Curriculum Development Award

Purpose

These awards support faculty who are interested in adding global content to existing courses that have little or no such content, adding comparative cases to courses that are currently area specific, or developing new courses with significant global content.

Aligned with our Opening Access efforts to significantly increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students who have access to global opportunities, we will prioritize proposals that reach this target population with global content. 

Application Guidelines

Faculty of any rank are eligible to apply. Proposed courses may be at the graduate or undergraduate level and in any department, curriculum, or school.

Restrictions

• Awards can be requested to support stipends, supplies or travel reimbursements or a combination of the three. (NOTE: Stipends are subject to taxes.)
• Travel is contingent upon the approval of the U.S. Department of Education and must conform to the Fly America Act, which requires traveling as far as possible on a U.S. carrier.
• Due to our Federal Grant cycle, all travel must commence before August 1, 2018.
  
• Funds may not be used to support student/research/teaching assistants.
• Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Available Funding

Estimated Available Funds: $20,000
Typical Range of Awards: $2,500 – $4,000
Typical Number of Awards: 6
Typical Number of Applicants: 20
Project Period for New Awards: Up to 12 months after the submission deadline

The Center for Global Initiatives is not bound by these estimates and is often unable to award the full amount of funds requested.

Evaluation of Applications

Reviewers assign points to each application based on the following rubric:

Feasibility and Planning 

• Are the plans for developing and publicizing the course(s) adequate and appropriate for providing global content to our targeted populations?
• How will the proposed course(s) significantly increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students at UNC who have access to global content.

Need and Importance

• Why is there a clear need for the applicant to receive this award in order to develop this course?
• Does the department or school have a low level of courses with global content for our targeted populations?

Impact

• Will the course affect a large numbers of students in our targeted populations?
• Is the course regularly taught?
• Is the course required?
• Will more than one course be affected?

Budget 

• Is the budget clear, adequate, reasonable and justified?

Application Instructions

Please submit your application via the online application form before the deadline (preview the application here).

The major parts of the application are:

• Short answer questions & timeline
• Abbreviated C.V.
• Detailed budget
• Electronic recommendation from your dean or chair (preview the form here)
• Proposed syllabus (optional)

Notification of Award

Applicants will receive award or rejection notices 4-6 weeks after the deadline via email or USPS mail. Please do not contact the Center for Global Initiatives to inquire about the status of your application during this time frame. However, If you have not received a notice 8 weeks after the application deadline, please inform us.

Award Requirements

If you receive this award, you will be required to submit a final report at the end of your project in order to collect narratives and data about funded projects and help us determine whether programmatic purposes are being met.

Awardees are also required to enter or update their brief biographical sketch in UNC’s Faculty International Expertise database.