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Description

Several John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grants are available each year. These grants enable faculty to spend all, or a portion, of a sabbatical leave period away from the university. The grants may be used for moving expenses, rent supplements, or special research costs which cannot be covered by other faculty professional development funds.

These grants have been provided from an endowment established by an anonymous donor, who recognized the central role played by the faculty in developing the excellence of the university. The donor wished to support faculty research or advanced study during a sabbatical period as a way to strengthen the kind of undergraduate teaching which produces people of genuine understanding.

Applicants should be accomplished teachers, should show that the proposed projects will strengthen their specific abilities, and should indicate clearly the project’s long-term impact on their respective departments and the university. Per the donor’s stipulation, preference will be given to faculty at the ranks of Associate or Full Professor at the time of application.

If you are applying for a John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grant, you must indicate that you are applying for a Lantz Enhancement Grant, even if you are also applying for a John Lantz Senior Fellowship or a regular sabbatical. A Lantz Enhancement Grant is not contingent upon application for a Lantz Senior Fellowship, nor does receipt of a Lantz Senior Fellowship preclude a Lantz Enhancement Grant.

The Faculty Support Committee will review all applications and select fellowship recipients. Because this committee will include persons from diverse disciplines, non-technical language should be employed by applicants in describing the project and by the chair in assessing the project’s significance to the discipline and to the university’s educational program.

Faculty engaged in sabbatical 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

To be eligible for consideration, you must be tenured (or in the tenure evaluation year), eligible for a sabbatical leave during the following academic year, and recognized for outstanding teaching, professional growth and service to the university. You do not need to have tenure on September 1 of the year in which you apply for the John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grant.

Application

Application for a John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grant is completed as part of the Sabbatical and Leave Application form, and shall include:

  1. An explanation of why the funds are needed for you to complete your proposed work and how the requested funds will enable you to further your professional goals for the next three to five years (500 words max).
  2. A budget. Prepare an itemized list of expense items with explanatory notes.
  3. For research that involves the use of human participants or animals, please be aware that appropriate approval must be obtained before beginning research. Please consult IRB or IACUC approval processes information available on the university’s website for details.

Materials other than those listed above will not be considered.

Deadline

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm on September 10 of the year preceding that in which the sabbatical leave is to be taken. If the application due date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the application is due by 11:59 pm the Monday immediately following the due date. Decisions will be communicated on or before December 8.

Reporting

Upon completion of your sabbatical, please submit a written report that outlines in detail what you accomplished during the sabbatical in terms of achieving the goals and objectives you outlined in the original application and that provides a general accounting of expenditures. The report should be submitted to the department chair to provide the chair an opportunity to view the report before forwarding it. The chair will forward the report to the Provost. The report is due by August 31 of the academic year during which the grant was awarded.

Special Conditions

Recipients of a John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grant agree to return to the university for a period of at least one year following the conclusion of the sabbatical, or to repay the university all funds received. Compensation received from another institution is subject to the same rules under sabbatical leaves.

A professional leave funded in whole or in part by the university is designed to provide the time necessary for the individual faculty member to pursue intellectual growth and development within their field. Consequently, such a leave is not to be used for other employment.

Previous Recipients of John Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Grants
  • Monica DeHart (Sociology and Anthropology), Localizing Transpacific Politics: Ethnographic Insights on the Next Phase of China-Central America Relations.
  • Peter Hodum (Biology and Environmental Studies and Sciences), Centering Communities in Seabird Conservation.
  • David Latimer (Physics), Particle Interactions Through Intrinsic and Induced Anapole Moments.
  • Jan Leuchtenberger (Asian Studies), Alessandro Valignano’s History of the Jesuits in Japan.
  • Brett Rogers (Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies), Classical Cascadia: Receptions of the Ancient Mediterranean in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Elise Richman (Art), Art, Activism, and Aesthetics.
  • Renee Watling (Occupational Therapy), Child and Caregiver Experiences of Receiving Occupational Therapy Using a Sensory Integration Intervention Approach.
  • Sara Freeman (Theatre Arts), Theatre and Neuroscience: Deepening the NeuroArts Collaboration.
  • Jairo Hoyos Galvis (Hispanic Studies/Latina/o Studies), Making Mexican Art Contemporary: Intellectual and Curatorial Practices for the Global Art Scene.
  • Janet Marcavage (Art and Art History), Space, Mark, and Visual Experience.
  • Nila Wiese (Business and Leadership), The Digital Transformation of the Emerging Market SME.

 

  • Julie Christoph (English), Learning on the Job: Writing at Work in a Time of Flux.
  • Alistair MacRae (Music), The Cello’s Voice: Transcriptions of Song.
  • Andreas Madlung (Biology), Development of Python-Based Bioinformatics Modules in Biology.
  • Emelie Peine (International Political Economy), State Power, Rural Economic Transition and the Political Economy of Homemade Liquor in Romania, India, and Brazil.
  • Maria Sampen (Music), Performance, Pedagogy and Practice.
  • Rokiatou Soumare (French and Francophone Studies), Decolonizing Media Landscape in Senegal, the Making of Dakarwood.
  • Yvonne Swinth (Occupational Therapy), No Project Title Provided.
  • Derek Buescher (Communication Studies), Mousetrap: Critical and Cultural Essays on Contemporary Disney.
  • Rachel DeMotts (Environmental Policy and Decision Making), Community-Based Conservation, Gender, and Wildlife in Namibia and Nepal.
  • Fred Hamel (Education), Inquiry, Dialogue, and Equity-Based Teaching and Learning in English/Language Arts: A Professional Study Group.
  • Julia Looper (Physical Therapy), Physical Activity Interventions for Children with Down Syndrome.
  • Amanda Mifflin (Chemistry), Nonlinear Spectroscopy, the Physical Chemistry Curriculum, and Faculty Mentorship.
  • David Moore (Psychology), Bringing the Here and Now into the College Classroom: Improving the Teaching and Assessment of Mindfulness in University Settings.
  • Carolyn Weisz (Psychology), Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Homelessness Through a Racial Equity Lens.

 

  • Dan Burgard (Chemistry), Applications of Targeted and Non-Targeted Analysis Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry.
  • Kena Fox-Dobbs (Geology and Environmental Policy and Decision Making), Earth Systems Research at CU Boulder Using New Methods in Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry.
  • Jeffrey Grinstead (Chemistry), Chemical Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry and Applications to Protein-Protein Interaction Networks in Regulating Arabidopsis Stress-Response Genes.
  • Alisa Kessel (Politics and Government), Rape Culture and Intersectional Analysis.
  • Steven Zopfi (Music), Tacoma Bach Festival.
  • John Lear (History), Los Dos Diegos: Diego Rivera and Bertram Wolfe from Revolution to Cold War.
  • Eric Orlin (Philosophy), Prospective Memory and Collective Identity in the Roman Empire.
  • Eric Scharrer (Chemistry), Novel Liquid Crystalline Compounds: Synthesis, Purification, and X-Ray Based Characterization.
  • Kriszta Kotsis (Art and Art History), A Treasury of Divine Gifts: Beauty, Gender, Power and the Byzantine Empress (Eighth to Eleventh Centuries).
  • Pepa Lago Graña (Hispanic Studies), Bitter-Sweet Flavors of the Americas.
  • Jess Smith (Theatre Arts), Placing Womxn at the Center.
  • Stuart Smithers (Religious Studies), Critical Futures.
  • George Tomlin (Occupational Therapy), Testing a Comprehensive Model of Rehabilitation Research Evidence, Evidence-in-Practice, and Professional Reasoning Among Occupational Therapists in European Countries.

 

  • Lynnette Claire (Business and Leadership), Madagascar: To Save the Lemurs, Start a Business.
  • James Evans (Science, Technology and Society), On the Role of Hypothesis in Science.
  • Peter Hodum (Biology), Community-Based Seabird Conservation in the Indian Ocean.
  • Jan Leuchtenberger (Asian Studies), Constructing Japan in Europe: Alejandro Valignano’s Sumario de las Cosas del Japan.
  • Elise Richman (Art and Art History), Ripple: Intersections Between Art and the Environment.
  • David Sousa (Politics and Government), Green Drift Trumped? The New Politics of Environmental Policy Retrenchment.
  • Matt Warning (Economics), Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions.
  • Lisa Wood (Psychology), Emotions About the Family in Emerging Adulthood.

 

  • Rob Beezer (Mathematics and Computer Science), Open Textbooks and Open Software.
  • Sara Freeman (Theatre Arts), Back to Britain: New Developments in Alternative Theatre Forms and Histories.
  • John Hanson (Chemistry), Finding, Engineering , Evolving, and Exploiting Bacterial Cell Wall Hydrolases.
  • Alison Tracy Hale (English), Pedagogical Citizenship and the Early American Woman.
  • Janet Marcavage (Art and Art History), Multi-Process Printmaking.
  • Yvonne Swinth (Occupational Therapy), Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services for Trauma Affected Children.
  • Stacey Weiss (Biology), Maternal Protection of Eggs via Anti-fungal Microbes in Oviparous Lizards.
  • Nila Wiese (Business and Leadership), Liability of Gender: A Global Perspective.
  • Linda Williams (Politics and Government), Sacred Painting and Religious Practice in Colonial Yucatan: Archival and Material Research.
  • Julie Christoph (English), Schreibertypen and Personal Identity in Academic Writing.
  • Andreas Madlung (Biology), Next Generation DNA Sequence Analysis in Polyploid Plants.
  • Paula Wilson (Business and Leadership), Certified B Corps and Social Benefit Corporations.