and this project. Include funding levels if possible.
• List other donors to your laboratory or project. List any external companies or research institutions that you work with closely.
• Describe what hardware you will use (i.e. CPU boards, host, targets, experimental equipment).
• Tell us what other software your laboratory uses (operating systems, analysis software, etc.).
• List any courses that you would be using this software for.

Tell us what you need:

• What RTI software product(s) do you need?
• What target operating systems do you plan to use?

We look forward to working with you!