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Faculty grants for scholarly and creative activity and course innovation are distributed annually in a competitive review of proposals submitted by faculty from across the university. A minimum of $40,000 is available annually for projects. These include development of new academic programs, new courses, and support for research and other scholarly activity including performances by faculty in the arts. Funding is available for travel, services, supplies, and personal service. Most grants are for work undertaken between the Spring and Fall semesters to assure that faculty have adequate time to complete their projects.
This program is designed to provide support for faculty and staff in the development of their research or creative activity programs. Projects that are expected to result in peer-reviewed output or to have significant impact on local/campus community will get priority. Proposals for Scholarly and Creative Activity proposals are reviewed by the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee (SCAC).
This program supports the creation of new courses needed to keep our disciplinary, interdisciplinary and general education programs up-to-date in content, quality, and delivery. Preference during the 2006-2007 review cycle will be given to proposals that address the college's commitment to expanding student knowledge and skills related to international and intercultural issues. The focus of such proposals should be on expanding awareness of growing global interconnectedness and developing skills and expertise for meeting challenges directly linked to this trend. For example, courses might be designed to include a study abroad component or to prepare students for study abroad in their field. Or, courses might provide comparative perspectives to help students develop knowledge and skills for cultural understanding. Courses might expand students' understanding of another culture.
Course Innovation proposals are reviewed by the Committee on Learning and Teaching (COLT).
The purpose of the Challenge Award program is to promote and support true student/faculty scholarly collaboration. It is not the goal of the program to fund research assistants, but rather to assist faculty in providing motivated students with graduate level scholarly and creative experiences. Successful applicants will be engaged in an ongoing project with one or more undergraduates who participate in a direct and meaningful way in every stage of the project from initial conception to dissemination of results. As a condition of this award, results must be submitted to a national or regional conference and presented at QUEST.
This program is administered annually with proposals reviewed and grants awarded by SCAC.
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