|
 The International Center's Faculty Grants Program
The International Center will
award up to 7 grants ($1,000 maximum each) to full-time faculty members this
year. The grants may be used to internationalize the content of a course, to
develop a study abroad component to a course, to present a paper with
international content or to do international research. The funds may be used
for conference fees, airfare expenses, speakers/teaching materials for courses.
Joint application from a faculty team, including those teaching AUC courses is
also welcomed.
Grant applications should be
submitted by November 1 to Catherine Stevenson, Academic Dean of
International and Honors Programs, in Gengras 327 . Selected faculty
will be notified by November 22. Funds must be expended before July 1, 2008.
Selection criteria (in order of
priority) are: *
- Work that can be shown to have
immediate impact on students' experiences in the classroom. This would
include proposals to purchase teaching materials or to develop faculty
member's knowledge of particular international topics for inclusion in
the curriculum.
- Work that improves the international
understanding of the campus community.
- Faculty travel for research or
presentation at conferences, particularly when this can be shown to
foster the international goals of the university and the international
center (e.g., by promoting exchanges, developing new networks,
cultivating new student markets or affiliations, etc).
- Development of Study Abroad
components for currently existing courses or other study abroad
experiences for students.
* Only in extraordinary
circumstances can faculty receive grants in two consecutive years.
For grants to
internationalize course content by purchasing materials.
Please submit:
- a one-page description of the course to
be revised or developed demonstrating how the proposed changes meet the
criteria above.
- a current syllabus of the course.
- a resume of submitting faculty member.
- a letter of support from the chair of the
department.
For grants to attend
conferences or pursue international research .
Please submit:
- the name of the conference, the date, and
reason for attending or description of the research project.
- title and date of presentation or
research project, with short description stressing how it fulfills criteria
above.
- a statement of what costs the grant will
be used to cover.
- a resume of the submitting faculty member
(s).
- a letter of support from your chair.
A brief report describing how the
funds of grant were expended should be submitted to the Dr. Stevenson at the
grant's completion. For additional information please call 768-5101 or email
stevenson@mail.hartford.edu
Contact us | View site map
|