GLOBAL STUDIES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Indiana University is a national leader in international curriculum in a wide range of academic departments and professional schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Despite the great variety and depth of course offerings at the IU system campuses, there are some disciplinary gaps in the comprehensiveness and interdisciplinary nature of course coverage.

Since 1996, the Center for the Study of Global Change has provided International Studies Curriculum Development Grants to IU Bloomington faculty members in both the College of Arts and Sciences and several professional schools (Business, Education, HPER, Law, Music, and SPEA). The Center seeks to expand this program to other IU campuses in an effort to further internationalize the Indiana University system. The Center will offer up to four Global Studies Curriculum Development Grants each year to develop new undergraduate or graduate international courses or substantially revise existing courses to include significant international content. Projects which are broadly international or compare two or more world regions, promote collaboration among academic departments and professional schools, and create linkages between two or more IU system campuses are especially encouraged. Courses which can be offered via interactive video in a synchronous format or Web-based courses designed in an asynchronous format will receive funding priority.

Global Studies Curriculum Development Grants can be used to “buy out” faculty time from teaching loads, hire graduate students with international expertise to develop lectures and/or reading assignments, library material acquisitions to support curriculum development, or faculty summer payments.

Guidelines for Proposals

1. Applications should include a discussion of the proposed topic; whether it will involve more than one discipline, professional school, and/or world area; identify campus or campuses where the course will be offered; the appropriate course level; when it will be offered for the first time; who will teach the course; etc.;

2. Proposals should include the applicant’s current curriculum vitae and supporting documentation that applicants deem appropriate (e.g., supporting letter from the departmental chair, etc.);

3. The amount of the grant can range up to $5,000; and

4. There is no specific deadline for applications and proposals will be reviewed year round.

For more information, please contact the Center. Applications and letters of support should be sent to:

Global Studies Curriculum Development Awards Committee

Center for the Study of Global Change

201 North Indiana Avenue

Bloomington, IN 47408-4001