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Grants and opportunities listed here generally run on a yearly basis. If a deadline has passed, or if one is not listed, check back for updates.
To post a position on this page, please fill out the Opportunities form at: http://www.umassd.edu/catls/opportunities.cfm.
Scholar of the Year(PDF)
"The Committee invites nominations for the 2005
Scholar of the Year award. The person winning the award will be awarded a stipend
which is to be determined later. All decisions regarding the award will be finalized
in time for presentation during the Annual Faculty Federation Banquet toward
the end of the Fall semester."
Provost Travel Grants
This grant program provides $500 grants to assist faculty and librarians in their professional development. Faculty and librarians who receive a travel grant should be required to present their discoveries at the annual teaching, learning and scholarship conference. See www.umassd.edu/provost for deadline information and application forms.
Provost Publication Subvention Grant
This grant program provides ten grants of up to $1,000 to assist
faculty and librarians with the costs of publication of their scholarly and
creative works. Here, 'publication' means presentation of one's research or
creative work in national and international peer-reviewed academic publications
or juried gallery/museum exhibition formats. Final publication costs are broadly
defined and might include: copyright permissions, travel to obtain final research
materials required by reviewers, research assistant, transcription costs, cost
of transportation for exhibition. Other costs will be considered. Confirmation
in the form of an official acceptance of a project for publication or exhibition
is required.
See www.umassd.edu/provost/forms.cfm
application forms.
The Professional Development Grant Program, sponsored by the President's Office, the Information Technology Council and the campuses, is intended to support activity that demonstrates the use of electronic technologies to improve learning and enhance academic experience. These grants promote academic developments and collateral activities that will:
- encourage effective use of a variety of existing and emerging instructional technology tools by faculty,
- advance the assessment of technology-mediated student learning outcomes,
- disseminate best practices to other faculty to help them think about new ways of teaching students,
- cross traditional academic disciplines and campus boundaries,
- advance the system's goal of delivering high quality academic instruction to the broadest possible constituencies without regard to geography, and
- demonstrate the marketability of courses and seminars.
Awards range from $4000 - $6000 for a general project award and $8000 - $20,000 for multi-campus projects and projects of exceptional merit.
A Brochure outlining project goals, priorities and submission process is attached and can also be found at www.umassp.edu/itc.
Healey Endowment Grants (President's Office)
The Healey Endowment Grant is intended to enhance the academic quality of the university, primarily through subventions to faculty to increase research and scholarship potential. Grants awarded are intended to be allocated as one-time funding sources rather than provide on-going support. Past awards have ranged from $500-$3,000.
Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education Professional Development Grant
Each year MWPHE awards Professional Development Funds to up to three (3) members of the MWPHE; one from Massachusetts Public Universities, one from the State Colleges, and one from the Community College segment.
These grants are $750 each and generally go toward conference travel, workshop costs, or other professional development opportunities. Grants typically are due in mid-February. UMass Dartmouth is a member of this organization and both Jen Riley (WMS/ENL) and Robin Robinson (SOC/ANT) have received these grants; you can contact them to review their applications for a model. Please consult the web site for more information: http://www.noblenet.org/bhcc/mwphe/
Carnegie Scholars Program
The Carnegie Foundation directs a scholars program meant not for professional development, but for creating a community of scholars focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning and practices that contribute to the field. Carnegie Scholars serve for one year and attend three seminars at Stanford (a stipend is provided for travel support; housing and food provided). Carnegie Scholars work on a particular project for a year that they have proposed.
Deadline: Typically October 1st each year.
Consult the following web site for more information and next year's application process: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL/highered/scholars_program.htm
UMD Foundation Grants (UMD Foundation)
The UMD Foundation Grant is for faculty research and creative efforts. The University Research Committee (URC) reviews all proposal and recommends those proposals considered most competitive and worthy of support to the UMass Dartmouth Foundation Board of Trustees who make the final decision. There is no specific award range, however, awards have been given for as little as $500 and as much as $6,000. The average award size is approximately $2,500.
Faculty Instructional Laptop Program
The Faculty Instructional Laptop Program (FILP) provides professors with internet capable laptops to be used in classroom activities. Under FILP, within three years, all faculty who use technology enabled classrooms will have laptops - which will be replaced every three years - to use in these rooms.
For more information about this program and how to be included go to http://www.umassd.edu/provost/laptop.
Teacher of the Year
(PDF)
The Leo M. Sullivan “Teacher of the Year” Award
Committee invited nominations for the 2005 award. Each year at the Annual Banquet,
the Faculty Federation presents this award to a UMass Dartmouth teacher. Established
in 1971, the “Teacher of the Year” Award is a memorial to the late
Leo M. Sullivan, founder of and former professor and chairman of the Department
of Psychology. It recognizes a colleague who has demonstrated a particular dedication
to students through exceptionally meritorious teaching and advising. A $1000
prize will accompany the award. Deadline: Ocotober 28, 2005.
Innovation in Teaching Grant
"The Advisory Committee on Innovation in Teaching is ready to
accept proposals for review. Faculty may apply for support
(including financial) with which to develop innovative
instructional methods. The Advisory Committee will review
proposals and make recommendations to Chancellor MacCormack.
The proposals should be for work/activities that will begin in
the academic year 2005-2006."
Deadline: April 3, 2006.
Leadership Award for Assessment of Student Learning with Technology
"The UMass President’s Office of Academic Affairs, its system-wide Sub-Committee on
Academic Technology, and UMassOnline invite you to apply for its Assessment of
Student Learning with Technology Leadership Award. The purpose of this award is to
honor faculty who are providing leadership in the use of technology in the assessment of
student learning. The grading of students is an essential part of good teaching, but we
believe that assessment has broader significance, and that assessment practices have the
potential to not just determine a student's grade but actually contribute to student
learning. And we further believe that new technologies create a range of exciting
opportunities for the development of innovative assessment strategies."
COMPASS
"In Fall 2003, the UMass Dartmouth Learning Communities Initiative launched its first series of learning communities, linking first-year Gen-Ed courses to first-year writing courses...Instructors for those linked courses collaborated on curriculum and learning outcomes in an attempt to help students see the interrelatedness of subjects and learning, and to nudge them to forge connections between disciplines..."
The Center for Teaching Excellence Grant Opportunities
(You received a campus mailing on these; if you need more information or new copies of the full RFPs, please contact Rita Girard in the CTE office.)
Departmental/Interdepartmental Teaching Development Grant
The Center of Teaching Excellence invites proposals from academic departments and interdisciplinary programs to enhance teaching and learning in the discipline(s). Priority will be given to proposals that develop sustained collaboration between department/program faculty, work on discipline-specific learning objectives, and identify specific goals that would enhance departmental/program-level teaching. Deadline November 4, 2005; Applications received after this will be considered until funding is exhausted.Teaching Development Travel Grants
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides support for travel and related expenses associated with improving teaching at UMass Dartmouth. This includes, but is not limited to:
- attending meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars related to college-level teaching;
- presenting scholarly papers or workshops on teaching, learning, and teaching development.
Faculty receiving support are expected to communicate what they have learned to the UMass Dartmouth community. Possible venues include but are not limited to:
- the annual Talking about Teaching conference
- CTE faculty forums
- CTE teaching development seminar
- development of Teaching Resource Packet for the CTE web site;
- publication of a scholarly article or report for campus circulation.
Deadline: November 4, 2005
National Endowment for the Humanities
There are numerous grant opportunites from the NEH. Please consult their web site for full details: http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/grants.html
Here are some highlights:
- Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development. See http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/guidelines/teachinglearning.html for details. Deadline: October 3, 2005 for projects beginning in April 2006.
- Summer Stipends. Grants to support a research project for 10 weeks in the summer. Our campus nominates two applications per year, one from a junior faculty member and one from a senior faculty member. Deadline: October 1, 2005 for Summer 2006 project.
Public Service Grants (President's Office)
The Public Service Grant is intended to enhance the public service mission of the university by providing an internal university source of funds to deliver public service through specific community projects. Awards are intended to be a one-time award rather than provide on-going support for a specific project. Past awards have ranged from $500-$2,500. To apply for a Public Service Grant, submit the Internal Review and Transmittal Form along with your proposal. The content of the proposal should include the following: project description, methodology, timeframe, budget justification and brief biographies of key project personnel and be limited to 5 pages. There is no formal application form.
- post a new event listing on the Web Calendar or
- set up a new announcement on the Web Calendar,
- get interviewed by the Torch,
- send a feature story to the Torch for publication,
- get interview or radio spots on WSMU,
- have a press release sent out from the UMD Communications Office ,
- to have digital photos taken at your event contact the Photographics Department,
- for your publishing needs, go to the Publications Department, then
- to distribute your literature, use the UMD Mail Room.
To let us know about more opportunities please go to http://www.umassd.edu/catls/opportunities.cfm
