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Instructional grant preproposals due Oct. 29 9:30 a.m., Oct. 9, 2006--The Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE), General Education Initiative (GEI) and Information Technologies (IT) announce the grant program for undergraduate instructional and course design. Two grant preparation sessions are scheduled for Monday, Oct. 16, and Thursday, Oct. 19. Grants range from $2,000-$20,000, and recipients will be announced in February. Projects designed to advance four General Education Goals--capstone courses, quantitative reasoning, student multimedia design center, and academic and student affairs--are the focus of the instructional grants. Faculty with project ideas pertaining to one of the remaining General Education Goals also are invited to submit a preproposal [www.ugs.udel.edu/gened]. Faculty are encouraged to incorporate technology, multimedia or a different learning method into a project idea. The application process begins with a preproposal. The preproposal template can be found online at [www.udel.edu/present/grant]. If the preproposal is selected, a full proposal will be required. All requests are evaluated by a committee appointed by the provost. The grant timeline is as follows:
Applicants can find examples of projects funded in the past and read profiles of faculty who received funding at [www.udel.edu/cte/grants.htm] or [www.udel.edu/present/profiles]. CTE, GEI and IT are offering grant consultation sessions to assist with instructional project development, refining project ideas, explaining the process, and clarifying the criteria used to select proposals. Faculty are invited to open hours for drop in consultation. No registration is required. The sessions are scheduled for 1-5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16, in 011 Smith Hall, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19, in 011 Smith Hall. |
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