SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants
Welcome to the SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Application. This year's applications are due by Friday, December 2, 2011.
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Introduction
A total of $20,000 per year is available.
Table of Contents
Who is eligible to apply?
What kind of proposals are appropriate?
What makes a strong proposal?
Who determines the awards?
How and when do I apply?
How should I format my proposal?
What are the budget guideline?
Who can I talk to for more information?
Who is eligible?
All foreign language lecturers as well as language program coordinators and directors at Penn (in the ranks of (Senior) LFL, Lecturer A or B, or Senior Lecturer) may apply for a grant.
What kind of proposals are appropriate?
Funding may be requested for a wide variety of activities related to language instruction, such as curricular innovation, course improvement, materials development, multimedia projects, etc.
What makes a strong proposal?
- Contains well-articulated instructional objectives
- Reflects a good match of your goals, skills and previous experience
- Contains evaluation measures
- Provides for sustainability
Who determines the awards?
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of the Language Advisory Committee.
How and when do I apply?
Use the web form here to either complete the form or attach a Word document. Please note that before you submit your proposal, you must ask your language coordinator to review your application.
How should I format my proposal?
- Brief project description (abstract)
- Project narrative
- Project goals
- Justification based on review of existing or related material
- Visit www.languageconsortium.org for past projects
- Detailed description of activities
- Plan of work that demonstrates feasibility of the project
- Technology required, if any
- Summary of relevant prior experience by applicant
- Detailed budget with justification
What are the budget guidelines?
- No travel
- No individual equipment
- No payments to Penn faculty/staff
- No training
- Standardized pay rates for technology support
- Undergrads, basic rate: $10.00-$12.00/hr
- Undergrads, skilled: $10.00-$15.00/hr
- Grad students: $15.00-$20.00/hr
- Any deviations from these guidelines should be justified by qualifications of the person.
Who can I talk to for more information?
For help with preparing a proposal, please contact:
Christina Frei
Academic Director
Email: cefrei@sas.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 898-5573
For technology-related questions, please contact:
Ed Dixon
Technology Director
Email:
edixon@sas.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 573-4267
For general questions, please contact:
Thi Vuong Poerner
Administrative Coordinator
Email:
Phone: (215) 898-6039
Lada Vassilieva
Administrative Director
Email:
Phone: (215) 898-6039