The Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant (UTLG) for 2008-09

The Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant (UTLG) for 2008-09 will be used to bring to the system level successful examples of campus initiatives that foster teaching and learning.  The grant is designed to expand the scope of programs that have moved institutions forward with important new strategies for enhancing teaching and focusing on student learning in order to make those programs available across the UW System.

OPID is  aware of numerous successful initiatives and projects—some OPID-funded, some not—that support innovative teaching, research into student learning, and the exploration of new models that foster and promote institutional change around teaching and learning issues.  In addition, OPID has funded several institutional grants over the years which have led to successful campus programs.  This year, rather than look for new projects, OPID is interested in soliciting proposals that will take successful institutional projects and recreate them for a system-wide audience.  This grant program is intended to build upon the strengths of the University of Wisconsin System as a system.  By providing models of what works, institutions will no longer have to ‘reinvent the wheel’ as they explore the development of programs and activities that support teaching and learning.

The goals for this grant are as follows:

To make campus-based projects with proven success easily accessible for system-wide implementation

To disseminate good ideas, share best practices, and to build on and sustain projects with demonstrated success

To build inter-institutional communities of practice around teaching and learning issues

To respond to emerging priorities across the UW System

To continue OPID’s goal of developing a distributed leadership network of faculty development across the UW System

Grant funding is available for up to $40,000 per project.

For more information, click on these links:
     OPID UTLG 08-09 RFP
     RFP Appendix
     UTLG Budget Form
     UTLG Cover Sheet

Proposals must be signed by a UWSP OPID representative. Therefore, all applications are due in the Center for Academic Excellence and Student Engagement by April 1, 2008.  Once signed, applications will be forwarded to the UWSP Grants Office, and then to OPID.

2008 Klessig Professional Development Fellowship
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
(up to $5,000)
OPEN TO ANY UWSP STAFF MEMBER WHO TEACHES A COURSE TAKEN BY CNR STUDENTS

Purpose and Description:
To enhance the understanding by UWSP natural resource students of the interconnections and interdependency between the social sciences/humanities and the natural sciences. This will be accomplished by offering a 2008 Klessig Professional Development Fellowship to support a cross-training experience for a UWSP educator. The fellowship will provide support as appropriate toward release time, registration fees, travel expenses, stipends, etc., for worthy experiences such as:
-Mini-sabbaticals
-New course or new lectures development
-Participation in special seminars
Presentation of a paper at a professional meeting is only appropriate if it reports on the cross-training experience.

Eligibility Criteria:
Open to:
-Any UWSP staff member who teaches a course(s) taken by CNR students.
-Staff with natural science training should seek greater appreciation of social science/humanities contributions to natural resource and environmental management.
-Staff with socialscience/humanities/education
training should seek greater understanding of the natural sciences.

Selection Criteria:
-Proposals will be judged on their ability and/or potential to enhance the understanding by CNR students of the interconnections and interdependency between the social sciences/humanities and the natural sciences.

Selection Process:
-January 3, 2008 -- RFP sent campus-wide
-March 14, 2008  Deadline for applications
-Applications/proposals should be:
-1 to 2 pages
-Submitted to John Houghton, CNR Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
-Selection to be made by the Dean of the CNR with advice and consent of the CNR Dean's Council
-March 24, 2008-Fellowship winner(s) announced
-Fellowship project/experience should be completed between May 15, 2008 and Sept. 1, 2009.

Award:
$5,000 total available for one or two fellowships

Reporting:
A brief written and a brief verbal report are required to the CNR staff and the fellowship donor within three months of completion of the experience.

This fellowship opportunity is made possible through a generous financial commitment from Lowell Klessig, Emeritus Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management, and Instructor of NR 474/674 - Integrated Resource Management from 1987-2005.

UW System Summer Curricular Redesign Grant Program

The UW System Administration and the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) are seeking proposals for activities that will advance the innovative use of instructional technology for teaching and learning and proposals related to faculty and staff development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning.

Funding will support collaborative multi-institutional projects within and across disciplines. Faculty and instructional academic staff at all UW institutions are eligible to receive funding. Preference will be given to those applications that involve substantive collaboration among two or more UW institutions. Funding levels will depend on the scope of the project proposed, including the number of institutions and individuals involved. We anticipate funding several projects.

The local deadline for submitting grant proposals to Mary Mielke, the LTDC Representative for UWSP, is noon on Wednesday, March 5, 2008. An Extramural Grant Transmittal Form must accompany your application as the Grant Support Services Office will submit the grants to System. Contact Mary Mielke, x3047, for guidelines and forms or access them at the Web site http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/crg/08-09/CRG_RFP_0809.pdf. 

Wisconsin Environmental Education Board Announces Environmental Education Grant Program

The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB), located at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, is seeking proposals for the 2008-2009 grant cycle. The Board anticipates awarding $45,000 for general environmental education grants, $190,000 for forestry grants, $190,000 for school forest grants, and $85,000 for energy education grants.

Projects must be designed for Wisconsin residents (any age) and assist learners in achieving the goals of environmental education (EE). Public and nonpublic educational institutions, all units of government, and corporations (nonprofit, nonstock) are eligible for WEEB grants.

Initiated in 1990, WEEB’s mission is to “provide leadership in the development of learning opportunities that empower Wisconsin citizens with the knowledge and skills needed to make wise environmental decisions and take responsible actions in their personal lives, work places, and communities.”

Proposals are due February 15, 2008.  For an application packet or more information about the program see the Board’s website at http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb or contact Ginny Carlton, Administrative Specialist, at 715/346-3805, email: weeb@uwsp.edu

PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative (TQI)

The UW System Administration is seeking proposals for the PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative (TQI). Proposals are sought for projects that will advance the successful implementation and evaluation of quality teacher preparation, involve faculty from both education and subject-matter disciplines, and engage partners from PK-12. Funding will support campus activities related to initial preparation and/or on-going professional development of teachers, including mentoring and new teacher induction. Successful proposals will explicitly document how their activities will further specific aspects of The Wisconsin Quality Educator Initiative (PI-34), within a culture of all university responsibility and broad-based collaboration.

Proposed projects may cover a 12-36 month timeline. To ensure sustainability and documentation of outcomes, proposals covering 2-3 years are highly encouraged. Applications representing multiple UW institutions are encouraged. Single-campus applicants can request funds up to the maximum of $60,000 for each year. Only one proposal per campus will be accepted.

All forms and instructions are available at the following URL: http://tqi.uwsa.edu/grants.htm.

Please inform the Grants Office if you are considering applying for this grant. The local deadline for submitting grant proposals to the Grants Office is noon on Monday, February 11, 2008. An Extramural Grant Transmittal Form must accompany your application to the Grant Support Services Office. Contact the Grant Support Services Office, x2632 or x3668 for guidelines and forms or access them at the Web site.

2008 Lesson Study Training Grants: Studying Liberal Education Learning Outcomes in Introductory Courses

These grants provide $2500 for teams of instructors to design and study class lessons that address liberal education outcomes in introductory courses. Faculty and instructional staff with at least a .50 appointment are eligible to apply, including instructors who previously received a lesson study training grant. The grants are a great opportunity for small teams of instructors to spend a year carefully examining their teaching and student learning related to liberal education learning outcomes in introductory courses.

The grant guidelines and application are also available on the OPID grants page, http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/.

Call for Nominations: The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards

The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. The awards are sponsored by K. Patricia Cross, Professor Emerita of Higher Education at the University of California-Berkeley. Please go to the K. Patricia Cross page of AAC&U's Web site for complete information.

Eligibility
All doctoral level graduate students who are planning a career in higher education are eligible, regardless of academic department. Applicants must demonstrate:
·         Leadership ability or potential for exercising leadership in teaching and learning, with a strong commitment to academic and civic responsibility; and
·         Leadership or potential leadership in the development of others as leaders, scholars, and citizens.

Nomination Process
A faculty member or administrator must nominate the student, with a supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator. The following materials must be submitted for an application to be considered:
1)      a nomination letter from a faculty member or administrator;
2)      a supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator;
3)      a statement from the student indicating how he or she meets the award criteria;
4)      a copy of the student's curriculum vitae.
Nominations can be submitted anytime, but no later than October 5, 2007. Nominees must also complete an online form with all contact information. Only complete nominations will be considered.

The Award
The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards provide financial support for graduate students to attend AAC&U's 2008 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Washington, DC, January 23-26, 2008. All award recipients are required to attend the conference. The awards include travel, lodging, conference registration (up to $1,500 total), and a one-year affiliation with AAC&U, including subscriptions to all AAC&U periodicals. The awards will be announced in December, 2007, and recognized at AAC&U’s Annual Meeting in January.

Contact Information
Please contact Suzanne Hyers at hyers@aacu.org or 202-387-3760 with any questions.

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.

Eligible Applicants: IHEs. As part of the application process, faculty submit individual applications to the Grants Office. The Grants Office will then officially submit all eligible individual faculty applications with its grant application to the U.S. Department of Education.

Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $20,000-$100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Fellowship Awards: $60,000.
Estimated Number of Fellowship Awards: 25.

For FY 2008, there is an absolute priority and only applications that meet this priority will be considered. This priority is:
A research project that focuses on one or more of the following geographic areas:
Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories). Please note that applications that propose projects focused on Western Europe are not eligible.

For more information and an application:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/applicant.html

The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects are short-term and include seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. This competition also will support advanced overseas intensive language projects, which give advanced language students the opportunity to study languages overseas.

This competition includes an absolute priority and the U.S. Department of Education will consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is:
Specific geographic regions of the world: A group project funded under this priority must focus on the humanities, social sciences and language and must take place in one or more of the following geographic regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East.
Within this absolute priority, competitive preference will be given to applications that address the following priority. An additional five (5) points will be awarded to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
Applications that propose short-term projects abroad and advanced overseas intensive language programs in the countries in which the following critical languages are spoken: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, as well as the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language families.

Estimated range of awards: $50,000-$90,000 for short-term abroad projects; $50,000-$375,000 for the advanced overseas intensive language projects.
Estimated average size of award: $74,000 for short-term abroad projects; $104,000 for the advanced overseas intensive language projects.
Estimated number of awards: 45

Please contact the Grants Office if you are interested in this Fulbright-Hays grant.

For more information, go to the following website:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html  

WiscAMP Small Grants Program

The purpose of the Small Grants Program is to allow participating institutions to submit proposals that will support their efforts in increasing the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded to underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Institutions should address obstacles and barriers identified at their institution and identify how their proposal will support the WiscAMP effort. For more information, see the website at http://wiscamp.engr.wisc.edu/.

Fulbright Scholars

The Fulbright Scholars Program is for faculty and staff who want to use their expertise in another country or region. There is a wide range of programs that span the globe and vary in length from 2 weeks to a full year. Possible activities include lecturing, traditional research, professional development, curriculum development, teaching workshops...virtually all academic pursuits. The award catalog describes over 900 opportunities in more than 150 countries. Awards cover 45 different disciplines and are open to every academic rank.

The deadline for applying for most programs is August 1. Please feel free to stop by 204A Old Main to peruse the catalog or to borrow one for a short time. Further information, including the online application, is available at the http://www.cies.org. Sponsored by Academic affairs; contact Anita Wright, ext. 3668, awright@uwsp.edu.

2008 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) SUMMER STIPENDS

Humanities faculty are notified that the local deadline for consideration by UWSP for a 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend will be Sept. 7, 2007. These awards pay $6,000 for two full and uninterrupted months of summer research and writing that "contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Proposals may address broad topics or consist of research and study in a single field." Additional details can be found on the NEH Summer Stipend website: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html.

Persons interested in being nominated for an NEH Summer Stipend should submit to the Grant Support Services Office a brief description (no more than two pages) of their proposed project describing its significance, the plan of work and methodology, and the significance of the summer stipend experience to the proposer by September 7, 2007. Contact Anita Wright, ext. 3668, for questions about the program or the local nomination process. Grant Support Services, 204 Main Building, (715) 346-2632, Fax (715) 346-4132, http://www.uwsp.edu/grantsup.

UWSP Sponsored Program Funding Opportunities for 2006 -2007 UPDC and Extramural Grant Support
http://www.uwsp.edu/grantsup/
2007 UWSP update

University of Wisconsin System Grants and Funding Resources – Administered by the Office of Academic Affairs
http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/grants/grntprg.htm

This summer, the Provost’s office will fund stipends of $2,000 for four (4) faculty to research two aspects of general education: 1) processes used by other colleges and universities to review and/or reform their general education programs and 2) the substance of different general education curricula models. Each model will be expected to identify its strengths (the appeal, the possible appropriateness for UWSP) and its concerns (possible lack of appropriateness for UWSP, other liabilities).

These faculty will also use the information they gather to recommend speakers to come to campus to describe either their processes or their general education outcomes/models.

If you are interested in conducting such research and analysis this summer, please notify Virginia Helm, UWSP Provost, by Monday, April 2. Any particular aspects of your past involvement with general education should be included with your expression of interest – though that will not be a requirement for selection. Indicating what you bring to the project will, however, strengthen the case for your selection.

The Provost will consult with both the Academic Affairs Committee and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee concerning the selection of individuals from that list. The intent is to have one faculty member from each college.

The UW-SYSTEM INSTITUTE ON RACE AND ETHNICITY Four categories of grant support are being made available by the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity for implementation during the upcoming 2007-2008 fiscal year. Complete details and application materials are available from the Grant Support Services Office, 204 Main, x2632. Applications must be submitted to the Grant Support Office with a UWSP Transmittal Form no later than noon on Monday, April 2 for campus approval before sending to the Institute. http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE

The Office of Professional and Instructional Development
offers grants of up to $1,000 for the development and sponsorship of local, regional, and systemwide workshops and conferences focused on the improvement of teaching. OPID is particularly interested in proposals that focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and in activities that build upon existing campus initiatives focused on teaching and learning. Proposals must be approved on campus by Steve Bondeson, Associate Vice Chancellor, Room 202C Main, 346-4446 by March 6 prior to submission to Madison. Materials are available in the Grant Support Office, 204 Main, or additional details and guidelines are available from Donna Silver, Assistant Director of OPID, at 608.262.4337 or dsilver@uwsa.edu. The grant guidelines and application are also available on the OPID website at http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/.