Colleagues:
We are once again sponsoring a “Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning Research Institute” funded through the UNCF/Andrew Mellon Teaching and
Learning Grant. We propose to host this institute May 16 - 18, 2012 on
campus. It is a 2-1/2 day institute to expose both our faculty and
other schools to the following select objectives:
(1) Increase faculty interest in teaching and learning through SoTL and Faculty
Learning Community principles
(2) Provide consultant support to faculty for investigating and utilizing new
strategies in classroom research as well as Experimental research(3) Increase publication submission rates for participating institutions
We are requesting that you join us in this retreat that
focuses on tips for successful publishing. The goal is to assist faculty
in submitting a research project for publication before classes start in
August. We are asking that you focus on research that you have already
begun so that at the end of the institute you would be ready to submit to a
referred journal. Faculty Learning Community/SoTL mini-grant teams
consisting of two (2) collaborating faculty members whose articles are
successfully submitted will be paid a stipend of $3,000.00.
This institute proved to be a great opportunity for junior
and senior faculty who needed the concentrated support to assist them in
getting published. Dr. Kathy Burlew, University of Cincinnati, will once
again be conducting the institute here at Dillard University.
We ask that you complete the attached application and return
to Barbara Albert, balbert@dillard.edu
by May 11, 2012. Faculty members who have submitted an application and
those submitting applications for a mini-grant are required to attend the 2-1/2
day research institute.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there.
Phyllis W. Dawkins
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Barbara M. Albert
Executive Assistant to the ProvostOffice of Academic Affairs
(504) 816-4216 (office)
(504) 816-4144 (fax)
balbert@dillard.edu
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CENTER FOR TEACHING,
LEARNING, AND ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY LEARNING
COMMUNITY
(For
Tenure Track Faculty Only)
Scholarship
for Teaching and Learning (SoTL) MINI -GRANT
PROGRAM
Dr. Steve A. Buddington,
Dr. Eartha Lee Johnson and Dr. Dorothy J. Smith
Co-Coordinators
REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS
PURPOSE
Faculty Learning Communities (FLC)/SoTL Research Mini-Grants
FLC
defined: A faculty learning
community (FLC) is a cross-disciplinary group of 6-15 faculty and staff
engaging in an active, collaborative, yearlong program researching teaching and
learning strategies (Milton D. Cox, Miami University, Ohio, 2004).:
*The current pedagogical and research types
of FLCs at Dillard consist of:
·
Active Learning
·
Critical Thinking
·
Student Engagement and Global Studies
·
Student Learning Communities in the Sciences
·
Using Clicker Technology
·
Faculty Research/Creativity
* Faculty members may create their own FLCs in consultation with a CTLAT
committee member (s). Please note that
the newly created FLC requires approval in order to receive funding from the
faculty enhancement program and upon final submission should include:
description, references, and other pertinent information e.g. team leader,
member (s), etc.
Purpose of the Mini-Grant: The purpose of the Faculty Learning Communities (FLC)/SoTL Research Mini-Grants program is to provide seed funding primarily for tenure tracked faculty members to conduct original research or artistic creation disseminated through publication(s), exhibitions, and performances. The intention of the program is to encourage FLC groups/teams, *current or **newly created to use this seed funding as leverage to establish or expand a sustainable research agenda.
FLC groups/teams “comprising
of at least two (2) faculty members” from the Humanities and Social Sciences are especially encouraged to apply as acknowledged in the Mellon
Foundation Grant Proposal. This grant application is a competitive process.
The Review Protocol: The grant applications will be
reviewed by a committee composed of senior members of the faculty respected for
their grantsmanship and research portfolio. We are seeking to build upon the
current grant with the intent to encourage more faculty members in the areas of
the humanities and social sciences to become engaged in research by using FLCs
model.
Grant Award(s): Amount: minimum $1000/faculty
member from each Faculty Learning Communities/SoTL groups/teams will be awarded
in 2011 – 2012 grant year.
Disbursement
Criteria of Award:
The research mini grants will be awarded as stipends on a competitive basis
once the research manuscript has been
submitted for publication in a refereed journal or some other final
creative product that is peer reviewed, e.g. exhibitions, artistic show.
GUIDELINES
1. Qualifications. The competition is open to full-time tenure track faculty members
who will remain on the faculty during the upcoming
academic year,
2013-2014. Proposals SHALL only
be accepted from FLC groups/teams, comprising of the required minimum of two faculty members. Proposals
may have Fall start dates or Spring start dates.
2. Amount. Investigators may request up to $1,000.00/faculty.
3. Expenditures. Allowable expenditures include, but are not
limited to: stipend, travel, equipment, supplies, software, and books.
4. Deliverable. It is expected that the deliverable of this
project will be a paper submitted for publication in a refereed journal or some
other final creative product that is peer reviewed, e.g. exhibitions, artistic
show, etc.
FORMAT
1.
Proposals
shall not exceed seven pages total in length. The cover sheet shall not exceed
one page, the narrative shall be no longer than five pages, and the budget
shall not exceed one page. The proposal should be typed in word format and in
12 point font size.
2.
All
proposals should include a cover sheet with the title of the project, the
names, academic titles, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of all
investigators. All members of the FLC must be identified e.g. principal investigator, team leader (s),
member (s) of the proposal must be specified. The
PI will receive all official correspondence. The cover sheet must also state
whether the start date of the project is at the beginning of the Fall or the
beginning of the Spring. (Form attached)
3. All proposals must
include a detailed line-by-line item budget
with justification on a separate page. (Form attached)
4.
Abstract of Project-Include an
overview of the conduct of project (200 words maximum)
5.
The
project narrative should include subheadings describing the intellectual merit of the project- stated purpose and significance of the
research/project, hypothesis/research question/statement of creative vision,
methodology, explanation on how the research/project will impact/benefit the
community(broader impact) and the faculty and student development, explanation
of how the project will be sustained beyond the initial funding to include
potential other funding sources (e.g. BOR, NSF), how will the data be
distributed to or shared with the community (e.g. Journal, exhibitions, etc.) (See attachment)
6.
Proposals
will be subjected to a blind review. Cover sheets will be removed before
proposals are distributed to reviewers. Identifying information should not
appear anywhere in the proposal except on the cover sheet. An individual proposal number will be
assigned to each proposal application. The grant proposals will be reviewed by
a committee composed of senior members of the faculty respected for their
grantsmanship and research portfolio.
7.
Include Bibliography
8. Any deviations from the required format may result in
disqualification.
DATES FOR SUBMISSION, NOTIFICATIONS, AND
OUTCOMES
Deadline for Submission 5:00 p.m.: Friday,
May 11, 2012 - FINAL EXTENSION - for
a Spring
start date and Friday, October 12,
2012 for a Fall, 2012 start date.
It is anticipated that the investigators will be
notified by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, for the Spring semester start
date and Friday, October 19, 2012 for the Fall semester start date.
Disbursement Criteria of Award: The research
mini grants will be awarded as stipends once the research manuscript has been
submitted for publication in a refereed journal or some other final creative
product that is peer reviewed, e.g. exhibitions, artistic show.
All investigators awarded funds will be
required to turn a report into the Office of Academic Affairs documenting how
the funds were used and providing a progress report on the status of the final
publication/presentation.
Progress Report: The progress report is due Friday, November 2, 2012 for projects with
a Spring start date and due Friday,
March 15, 2013 for projects with a Fall start
date.
Final
Report: Final proof of manuscript submission to a refereed journal or
some other final creative product that is peer reviewed, e.g. exhibitions,
artistic show is due on Friday, February
8, 2013 for a Spring start date
and Friday, June 7, 2013 for a Fall start date.
QUESTIONS
Any questions can be forwarded to Drs.
Steve Buddington (504-816-4178) and Eartha Johnson (504-816-4429) at sbuddington@dillard.edu and ejohnson@dillard.edu, respectively or Dr. Phyllis W. Dawkins, Provost and Director of CTLAT, at pdawkins@dillard.edu (816-4368) or to. (See
the attached list).
PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION
Proposals should be submitted
electronically to Drs. Buddington/Johnson, CTLAT Coordinators and the Provost, by e-mail, as a Word
attachment, no later than 5:00pm on the due dates.
CENTER FOR TEACHING,
LEARNING, AND ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY LEARNING
COMMUNITY/ MINI GRANT
CRITERIA
PROPOSAL
#__________________ (Assigned at time of submission)
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria: 100 Possible Points
A. Intellectual
Merit
1.
Is there a
clearly stated purpose and significance of the research/project? _________ of 15
2. Is there a clearly stated hypothesis/research question/statement _________ of 5
of creative vision? (Expected
Results)
3. Research
Plan/Activity (qualitative/quantitative data) _________
of 20
a. How sound is the methodology?
4. Is there value of the research/activity to
the applicant’s and _________ of 5
student development?
student development?
5. How will the research impact the community-
What are the benefits? _________
of 10
a. Is it publishable?
b. What is the broader impact?
6. Bibliography _________of 5
B. Potential Competitiveness
1. What is
the likelihood that funding of project will result in competitive _________of 10
status for outside support (e.g. BOR, NSF,
etc.)?
2.
Does the
proposal demonstrate that the project can be sustained _________of
10
beyond the initial funding period?
C. Appropriateness of the Budget
1. Budget is reasonable for the scope of work to be performed _________of 10
2. Budget
demonstrates a detailed and appropriate use of funds
_________of 10
a. It is written in a clear line-by-line
item format.
TOTAL
SCORE A thru C _________
of 100
The
CTLAT Committee will evaluate, score, and rank proposals based on the criteria
stated above and make funding recommendations to the Director, who will seek
final approval from the Provost.
SoTL MINI -GRANT
COVER PAGE
PROPOSAL #_________________________________(Assigned
at time of submission)
Please indicate the project schedule preference below:
Spring 2012____________________________ Fall 2012 _________________________________
FLC Team Leader/Principal Investigator (PI):___________________________________________________________________
Department_____________________________
Rank: (i.e.,
Asst., Assoc., Prof., etc.) _________________________________________
E-mail address:____________
Phone #’s: Office ________________________Home_____________________Cell_______________
Joint Proposals (List all):
Co-PI(s) __________________________________________________Rank:
_______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Rank: _______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________Rank:________________________________________________________
Department(s) (List
All) _______________________________________________________________________________________________
*Additional Names (List here)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please
list additional individuals on an extra
sheet with their rank) (i.e., Asst., Assoc., Prof., etc.)
Title of Project:
This project will use (check
what is applicable):
_______Animal Subjects (IRB
required) ______Biohazards/Human Blood
_______Human Subjects (IRB required) ______Recombinant
DNA
_______Radiation/Isotopes/Lasers ______Controlled Substances
_______Additional Space Allocations ______Student
participation
Resources Requested:
1. Amount Requested from Dillard University$_________________
2. Budget Summary (include the line budget with application)
a. Travel $_______________
b. Operating $_______________
c. Other $_______________
d. Total: $________________
Applicant’s signature: Indicates
agreement to the stipulations listed in the Application Instructions.
Applicant’s
Signature_______________________________________________________________________Date_____________________
PROPOSAL BUDGET
PROPOSAL #________________(Assigned
at time of submission)
- Material and Supplies:
$______________
List
- Travel: $______________
- Equipment: List $______________
- Software: List $_____________
- Books: $_____________
- Conference $_____________
Fees/Activities:
- Publication/ $_____________
Presentation/Creative
work
Project
display Cost:
- Stipends: $____________
- Other: List items $____________
Justification of Budget: By-the-numbers:
(Use extra sheet if need to and indicate here)
PROPOSAL
Project Narrative:
Proposal #_______________________________________
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Technology
Committee
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Director
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Members
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Johnson,
Eartha Lee
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DUICEF Building, Room 231 - 816-4429;816-4701
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Okpalaeze,
Azubike
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Howard House, 816-4779
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Hobbs,
James
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Howard House, ITT, Room 106 -
816-4872
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Jean-Perkins,
Ramona
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DUICEF Building, Room, 234- 816-4091
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Smith,
Dorothy
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DUICEF Building, Room 214 - 816-4527
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Carla
Morelon
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Rosenwald Hall, Room, 301 - 816-4165
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Darwish,
Abdalla
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Professional Schools Building, Room 324
- 816-4840
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Charles,
Cynthia
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Will W. Alexander Library, Room, 2nd
Floor - 816- 4263
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Broadway,
Ruby
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Stern Hall Room, Room 122G - 816-4725
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Buddington,
Steve
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DUICEF Building, Room 233, 816-4178;816-4701
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Dawkins,
Phyllis Worthy
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Academic Affairs, Room - 816-4662;816-4664
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Center Coordinators
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Member
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CONTACT
INFORMATION
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Buddington,
Steve
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DUICEF Building, Room 233 - 816-4178;
816-4701
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Johnson,
Eartha Lee
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DUICEF Building, Room 231 - 816-4429; 816-4701
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