The Program for Education in Global Stewardship 

Global Course Development Grants

Dates and Procedures / Application

Undergraduate tenured and tenure-track faculty members are invited to submit project proposals that will assist with the development of new or existing courses to include broader international themes and perspectives.

Dates / Procedures:

• Deadline: Course Development Grants may be made in tandem with proposals for the Class of 65 Endowment for Excellence in Teaching.  Both are due March 25, 2005 and should be submitted to the President’s Advisory Committee.
• Selection committee: Grants are awarded annually by a sub-committee comprised of various directors or representatives from other interdisciplinary programs that share international interests.
• Priority: Preference will be given to projects that show the greatest promise to incorporate broader international themes and perspectives into new or existing courses.  Note, projects should promote greater internationalization within the curriculum; the intent is not merely to create a new slate of courses.
• Amount of funding: There are no fixed award levels, and the size of each grant will vary according to project needs. Typically, however, grants will not exceed $2,500 per applicant.  Grants may support travel, lodging, meals, and other related expenses, but are not considered as a stipend.  Requests for salary support or indirect cost recovery will not be considered for funding.
• Duration: The duration of each grant will vary according to project needs.  For example, one project may need only a few days to explore foreign library holdings, while other projects may extend beyond the summer and into the fall term.  However, note that all projects must be completed by the end of the calendar year.
• Upon completion participants must submit a written report to the Global Stewardship Director by December 1 along with the expense vouchers, including required receipts.  Recipients may also be expected to offer at least one lecture for the Global Stewardship classes and share contacts that may prove useful for the Visiting Scholars Series. 

Application:

The grant application should include the following information; applications omitting any of this information will be considered incomplete.

1. Cover letter of support from Department Head should acknowledge the course’s ongoing place in the departmental offerings and the personnel needed for its teaching and support.

2. Project statement in which you address the following:

• Explain how the new or modified course will add further global perspective to the department’s current offerings or interdisciplinary programs and how it will support the aims of the Global Stewardship program. 
• List the tasks to be performed and the time needed to complete them
• Indicate any other sources of funding sought, both outside and in-house funding

 

3. Detailed budget of projected expenses

Please limit project statements to two single-spaced pages.  If necessary, you may attach an appendix which explains in greater detail your proposed project. 

Submit application materials to the President’s Advisory Committee, c/o the office of the Provost, Washington Hall, by due date cited above.

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