Center for Sustainable Communities

Faculty Development & Research Grants

The Center for Sustainable Communities typically offers grants for faculty development in three categories: a Faculty Fellow Study Time and Research Grant of $12,000; Faculty Fellow Research Grants of up to $5000; and Sustainability Curriculum Development Grants of up to $3000. Applicants for faculty research grants may apply for an additional $1000 grant to be paid toward a student research assistant associated with the research project. (NOTE: Faculty Fellow Study Time and Research Grants will not be offered in the Spring of 2012 due to funding constraints.)

Faculty Fellow Research Grant
Sustainability Curriculum Development Grants

Faculty Fellow Research Grant

The Center encourages applications for Faculty Fellowship Research Grants of up to $5000. These grants are available to all Willamette University faculty. The goal of these grants is to provide faculty significant financial support to engage in new scholarly research leading toward scholarly publication or presentation, or to complete an ongoing project that will result in a scholarly presentation and/or publication in a scholarly journal or book. Funds can be used to support research costs and/or personal stipend. Applicants for Faculty Fellow Research Grants may apply for an additional $1000 grant to be paid toward a student research assistant associated with the research project.

Eligibility, Guidelines and Evaluation Material

Proposals are evaluated on the (1) Degree to which proposal advances scholarship and practice of sustainability as understood through the lenses of ecology, equity, economy and/or education; (2) Originality of topic and likely contribution to the scholarly literature or discipline; (3) Quality of the proposal with respect to planning and articulation of purpose; (4) Anticipated broader impacts and synergies beyond the Willamette community, including regional and global impacts, and: (5) Any outstanding offer of publication or presentation of proposal.

http://www.willamette.edu/centers/csc/fac_grants_awards/research/

Application Materials

http://www.willamette.edu/centers/csc/documents/CSC_ResearchGrant_Ap.doc

Deadline: February 20, 2012 - 5 p.m. Please submit application materials to Andrea Foust (afoust@willamette.edu) (CLOSED)

Contact Information: Scott Pike (ext. 6587)

For More Information: http://www.willamette.edu/centers/csc/fac_grants_awards/research/

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Sustainability Curriculum Development Grants

The Center seeks applications from Willamette University faculty to develop new courses in all disciplines related to the understanding, practice, and encouragement of sustainability. The grants (up to $3000) may also be used to significantly enhance already existing courses in ways that will integrate an interdisciplinary exploration of these related topics.