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Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement

2010-2011 Grant Opportunities
To view past grant opportunities, click here.

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Engaged Learning, Civic Development, and Student Well-Being
Curricular Redesign Grant Emerging Technology Pilot Grant 
UW System Grants

OPID 2011 Conference Development Grants




OPID 2011 Conference Development Grants

Deadline: Proposals are due to the UWSP OPID representative, Dr. Patricia Ploetz no later than April 8, 2011. Email your proposal to caese@uwsp.edu.

Conference Development Grant Guidelines


UWSP Grant Transmittal Form (Must accompany Application)

Application

The Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) offers grants of up to $1,000 for the development and sponsorship of local, regional, and systemwide workshops and conferences focused on the improvement of teaching.

OPID is particularly interested in proposals that focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and in activities that build upon existing campus initiatives focused on teaching and learning.  We are always eager to create opportunities for faculty and staff who have received previous Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant (UTLG) program grants to share those projects and their results with colleagues.  OPID Conference Development Grants also support workshops, seminars or conferences on teaching-related subjects, including meetings of faculty or staff in a particular discipline to discuss teaching issues raised by that discipline.  Proposers may invite guest speakers to give presentations as part of their program.  Funds typically support guest travel, materials, and some expenses incidental to the funded event; they are not intended to support conference travel for individual faculty members attending non-OPID-funded events.

Proposals are due to the UWSP OPID representative, Dr. Patricia Ploetz, no later than April 4, 2011. Email your proposal to caese@uwsp.edu.

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Engaged Learning, Civic Development, and Student Well-Being

The Bringing Theory to Practice project (BTtoP) requests proposals for a new round of grants with three categories of funding. While continuing to support projects that link engaged learning, civic development, and student well-being, the new round of support is aimed at making more intentional the project's dedication to: 1) exploring the relationship between civic development and engagement practices and students' psychosocial development; and 2) sustaining true transformative campus change for learning.

The categories of funding and their application and award periods are as follows:

Category I: Mini-Grants and Student Programming Grants
Up to $2,500. Matching support is not required. Rolling applications and awards.

Category II: Program or Research Initiative Grants
Up to $10,000. Institutional matching support is expected. May be renewable. Proposals accepted on quarterly deadlines: March 1; June 1; September 1; December 1 of each year (2010-2011).

Category III: Demonstration Site Grants
Up to $75,000 per year for two years, totaling $150,000. Institutional matching support is required. May be renewable.  Applications due January 15, 2010.

The emphases for the 2010-2012 grant period represent critical advancements of work previously undertaken on campuses. BTtoP seeks proposals to provide empirical and programmatic evidence for the connection between students' civic engagement and their psychosocial well-being through the development of nuanced definitions and implementations of both concepts. BTtoP also seeks proposals from institutions interested in developing -- through multiple means and a realignment of priorities and rewards -- the pathways for sustaining long-term institutional transformation consistent with the goals of a liberal arts education.   

A full copy of the RFP can be found on the Web site (www.bringingtheorytopractice.org), as well as a brief history of BTtoP, BTtoP's research and strategies, and related work (publications, research reviews, announcements, reports, and related resources). 

For questions about the RFP or about any of the categories of support, please contact Jennifer O'Brien, Project Coordinator, at BTtoP or (202)884-0815.

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Curricular Redesign Grant Emerging Technology Pilot Grant 

The Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) advocates for the importance of support for effective use of technology in teaching and learning, as well as paving the future of e-learning development by advancing the innovative use of technology in the classroom and the online environment. In view of the reallocation of resources, the LTDC has revised its Curricular Redesign Program for 2009-2010.

For more information about these two grant opportunities and how to apply, click here.

Proposals are accepted throughout the year.

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UW System Grants

The UW System Office of Academic and Student Services maintains a Grants and Awards website that pulls together all the programs administered through Academic Affairs in one place located at http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/grants/.  Here you will find a brief description of each program and links to the guidelines and application material.  You will also find links to other system grants and funding resources, as well as the campus grants and research administration offices.

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