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	• The Scholarship of Engagement • International Scholarship of Engagement Grants • Eligibility and Nature of Awards • Deadline for Proposals • Proposal Criteria • Funding Guidelines and Requirements • Review and Awards • Funding Obligations • Follow-up Report • Application Materials • Examples of Past Funded Projects

The Scholarship of Engagement

A faculty member who participates in the scholarship of engagement partners with a community to identify a community need. The faculty member then works with the community to design and implement a research-supported outreach program or activity to address the need. In most cases, the community benefits from:

• Inclusion of undergraduate, professional, and graduate student time and intellectual resources, and
• Collaborations by faculty members from multiple disciplines and units in addressing the community need.

Lessons learned from the community partnership and the outreach project inform the faculty member's research, teaching, and other outreach endeavors, and enhance student learning experiences. Outreach projects can include service-learning projects by UGA students; community-based participatory research, applied research, and policy analysis; technical assistance; and program development and delivery.

International Scholarship of Engagement Grants

A faculty member who participates in the international scholarship of engagement seeks to stimulate the internationalization of UGA and the state of Georgia by initiating a promising new public service and outreach-oriented international project. In keeping with UGA's strategic plan, proposed projects should develop new, or substantially build on existing, international projects or programs that:

• Better prepare UGA faculty, staff, and students to compete in a global society; and
• Empower Georgia's communities and businesses to prosper in our rapidly changing global society.

Please note that the 2008-2009 International Scholarship of Engagement Grants represent the program formerly known as the International Development Education Awards (IDEAS).

Eligibility and Nature of Awards

The Vice President for Public Service and Outreach's 2008-2009 International Scholarship of Engagement Grants are designed to support and encourage the development of long-term, sustainable outreach-oriented international programs by UGA faculty and staff. International grants are intended to provide seed money to academic faculty and staff who would like to incorporate international outreach into their teaching and research, and to public service faculty and staff who would like to initiate new international outreach programming that complements their current work. Proposed projects are submitted to the Office of International Public Service and Outreach with the support of a unit head, department head, or dean. Project budgets typically range from $3,000-6,000.

International Scholarship of Engagement projects are supported by the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach with FY09 state funds and are, therefore, subject to all University of Georgia policies and procedures for state funds including all deadlines for spending the funds by the fiscal year end (i.e. before June 30, 2009).

Deadline for Proposals

The proposal deadline is March 31, 2008. International Scholarship of Engagement Grant application materials may be accessed via the links below. Application materials should be submitted electronically, in pdf format, to outreach.uga.edu/engagement-grant-application. (Please note that any required signatures must be obtained and scanned before electronic submission of application materials.)

Please have all submission materials ready and accessible when you log onto the submission website. You will not be able to return to this site to continue uploading your files. File uploads are limited to 10MB each.

If you have questions regarding program content or need to re-submit forms, please contact Glenn Ames at 706-542-7887 or at games@uga.edu.

If you have technical issues with your submission, please contact Jamie Clark at jclark@fanning.uga.edu or at 706-542-7038.

Proposal Criteria

Proposal criteria for the 2008-2009 International Scholarship of Engagement Grants are listed below.

1. Does the project address an expressed need in and take place in the regions of Africa, China and Southeast Asia, or Central and Latin America? (Special attention will be given to projects that take place in Thailand, China, Tanzania, or Mexico.)
2. Is the proposed project a promising example of the Scholarship of Engagement? What is the anticipated impact of the project on the community, the faculty member's research and teaching, and on student learning?
3. Does the proposed project represent collaboration across disciplines, and among academic and public service units, in acknowledgement that international development challenges are often complex and multi-faceted?
4. To what extent will students be directly involved? Is there a service-learning component? (For more information about service-learning, please go to www.servicelearning.uga.edu.) Proposals requesting undergraduate or graduate student participation should make clear the role played by the students in the outreach project, and highlight how the project contributes to the students' learning experience.
5. Does the proposed project have strong support from the department, unit, school, or college? (Does this support include supplementary funding support?) Unit heads, in their letters of support, should outline how the project complements the teaching, research, and/or outreach goals of the unit.
6. Is there a strong likelihood that the project can be sustained over time by internal and/or external funding? (Is there a clear budget justification and description of plans for sustaining the project after June 2009?)

Funding Guidelines and Requirements

Funds for the International Scholarship of Engagement projects are intended to support the development of new outreach activities. The program is not intended to be a source of support for an ongoing program, nor is it an alternative source of funds for programs already developed to a level that normally would justify support from external sources. International Scholarship of Engagement funds should not be used as "matching" funds, where such funds are required as part of an external proposal. Funds cannot be used to support travel to attend professional meetings or conferences. International Scholarship of Engagement grants are state funds and subject to all state guidelines, and are to be expended within the FY09 year (before June 30, 2009, and subject to all university spending deadlines). International Scholarship of Engagement funds may be used for:

• Support for undergraduate, professional, and graduate students involved in the outreach project. Grants are not intended to support student thesis or dissertation research.
• Travel expenditures required by the outreach project (excluding travel to professional meetings).
• General expenditures for supplies, equipment (itemize items over $1,000), and materials required by the outreach activity (International Scholarship of Engagement funds do not support expenditures for computers).

Supplementary funds and additional support for the project should be described.

Review and Awards

Proposals will be evaluated based on the listed proposal criteria by a committee appointed by the vice president. Recommendations made by the committee will be considered by the vice president for final funding decisions. The committee will take into account the nature and number of exemplary projects that can be awarded with available funds, and may recommend partial funding for selected projects.

Applicants will be notified of the award decisions the week of April 28, 2008.

Funding Obligations

As part of a funded project, project leaders may be asked to share their experiences with a variety of communities (e.g. schools, university student groups, or community groups).

Acknowledgment: Public acknowledgement of funding through the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach International Scholarship of Engagement Grants should be included in any printed programs, reports, press releases, or publicity materials. Please use the following single line of text for such acknowledgements:

This project is supported by an Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach Scholarship of Engagement Grant.

Follow-up Report

A report for the project, including an outline of how the project funds were spent, must be submitted by September 10, 2009. Guidelines for the final report may be found at outreach.uga.edu/publications.

Application Materials

1. A completed 2008-2009 International Scholarship of Engagement Grant Funding Request Form, available at outreach.uga.edu/publications. Complete the form, obtain required signatures, scan, and save as "funding-form.pdf"
2. A proposal that addresses each of the grant criteria. Please format to 4 pages, no smaller than 12 pt. font, and save as "proposal.pdf"
3. A budget description, saved as "budget.pdf"
4. A letter of support from the department/unit head or dean. Scan signed letter and save as "head-letter.pdf"
5. A current 2-page curriculum vitae for the proposer, saved as "c-v.pdf"
6. Copies of applicable research compliance materials* such as IRB or Animal Care and Use materials. Scan and save as "research-compliance.pdf"
7. Optional: A letter of support from the proposed-project community partner. Scan signed letter and save as "support-letter.pdf"

Similar planning should be done for any other applicable research compliance issues, such as animal care and use. For more information please refer to the Office of the Vice President for Research website: www.ovpr.uga.edu.

Examples of Past Funded Projects

• Ghana Study Abroad OSU Klottey Lagoon Redevelopment Project
  Infusing a service-learning component into an existing study abroad program, faculty and students from the Department of Sociology and the College of Environment and Design partnered with community leaders and citizens in Ghana to address a critical environmental concern. UGA undergraduate and graduate students worked alongside members of the OSU community in Accra, Ghana, to assess and plan for redevelopment of the Klottey Lagoon, an important ecological site for the region.
• Croatia Rural Development Project
  Faculty from the Department of Adult Education and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government worked together to conduct community-based workshops in Croatia on rural tourism development. The project led to a $100,000 grant from the Association Liaison Office.
• Costa Rica Project Learning Tree
  Faculty from the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, and the College of Education worked together with staff of the Georgia Botanical Garden, an UGA Ecology graduate student, and faculty from the National Institute of Biodiversity to introduce a new environmental education curriculum. Both American and Costa Rican students worked together to fulfill the need for a formalized K-12 environmental education curriculum specific to Costa Rica.
• Kenya Edutainment Project
  Faculty from the Department of Speech Communication, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute collaborated with faculty from Kenya's Daystar University to create pilot radio edutainment programming focused on preventing HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. Broadcast in the rural Machakos district, the programming specifically addressed a female audience. The best practices learned will be used to create similar programming for the Athens Hispanic population.

For further examples of past funded projects, please refer to recent project reports at outreach.uga.edu/publications. Questions about the International Scholarship of Engagement Grants may be directed to Glenn Ames, Director of the Office of International Public Service and Outreach, at 706-542-7887 or games@uga.edu.