Oneness Project
2008 Dance Leader
Training
Grant
Guidelines and Application Form
Revised
01/23/2008
Who May Apply?
Leaders of the Dances of Universal Peace who
are mentored, supervised and/or certified dance
leaders and who are on the Mentor Teachers Guild
(MTG) referral list are eligible to apply.
Applicants must also be paid-up members of the
International Network for the Dances of
Universal Peace (INDUP) and/or the Sufi Ruhaniat
International.
Eligible Events
Dances of Universal Peace Mentors and training organizers submitted a
DLT Event Eligibility
Application to DLT administrator
Nuria Lee (nuria@onenessproject.com)
by January 6, 2008 and completed other
requirements in order for their training to
quality for funding from this program. Receipt
of their Event Eligibility Application began our process of
certifying the event's eligibility for funding
and also to budget adequate funds for the year.
Among the criteria we look at to determine eligibility are the following:
1. Mentor Teacher Guild and/or Sufi Ruhaniat
International leaders serve as staff for the
training.
2. The event is held primarily for the purpose of
increasing the required skills and attunement
for leading the Dances of Universal Peace and/or
Walks, specifically,
a) Dance leading for feedback is a primary
component of the proposed training. Oneness
Project supports this training technique,
pioneered by core mentors Saadi Neil
Douglas-Klotz and Tasnim Fernandez because it
encourages the aspiring dance leader to reflect
critically on his/her capacities and attunement
and also provides the opportunity for
individualized guidance and support; and/or,
b) Advanced dance leader training events presented
by Senior Mentors and/or Sufi Ruhaniat
International Mentors who present dances
requiring advanced skills or particular
attunements from their originators, and/or
advanced walking practices or similar material
may qualify as an eligible event for the
purposes of this program.
Click here to see a full list of the trainings Oneness Project is funding internationally in 2008.
Amount of
Support
Grants are awarded only to sincere students in
the path of the Dances of Universal Peace.
Grants are limited to up to 50% of eligible
expenses (total
tuition, lodging and travel costs) for attending
the event. Applicants may receive up to two (2) grants in
any calendar year, but the total annual amount received
cannot exceed $500. Applicants under age 30 may
receive grants for up to 75% of eligible
expenses not to exceed $600 in any calendar
year. Oneness
Project may limit the total amount of support
awarded for any particular training. Only
individuals registered with the MTG as mentored or supervised for at least two
(2) years may apply for grants to support
intercontinental travel. In this case, grants
will be given only for advanced trainings, as
described in the above paragraph. If you are
committing to a multi-event training program
please submit your estimated total expenses from
all the trainings within that calendar year.
(The $500 total limit per year still applies in
this case.)
Application Process
Applicants may submit the application by email
or in writing. The Dance Leader Training (DLT)
Administrator Nuria Ginger Lee must receive the
application no later than six weeks prior to the
start of the proposed event. For those attending
multi-year trainings, annual re-application is
required. OP
cannot consider re-applications if there are any
outstanding training reports.
Applications must be written in English and
financial information presented in US dollars.
(If you need help converting your country's
currency to US dollars you can use one of the
currency converters available on the world wide
web, such as
www.xe.com/ucc/.)
Finally, please be sure that your application is
complete and thorough enough to address all the
information requested.
The DLT administrator will email you a confirmation that your application has been received and an estimated date that you will be informed whether you will receive a DLT grant award. The official notification of award will generally be sent within a week to 10 days following the closing deadline. All grantees must file a final report with Oneness Project within one month following the conclusion of the event. An applicant with a delinquent final report must file the delinquent report before OP will consider a new grant application.
Preparing Your Application
You may complete your application online,
click here:
OR, you may fill out the Dance Leader Training Support
Application Form below.
You may copy and paste the
form below into a MS Word document, fill it out and then email the Word document
to the DLT Administrator, Nuria Lee at
nuria@onenessproject.com. Please have your
mentor/supervisor email Nuria also to verify
your mentoring relationship and the date which
mentoring/supervision began.
Email one copy of the proposal to Nuria Lee at
nuria@onenessproject.com, placing
"DLT application - location" in the subject line
of the email. ("Location" being the city or
country where your training will take place).
Alternatively, you may print out your
application in 12 pt Times Roman typeface and
mail it via regular mail to Nuria Ginger Lee,
115 North 8th, Bozeman, Montana 59715 USA,
however your application must be received no
later than 6 weeks prior to the start of the
training.
Date Submitted:
Name:
Mailing Address:
City
State
Zip
Telephone:
Email address:
Your mentor___ or supervisor___ (check one) in the Dances:
Mentor or supervisor's telephone number:
Mentor or
supervisor's email address:
My PeaceWorks membership expires on __________ or
____I am a mureed in the Sufi Ruhaniat International and my dues are paid-up
You must be a current member in good standing
with one of these organizations to be eligible for support through this
program.
Please check here if you are under age 30. ___
What is the name and date of the training/event you propose to attend?
Answer the following questions in English as fully as possible. You may use additional pages as needed.
1. Describe your work with the Dances of Universal Peace during the last year or two. How often and in which dance circle(s) do you regularly lead? Have you attended any other training?
2. What do you feel are your challenges or growing edge in dance leading at present?
3. Exactly how do you believe that this training will further your growth in these areas?
4. What are your objectives for attending this training? Objectives are measurable, time-constrained outcomes. (Example: At the conclusion of this training I expect to be able to describe the distinctive aspects of the 4 elements walks as outlined by Murshid Samuel Lewis, to demonstrate each walk so that it can be identified by another leader, and to have practiced presenting the walks for our dance meeting the following month.)
5. If you plan to attend this event because of the presence of a particular teacher, what about being with this person do you believe will be helpful to you at this time?
Complete the following budget for your training.
Support for your training, including the amount of your request from Oneness
Project, must equal expenses. The amount of your request from Oneness Project
must be 50% or less of the total tuition, room
and board, and travel costs and cannot exceed $500 USD.
Budget
Expense of your training: (Please enter all figures as U.S.
Dollars)
$_____________ Event Tuition or Fee
$ _____________Room and Board
$_____________ Travel costs (break down below)
$ _____________
$ _____________
$ _____________ Total Expenses
Support for your training:
$____________a) I will contribute toward this training.
$____________b) Other contributions toward this training (Please
tell us if you're receiving a fee reduction, scholarship or work exchange.
Fill
in only if applicable).
$____________c) Amount I request from Oneness Project toward this
training.,
(Limit: up to 50% of the total
training lodging and travel expense, not to exceed $500)
$____________Total (add amounts on lines a, b
and c - must equal total expense above)