At the end of the semester, the students make presentations and I contact the client once more regarding a students grades and expenses incurred relative to the project. Organizations are qualified to participate by their desire to get valuable information about their customers, constituents, or markets, their desire to open up their organizations to student learners, and their area of interest. Managers of organizations are requested to be accessible so that students can become quickly acquainted with their business. In some cases the fee is waved. In some cases, a bonus is requested.
Students are qualified to participate in the program by the very fact that they are in the class.
Student teams are expected to give 75-100 hours of their time to the projects. Normally, between 40-60 percent of the students' grade depend on the quality of the work they do on the project. Along the way, students must write a research proposal and get it signed by the client, design their research methods and get them approved by the client, collect and analyze data, and present a written and an oral report at the end of the semester. Currently, Calvin's SBI organizes 15-20 projects per academic year. The purpose of involving myself in SBI and in education in general is to help students uncover their God-given gifts and interests.