The Writing Excellence Initiative has created four kinds of grants to support faculty and Student Life projects designed to improve the writing of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students.
High-Impact Project Grants—up to $5,000.
These grants support projects that will help students learn to write better and learn more through writing in high-enrollment, multi-section courses or in groups of related courses. They are awarded to groups of faculty in the same department or program. Grants are also available for analogous, high-impact projects in Student Life.
Application: .
Required meeting: To support the development of effective grant applications, applicants must meet with Paul Anderson at least one week before the application deadline.
Deadlines: May 10, July 19 and Oct. 18, 2013.
Selection process: A committee of faculty and staff reviews applications and makes funding decisions.
More information: Contact Paul Anderson, 6646.
Sharply Focused Project Grants—up to $2,000.
These grants may be used by individual faculty and collaborative groups for projects focused on student writing, its teaching or its use as a tool for learning course content/skills. Usually, projects focus on a specific course, but they may also involve research or development of improved teaching methods. Grants are also available for analogous, sharply focused projects in Student Life.
Application: .
Required meeting: To support the development of effective grant applications, applicants must meet with Paul Anderson at least one week before the application deadline.
Deadlines: May 10, July 19, and Oct. 18, 2013.
Selection process: A committee of faculty and staff reviews applications and makes funding decisions.
More information: Contact Paul Anderson, 6646.
Opportunity Grants—up to $750.
The Writing Excellence Initiative’s Opportunity Grants support low-cost projects and activities through which individuals, departments, programs and interdisciplinary groups explore ways to improve and support student writing at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. These grants may be used to contribute partial support to larger projects that have a significant component related to student writing and that also have funding from other sources.
Application: .
Deadlines: There is no application deadline for opportunity grants. Applications are reviewed throughout the year.
More information: Contact Paul Anderson, 6646.
Travel Grants—matching up to $1,000.
The Writing Excellence Initiative’s Travel Grants support faculty and staff travel to model programs or conferences in order investigate ways to improve student writing at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. These grants also support travel to national and international conferences to deliver papers or otherwise share innovative strategies implemented here. Travel grants match support of up to $1,000 from other sources. Grants must be awarded in advance of the travel. They will be paid as reimbursements.
Application: .
Deadlines: There is no application deadline for travel grants – applications are reviewed throughout the year.
More information: Contact Paul Anderson, 6646.