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Protocol for Approval of Development
Projects
and
Project Proposal Format
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Purpose
To screen projects for priority, according to the principles
in the Case Statement of the Development Campaign.
Procedure
1. Proposals can be initiated by any member or committee of
the Society. Initiatives from outside the Society must have
a member as sponsor.
2. An application is submitted to the project approval subcommittee
of the Development Committee (DCPA). The subcommittee will
have three members from the Development Committee (DC) and
one from the Board (Executive Council). The chair (or one of
co-chairs) of the DC will chair the subcommittee and will appoint
two more members from the DC. The ISSTD president will appoint
the Board member for the DCPA. The above three members (two
from DC, one from Board) will be appointed for each project
application and will be selected for their expertise as relevant
to the particular application. One or more non-voting guest
members may be invited for their expertise as need be as well.
Applications must follow the specifications for content that
the DC will publish (see format below).
3. The DCPA subcommittee reviews the application and makes
a recommendation to the general Development Committee within
two weeks.
4. The Development Committee makes adjustments and forwards
the recommendation to the Board within two weeks.
5. The Board votes to approve or reject the application, or
returns it to the DCPA for further study according to the proposal’s
specific needs (i.e. returning to applicant with questions,
questions to DCPA or DC regarding issues with case-statement
relevance, collaboration with similar projects, etc.). The
timeframes for further study are one week at the subcommittee
followed by one week at the DC.
6. The Board votes on the resubmitted recommendation. In case
of rejection, the Board provides substantial explanation for
the applicant’s reference and in case of appeal.
7. The appeal process repeats steps 2 through 5, with additional
documentation and argument (i.e. resubmission with attention
to points on which the proposal was originally rejected and
countering/explaining the reason for need to reconsider the
proposal). Only one appeal per proposal will be allowed.
General Note
The Board has final vote on whether a proposal is accepted
or rejected. However, if the Board votes to accept a proposal
that the DC recommends to reject because it does not in the
DC’s view follow the Case Statement (or vice-verse),
a detailed written explanation of the reasons for the discrepancy
is required.
Development Campaign Project
Proposal Format
General Outline
1. Title of project
2. Taskforce/applicants/who will be in charge of project
3. Target Audience (e.g. mental health professionals, the
public, prospective donors)
4. Description of project:
- Synopsis
- How would the project match the Development Campaign case
statement (education and/or research)?
- Justification for the project: How does the project help/augment
what’s out there already? How is it helpful to ISSTD’s
goals in general* and to the goals of the Development Campaign
specifically?
- Method (steps involved in executing the proposed project)
- Product—what would the project actually do or have
as an end result (e.g. a press kit, the results of a research
project, a DVD, etc.)
- Projected Timeline for completion of product
- Product/results/objectives
5. Estimated cost: total estimated cost is mandatory as well
as itemized budget if possible
* Clarification
The Development Campaign Case Statement is the gold standard
for relevance of Development Campaign projects, as it already
adheres to the general mission and goals of the ISSTD. Proposed
DC projects need not follow the strategic plan. If a project
does correspond to a current objective on the strategic plan,
it can be delineated in the proposal; however, this should
not be used as a bias toward accepting the proposal nor should
a proposal that doesn’t correspond to the current strategic
plan be rejected on that basis.
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