NOTICE!
The Technology Access Fee (TAF) proposal process for the 2012-2013 fiscal year has ended. The Committee will be meeting in late March and early April to make their recommendations. Once the recommendations are made, you may check your proposal's status by searching the proposal databases. The approval box will be marked with Recommended or a No.


TAF PROCESS

TAF funds are required to be spent in the year collected. Projects are approved by line items, not by dollars. Because projects are not allocated dollars, any savings through the purchase process are collected in the overall TAF accounts and used to balance the TAF accounts at the end of the year. Purchases requested past March may not receive funding. The new allocation process as of July 1, 2010, may be accessed here. The allocation process used by the committee for the years before June 30, 2010, may be accessed here.

Search the TAF proposals database

The Committee allocates $4,900,000 among the following six categories. Any additional dollars are allocated by the Instructional Technology Committee among these six categories as needed based on university priorities. The TAF budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year is $5.2 million.

• Category 1 Infrastructure ($900,000)
• Category 2 Repair, Replacement, and Renovation ($1,146,000)
• Category 3 Recurring Costs ($1,000,000)
• Category 4 Discipline Specific Equipment ($954,000)
• Category 5 New Master Classrooms / Master Classroom Carts ($600,000)
• Category 6 Open Technology Based Learning Spaces ($300,000)

Revised TBR Guidelines

University Technology Plan

Purchase process for TAF Projects. Click here

Specifications for Master Classrooms If you need an estimate to renovate a space or construct a master classroom, please send an email to Watson.Harris@mtsu.edu.

The standard computer configuration for TAF proposals and for student accessible workstation replacement is provided by ITD on MT $ource. As of December 16, 2010, the current computers and costs are:

Optiplex 790 Minitower - $1093
Laptop - E6410 with MTSU Image - $1,560
Laptop - 2120 with MTSU Image - $662

http://www.mtsu.edu/itdcommunications/sitelicense_comm.php Link to the list of software available through MTSU site licenses. Most Microsoft projects are available through MTSU's select agreement. Please contact ITD for additional information.

Annual spending and actual expenditures reports to the Tennessee Board of Regents.

If you need additional information, please contact Dr. Watson Harris at Watson.Harris@mtsu.edu or 615-898-5366, Maria Knox at Maria.Knox@mtsu.edu or 615-898-5184, or David Edgar at David.Edgar@mtsu.edu or 615-898-5389.

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