Financial Resources for Academic Service-Learning

Faculty are encouraged to consider the following financial resources to support academic service-learning.

Awards from the Academic Service-Learning/Community Based Research (ASL/CBR) mini-grant fund are designed to help faculty defray the direct costs of incorporating academic service-learning or community based research into their classes.  Two $300.00 awards are available for the 2012-13 academic year. Faculty may request up to $300 per project by completing an application.

Application

Past Recipients

Awards from the Fund for Academic Service-Learning Course Development Grants offer faculty the opportunity to obtain financial support for creating a new course, or revising an existing course, to add a substantial academic service-learning component. 

Past Successful Applications:

2011-2012 - Mara Brecht
2011-2012 - John Day
2010-2011 - Ravi Agarwal
2010-2011 - Ryan Cordell
2009-2010 - Beth Tarasawa
2009-2010 - Karen Park

Fund for Pedagogical Development

Awards from the Fund for Pedagogical Development are granted to faculty who wish to attend (rather than present at) pedagogical conferences.  Two $600 awards are available for the 2010-11 academic year.

Summer Grants:

The Summer Grants Program offers faculty the opportunity to obtain financial support for curricular and instructional projects undertaken during the summer months, including service-learning.