Project Resources Page

TAC (EWB-USA)

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of EWB-USA is a group of volunteer professionals who meet once a month to review and approve the technical, cultural and health aspects of a project prior to any traveling.  All international projects involving travel must go through TAC.  Generally you must submit site assessment proposals ~1 month prior and implementation proposals ~2 months prior.  The TAC submission deadlines are ~ 3^rd Sunday of every month.   All submissions should cc the projects coordinator (bogleuiuc [dot] edu) and be preferably submitted in advance.

To find current TAC dates:
http://www.ewb-usa.org/TAC&Travel.php

TAC (EWB-CPC)

The Chicago Professional Chapter of EWB is also available to review technical aspects of our projects.  Their meetings are the last Tuesday of the month.  Questions and updates can be sent to them by contacting the EWB-UIUC projects coordinator (bogleuiuc [dot] edu).  This is an especially appropriate resource for non-traveling and local projects.  For more info on EWB-CPC: see http://ewb-chicago.org/

More project-specific procedures are available from EWB-CPC.

TAC project submission date: Sept. 19th, 2007

To travel in December, submit by: Sunday, Sept. 16th, 2007

Grants and Grant Tips from EWB-USA

Engineers Without Borders-USA has a website listing available grants besides the ones listed below and provides tips on how to write grants. When applying to any external grant, do not count on that grant to become available to you, and do not count on that grant to cover any travel costs.

Grant Dates

• Lighting Africa (Website) Proposals due October 31, 2007
• Mary Lily Research (Website) Application due January 31, 2009
• Mondialogo (Website) Register by October 31, 2008
• Motorola Foundation (Website) Yearly application
• NASA Global Climate Change Education (Website) Proposals due October 24, 2008
• EPA P3 (Description, Website) Deadlines: December 20, 2007 and April 10, 2008 for Phase II
• UIUC Clean Energy Technology Fee (Description, Website)  Proposals due November 17, 2008
• UIUC Sustainability Fee (Description, Website) Proposals due September 26, 2008

More opportunities are now posted on the EWB-USA website. Also, our Grantseeking forum features in-depth descriptions of other opportunities.

Using This Website

The Drupal interface which our website is structured upon is geared to let you:

• Announce events
• Provide an overview of your project
• Archive and use project media (literature, images, etc.)

Please read the webmaster's guide to using Drupal to learn how to use the website to better represent and assist your  project. It's only half a megabyte!

Locations and Equipment

If you need help getting a place to run a project or getting tools, contact the board through the project chairs. We can help getting space in ESPL, for example.