Office of Professional and Instructional Development

CONFERENCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM
APPLICATION and GUIDELINES
for Fall 2002 events

The Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) offers support for programs that promote cooperation and exchange among System faculty and are focused on the improvement of undergraduate teaching.

Programs are typically workshops, presentations, or mini-conferences on teaching-related subjects. Other commonly funded projects include meetings of faculty or staff in a particular discipline to discuss teaching issues raised by that discipline. Often groups invite guest speakers to give presentations as part of their program. These grants are intended to support travel, materials and some expenses incidental to the funded event; they are not intended to provide travel for individual faculty members attending non-OPID-funded events. Awards may range up to $1,000.

 

Programs vary greatly in size and scope. They may be limited to members of a particular department, include faculty and staff members from a range of departments and nearby campuses, or expand to invite participants from across the state. Occasionally, the Conference Development Grant Program funds teaching-oriented meetings of regional or state-wide discipline-based groups whose membership includes some non-UW System faculty. Faculty, instructional academic staff, and/or graduate teaching assistants may apply for a Conference Development Grant. The audience for the proposed activity should be comprised of faculty, instructional academic staff, and/or graduate teaching assistants. The Council encourages System institutions to consult with OPID staff regarding planning the programs, contacting resource people, and developing publicity. For further grant information and assistance, contact Donna Silver, Assistant Director, OPID, by phone at 608/262-4337, or by e-mail at dsilver@uwsa.edu.

 

An OPID committee will select the programs to be funded. Proposals for Conference Development Grants are reviewed according to the following criteria:

• The objectives and content of the proposed activity should be clearly stated.
• Priority will be given to proposals related to the improvement of teaching and student learning, as opposed to proposals related to course and curriculum development.
• Priority will be given to activities that further explore topics of OPID conferences or that allow faculty to share results of Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Grant-funded projects with colleagues.
• Priority will be given to proposals that encourage wide interaction, reaching many faculty and academic staff.
• Priority will be given to activities where the guest speaker is from within the UW System, as opposed to activities that require a speaker from outside. Applicants are asked to provide reasons for selecting a speaker from outside the System.
• The past funding history of a program will be weighed. The goal is to fund a variety of programs and not to keep funding the same program.

 

Use the attached form to submit proposals. We request that submissions be limited to the attached application form and signed by your institution's OPID administrative representative. Submit 2 copies of the proposal by April 3, 2002 for events taking place between July 1, 2002, and December 31, 2002. Send proposals to: Office of Professional & Instructional Development, 1668 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.

CD Grant APPLICATION FORM (in .pdf or .html formats)

A brief summary of the program is due in the OPID office by the end of the semester in which the event takes place. A reporting form will be provided on which to indicate how goals were met and to explain the disposition of your budget.

This page can be reached at http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/cdguis02.htm. It was last updated on November 27, 2001.