Bush
grant programs for 2005-08
1)
grants to faculty for course revision (A decision tree and greater detail
for each program is described in the document to the left, called
"General Information for All Bush Proposals."
* Core and Core Area Course Grants:
to raise students' higher-order thinking skills through inquiry-based
teaching of core and core area courses
*
Freshmen Paired Course Grants:
same as Core & Core Area, but for Freshmen Paired courses.
*
Entry-Level Course Grants:
if your course is the first course a student would take in your
discipline, but is neither a Core, Core Area, nor Freshmen Paired course, e.g.
Business 201, Marketing 300, Education 210, Engineering 150, Social Work 281,
etc.
* Other Course Grants: for any
undergraduate course that does not meet the three categories above.
2)
Dissemination
and Scholarship of Pedagogy grants
*
Dissemination Grants: to
disseminate faculty/student collaborative inquiry results at conferences.
*
Scholarship of Pedagogy Grants: to finance travel for a faculty
member to present their pedagogical findings about inquiry-based learning or
faculty/student collaborations.
3)
grants for student/faculty
collaboration:
There
are two kinds of these grants, both administered through UST's Undergraduate
Research and Collaborative Scholarship program (directed by Dr. Jennifer
Cruise).
* Young Scholars grants
award $3,000 to a student and $500 to their faculty mentor for
collaborative scholarship during the summer.
* Collaborative Inquiry grants provide $1,000 to the student and
$500 to the faculty member to do collaborative research outside the classroom,
usually during the school year.
4)
grants to departments for summer research and scholarship programs
* Summer Research Network Grants
Departments may apply for funds to support activities such as lunches,
speakers, advertising, or field trips for faculty and students during the
summer months, with the goal of building a community of scholars.
5) * Entry-Level Course Planning grants This new program
funds departments to plan their entry-level courses, i.e. the first course
students take in their discipline. The program supports discussion and
study of the best pedagogies to use in those courses.
6)
* Peer Coaching stipends
The new Peer Coaching program supports pairing of an IBL experienced and
non-experienced faculty member to implement IBL teaching methods.
