Note: Faculty Support Committee (FSC) grants cannot be charged to p-cards, but faculty who receive FSC grants will receive information in their grant award letter about the possibility of an advance.
Deadline: March 1
Description
Curriculum or pedagogy grants support faculty teams as they develop and implement strategies to infuse the curriculum and pedagogies of the University with the best practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion broadly defined. Projects may include developing inclusive teaching practices that foster success for students of all academic, social, experiential backgrounds, developing materials for a course, set of courses, or program to advance best practices in pedagogy, new course materials or content.
Faculty engaged in projects that involve travel outside the United States will need to register their travel at least four weeks prior to departure. Information on how to register travel and request approval for travel to high-risk areas is available on the University’s Travel Advisory site. University funding for projects that involve international travel will not be released until the travel is registered.
Eligibility
Curriculum and Pedagogy funds are intended for the use of the following: tenure-line faculty; faculty holding ongoing, full-time clinical assistant, associate, or full professor positions; faculty holding full-time three-year assistant professor appointments; visiting assistant professors (VAPs) and instructors with at least three years of full-time employment at the time of application (within the past six years) at the university, and who plan to return to the university in the year following the grant; and ongoing, full-time artists-in-residence. VAPs and instructors with fewer than three years of employment (within the past six years) at the university are ineligible for solo projects, but are able to join collaborative projects led by eligible faculty. Adjuncts, and other non-tenure-line, short term replacements of tenure-line faculty will not be funded.
Grants will be awarded to teams of two or more faculty. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to apply. Each team member will receive a stipend of $1,000 and each team must propose a detailed project budget to cover related expenses. The project budget can be used at the team’s discretion; these funds are intended to purchase relevant resources and to cover team meeting expenses (meals, etc.). Participants will receive half of the stipend ($500) upon selection and the second half upon completion of the team’s final report.
Application
Application for these funds should be made to the Faculty Support Committee through the online form. The application should include:
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Project proposal (1,000 words maximum).
a. Professional goals and anticipated outcomes of the project.
b. Activities for which the release time is requested.
c. A project timeline.
d. An explanation of how this project will infuse the curriculum and pedagogies of the University with the best practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
e. An explanation of how effectiveness will be measured and evaluated. - An itemized budget, including brief explanations for expenses.
- For projects that involve the use of human participants or animals, please be aware that appropriate approval must be obtained before grant funds will be released. Please consult IRB or IACUC approval processes information on the university’s website for details.
Deadline
Applications for Curriculum and Pedagogy Grants to Advance Inclusion, Diversity and Equity are due by March 1.
Reporting
Recipients of a Curriculum and Pedagogy Grant to Advance Inclusion, Diversity and Equity shall submit a written report of the activities undertaken, by August 31 of the year the grant is awarded. The report should include the following: (1) a copy of teaching materials developed in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion, (2) a detailed description of how the goals and objectives outlined in the original proposal were achieved, and (3) a description of the benefits of the experience in relation to teaching and professional development. The report should be submitted to enrichment@pugetsound.edu.