A new grant opportunity for faculty and GTFs at the University of Oregon is linked to a yearlong exploration of race and identity that starts Nov. 13.
NPR Special Correspondent Michele Norris speaks Nov. 13 at a sold-out event on her Race Card Project and her book, “The Grace of Silence,” is the university’s current Common Reading initiative. Other events in this year’s “Explore Identity Project” include a symposium on criminal justice and a spring TEDxUOregon around the theme of identity and creativity.
The Division of Undergraduate Studies is supporting winter and spring “Explore Identity” programming with a grant opportunity for instructional faculty and Level III instructional GTFs. Ten awards of up to $500 each are available to support undergraduate co-curricular programming designed to sustain inquiry around the themes of race, ethnicity and identity.
Awards may be used to support winter or spring 2014 courses or to support activity associated with academic residential programs, where those programs are anchored through academic coursework. The funds can be used in any way that supports a course’s or residential program’s instructional objectives – with the exception of primarily social activities such as meals or a party.
Funds can be used to take students to an event or special location, to fund a guest speaker, to buy materials for special projects or to enable the purchase of materials.
Grants that entail collaboration between classes or instructors are especially welcome. All applicants must be the instructor of record for their courses/academic residential programs. Matching funds from Center on Diversity and Community may be available for some grants.
To apply, please submit the following items electronically in a single PDF to vpugs@uoregon.edu:
- one-page proposal, including budget;
- course description (including course number, projected enrollment, term taught) and outline or syllabus, as well as description of any affiliated academic residential program;
- and a 150-word biography describing your research interests/academic background.
As funding allows, there will be rounds of application review Dec. 2 and Feb. 17. For more information, email vpugs@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-1221.
- by UO Office of Strategic Communications