CATEGORY B grants are to support the development and teaching of new courses pertaining to racial and ethnic topics. The courses may be from any discipline or profession—and may be undergraduate or graduate—as long as their primary focus is on racial/ethnic topics. If possible, we encourage you to include student collaboration in your course development plans. Those applicants chosen for funding may also be contacted by the Institute in order to write an article about the course for publication in our newsletter, Kaleidoscope II.
Although these courses may be of the ad hoc or open curricular number variety, they must be offered either during the 2008-09 academic year or the first 2009 summer session. A written guarantee to this effect from campus/departmental sources must accompany all applications. The intent of Category B grants is to have new courses on racial/ethnic topics adopted into the regular catalog of a department’s course offerings, and the prospects for this occurring will be a criterion in proposal evaluations. In this same regard, the Institute is interested in knowing whether the course is likely to satisfy the ethnic studies/cultural diversity requirement in effect on your campus. Finally, applicants are responsible for abiding by their established campus procedures in effect for new course development and approval.
Eligibility: Faculty and instructional academic staff members employed at UW System institutions during the 2008-09 academic year.
Maximum Dollar Request: $5000.00
Fundable Items: Funding support may be requested in three categories: (i) supplies-and-expenses and (ii) student hourly help. Also, funding support may be requested for (iii) salaries/personnel if: (a) monies are needed to purchase ad hoc instructional support to provide released time for the individual developing the course; or (b) to cover a portion of the instructor’s salary only if he/she is teaching the course during the first 2009 summer session. Other fundable items might include travel-related costs (within state maxima), bibliographical and syllabi searches, photocopying and printing, and books and materials acquisitions. Funds for the purchase of computer hardware such as laptops, printers, etc., may not be requested. Please be aware that any relevant fringe benefit costs cannot be covered by the Institute and thus are the responsibility of your campus/department.
Proposal Format (Category B):
- Grant Application Form: This form must be completed and then placed as the first two pages of your proposal. Note that the form asks for your name, department, campus mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail address, proposal title, grant category, budget request summary, budget transfer information, semester(s) of grant activity, and contact information for relevant individuals on your campus.
- Abstract: In the appropriate space on the aforementioned grant application form, summarize your course proposal in 100 words or less.
- Narrative Section: In three (3) double-spaced pages or less, describe such items as the course content, rationale, need, course prerequisites, semester of course offering, whether it will satisfy the ethnic studies/cultural diversity graduation requirement, expected student enrollment, use of student hourly help, and the process (including dates) for submitting the course for permanent curricular adoption.
- Personnel Section: In one (1) page or less, discuss your (and any co-instructors’) qualifications to teach the course and previous experience at developing new courses.
- Written Guarantee: Include a letter from your department chair and/or dean which guarantees that, if funded, the course will be offered. This letter should state the semester in which the course will be offered, and comment on the prospects for permanent curricular adoption.
- Budget Page: Provide a budget itemization for the three categories listed above under "Fundable Items," i.e., supplies-and-expenses, student hourly help, and salaries/personnel. Next to each dollar entry, provide a brief narrative explanation that clarifies the intended use and its necessity for completing the course proposal.
- Appendix Section: Include such items as the principal applicant’s/s’ curriculum vita (5-page limit), a rough draft of the course syllabus and anticipated readings, letters of support, any evidence of campus or departmental financial support, and any other relevant documentation. (Do not have letters of support sent directly to the Institute.)
SEND TO:
Thomas Tonnesen, Associate Director
UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity
c/o UW-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 229-4700
Fax: (414) 229-4581
E-mail: tonnesen@uwm.edu