YouthTouch Grant Guidelines

To be considered for this grant, applicants should comply with the following:

Submission Requirements:
Applicants should submit the completed grant application form AND the grant narrative responding to the seven Grant Worthiness questions. Additionally, Goldenrod must receive a signed Acknowledgment and Certification statement from each applicant.   This form is included as part of the printed application document & is sent via email to all online applicants.   If you intend to apply offline, the narrative should not be handwritten; each question should be addressed in a separate paragraph, and the first page of the narrative should be presented on school letterhead.   All mail-in applications and/or signed Acknowledgment & Certification statements are to be submitted via US postal service.
Send to:

Lea Melchior, President
Goldenrod Research Corporation
204 W. Saint Joseph Street
Spalding, NE 68665

Application Period and Deadline:
Goldenrod will be accepting applications year round.   All applications must be received no later than midnight the date of the deadline.   Please adhere to the following schedule:

Round I Spring May 15th
Round II Fall September 30th
Round III Winter December 15th
Canadian Schools   March 15th

Ongoing Program Requirements:

Awardees who accept a grant will be expected to honor the following:

  • YouthTouch will be used with students on a frequent basis.
  • You will work with Goldenrod to assure the YouthTouch program is successful.
  • A faculty member must be designated as the YouthTouch contact person.
  • The designated contact person must be empowered and instructed to communicate with Goldenrod about all facets of your school’s experience with YouthTouch.
  • Your school will serve as a referral site for prospective YouthTouch schools to call or visit.
  • Your school will serve as host of a YouthTouch workshop for area educators.  Goldenrod will arrange and conduct this workshop.

Financial Requirements:
Each grant provides 1:1 funding for a YouthTouch Technology Integration System.   Your match to this grant may be drawn from any available public and private funding sources.   The retail cost of the package is $ 19,700.   This grant provides for half of this cost ($ 9,850) and your school will be responsible for the remaining balance of $9,850 plus the freight and applicable taxes.

Review and Award Notification:
Applications will be reviewed and scored as they are received.   Award Notification will be made officially no later than three weeks after the deadline of each round.   Official Award Notification will be issued by letter to winning schools.   Those schools that are not awarded will also be informed individually by letter of Goldenrod's decision.   Applicants may request an informal debriefing anytime after they have submitted an application.   Applications with identified problems may be revised and resubmitted for consideration in the current round prior to the deadline or for future rounds if the current round has ended.   Submitting early and requesting a debriefing will significantly improve your chances of being awarded.

Each school awarded a grant for the YouthTouch Technology Integration System will receive the following:

  1. Four RoboAC (joystick-controlled robots for younger students)
  2. Four RoboArm (intelligent robotic trainers)
  3. Two RoboVue (closed circuit camera for use with robots)
  4. Two HydrauLift (manual fluid power trainers)
  5. One HydrauLift2 (computer-interfaced fluid power trainer)
  6. One Tempest (table system using 2 robots to teach problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills)
  7. One Full day of on-site teacher training. Extremely remote/limited access communities may receive training via distance learning modalities.
  8. One Full year warranty on all components (RoboArm carries a three year warranty)
  9. One Resource Box of Curriculum Integration Materials (CIM) with the following items:
    • Teacher’s Guide (4 copies) to teacher-led, independent, remedial, and accelerated activities
    • Teacher’s Resource Guide (4 copies) for lesson planning
    • 127 different reproducible student worksheets (15 copies of each)
    • Introductory Activities for getting started
    • Learning aids and manipulatives
  10. One Full year of upgrades to software and CIM.

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