Faculty Education Enhancement Grants

Due: March 12, 2010
Faculty education grants are intended to assist faculty with the development of new college-level courses or curriculum (or with the revamping of currently existing courses/curriculum to reflect the latest research and education findings). Women, faculty from  underrepresented groups, and early career faculty are especially encouraged to apply.

ELIGIBILITY

• Faculty Grant proposals may be submitted by faculty members at the University of Wyoming, Wyoming's community colleges, or the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Cheyenne Campus.
• Faculty must be U.S. citizens. Faculty who are not U.S. citizens may apply for the grant to supply salary or other support for students (who are U.S. citizens) working on the project - unfortunately none of the award may go directly to a faculty member who is not a U.S. citizen.
• Proposals for new course development must be in agreement with WSGC programmatic objectives. Courses with an interdisciplinary nature are strongly encouraged.

AWARD

• Awards are normally made for faculty summer salary, including benefits.
• Supplies or other expenses (including wages/support for students and travel necessary for the project) may also be considered. However, we encourage you to seek matching funds to cover any non-salary expenses.
• Grant requests can be made up to a maximum of $10,000
• The award may not be used for page charges, international travel, tuition for special institutes or off-campus programs, or the purchase of equipment costing more than $1000.
• Projects may begin in May and must must be completed by the end of April of the following year (unless other arrangements are made in advance). Any amount of money that remains unspent by the end of April of the following year will be relinquished.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Completed applications must be submitted to wsgc@uwyo.edu by the deadline.  The application should include:

1. Completed Faculty Application - Application Form
2. Proposal Document- Instructions

You should receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your application within two business days, if you do not receive this confirmation please contact our office.

AWARD SELECTION CRITERIA

• View the Reviewer Grade Sheet
• Relevance of content to space science.
• Proposals for courses with an interdisciplinary component will be given priority.
• Likelihood of the course becoming a regular offering.
• Proposals that include non-federal matching funds will be given priority.
• Proposals that cannot be fully funded from other sources will be given priority.
• Proposals must be well written and include the following elements:
  1. strong justification;
  2. a clear set of goals;
  3. an evaluation mechanism which determines successful completion of the goals set;
  4. a detailed time-line for achieving the goals outlined; and
  5. a realistic budget for the project.

EXPECTATIONS

• Recipients are expected to keep WSGC informed of their progress.
• Proposals for course/curriculum projects are expected to result in a new course offering or new curricular material.
• Recipients will be expected to notify WSGC of any publications or presentations resulting from WSGC funding (even if they are made many years after the grant period!)
• If additional proposals are submitted to other funding agencies resulting from WSGC funding, you are expected to notify the WSGC office of these proposals (either successful or not successful).
• Written FINAL REPORT regarding success of course/curriculum development and the implementation of the course/curriculum is required and must be submitted in a timely manner following the completion of the grant.

Past Recipients

 

 

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