Single Sign-On Grant Program

Grant Overview

CampusEAI Consortium is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Grants. The myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Grant Program is open to education organizations 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 the myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform. The Grant offering includes hardware, software, project management, installation and training costs necessary to install and operate the myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform, 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 grant include:

Software

• myCampus K-12 Single Sign-on Platform

Professional Services

• Assisted Project Management
• Installation & Configuration
• Single Sign-On Integrations
  • Enterprise Resource Planning System
  • Learning Management System
  • Email & Calendaring Systems
• Identity Management Integration (1 Directory Server)
• Quality Assurance & Performance Testing

Hosting/Cloud Infrastructure & Services

• Cloud-based Hosting in SAS 70-Certified Equinix^®, Cisco®, Dell^®, VMware^® , NetApp^® , Symantec^® - powered Datacenter
• Multi-homed, Redundant Internet Connectivity
• Bulletproof Cisco^® - powered Network, Application, and Equinix^® - powered Physical Security
• Comprehensive Symantec^® - powered Backup and Recovery Operations
• Administration and Management of the Cisco^® - powered network, RedHat^® and Microsoft^® - powered operating systems, VMware^® - powered virtualization, and NetApp^® - powered Storage Area Networks (SAN)
• Application & Database Administration and Maintenance – a dedicated team of application and database engineers and administrators responsible for day-to-day maintenance and upgrades for enterprise applications
• 24x7x365 Network Operations Center staffed by a team of engineers monitoring hosted enterprise applications around the clock

The myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform allows academic bodies to reach strategic IT goals by providing easy access to integrated teaching and learning services and applications for the myCampus K-12 community: students, staff and teachers. The myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform provides single sign-on access to enterprise applications, including:

The myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Grant is designed for schools, school districts and other educational organizations seeking to implement a single sign-on platform. Recipients of the Grant will receive substantial financial and organizational assistance in integrating the myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform 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 K-12 Single Sign-On Grant, recipients will be asked to participate in assessing the efficacy of the myCampus K-12 Single Sign-On Platform and propose new 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 (US & Canada)
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 K-12 Single Sign-On products and services at a diverse sampling of organizations of K-12 and higher education. Within the auspices of this broad goal, the CampusEAI Consortium will seek schools 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 K-12 Single Sign-On Platform effectively
• Strong academic alliances

The CampusEAI Consortium will review applications from educational organizations with established credentials as associations 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 5:00pm Eastern Time on Friday, March 25, 2011and sent to:

Campus Portal 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:

• November 25, 2011: Final Application Due Date
• December 2, 2011: CampusEAI Awards Grants
• February 2012 - March 2012*: Portal Implementation
• March 2012 – April 2012*: Portal Beta Release
• May 2012 – June 2012*: Portal Production Release
• July 2012 – August 2012*: Portal Production Release

For more information about CampusEAI Consortium or our grant program, please send an e-mail to ash_bard@campuseai.org.

*Please note that the single sign-on launch timeframes provided here are for reference purposes only; launch dates will correspond to Grantee's single sign-on objectives and shall be determined collaboratively through communications between CampusEAI's Implementation teams and a Grantee's single sign-on team.