FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
April 2003
community colleges for providing the tools and
pathways that overcome barriers and set students
on the road to economic and educational
empowerment."
Focus on Funding is a newsletter published by
the St. Louis Community College Office of
Institutional Development. It features external
funding opportunities available from federal,
state, local and private funding sources, as
well as other news. For more information
about the Office of Institutional Development
and services provided by staff, please contact
Castella Henderson, Director, at
314/539-5354.
The first MetLife Foundation Community
College Excellence Awards, announced in 2002,
went to West Hills Community College of
California's San Joaquin Valley and Sinclair
Community College of Dayton, Ohio. Each
institution received $30,000 in recognition of its
leadership in demonstrating a college-wide
focus on achieving high levels of service for all
students.
Opportunities
MetLife Foundation Awards
The MetLife Foundation Community College
Excellence Awards celebrate and highlight the
contributions of community colleges to helping
underserved youth and adults succeed and
advance in college and beyond. The awards
recognize community colleges that, in different
ways and in very different communities, make
significant institutional commitments to helping
first-time college-goers, new immigrants,
working adults, welfare recipients, high school
dropouts, and other populations with limited
college experience and success prepare for
further education or for a family-supporting
career.
to Honor Innovative
Community Colleges
MetLife Foundation and Jobs for the Future
are collaborating on an awards program to
recognize community colleges that promote
educational and career advancement for
traditionally underserved youth and adults. This
month, community colleges will be invited to
apply for the second MetLife Foundation
Community College Excellence Awards, and
the winners will be announced in spring 2004.
The first MetLife Foundation Community
College Excellence Awards were made in 2002.
Jobs for the Future, a national organization that
specializes in building career pathways that link
work and learning, administers the program on
behalf of MetLife Foundation.
Applications for MetLife Foundation
Community College Excellence Awards are
available.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2003
"Community colleges open the doors to
education to millions of Americans," said Sibyl
Jacobson, president and CEO of MetLife
Foundation. "We are pleased to make possible
these awards that recognize outstanding
For more information, contact the SLCC Office
of Institutional Development at 539-5354.
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Application deadlines for 2004-2005 grants
are:
• May 1, 2003—Fulbright distinguished
chairs in Europe, Canada and Russia
• August 1, 2003—Fulbright lecturing and
research grants worldwide.
• November 1, 2003—spring/summer
seminars in Germany, Korea and Japan
for international education and academic
administrators as well as for the summer
German studies seminar.
• Rolling deadline—Fulbright Senior
Specialists Program applications may be
submitted online for review throughout
the year.
Fulbright Scholar Program (U. S.
Department of State, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs)
The Fulbright Scholar Program’s annual
competition opened on March 1 for lecturing
and research grants in some 140 countries (for
the 2004-2005 program year). Each year 800
American scholars go abroad under the
Fulbright Scholar Program. Faculty and
administrators from two-year, four-year and
graduate institutions are invited to apply.
Traditional Fulbright awards vary from two
months to an academic year or longer. While
foreign language skills are needed in some
countries, most lecturing assignments are in
English. Community college faculty may want
take note of a newer component—the Fulbright
Senior Specialists Program — a short-term
grant program offering two- to six-week grants.
Under the Senior Specialists Program, faculty
may collaborate with counterparts in other
countries on curriculum and faculty
development, assist in institutional planning,
deliver a series of lectures, or provide other
expertise, depending on a host institution’s
interests and needs.
And don’t forget the Occasional Lecturers
Program under the Fulbright Visiting
Scholars Program. The 800 foreign
Fulbright Scholars who come the U.S. each
year offer a rich resource for campuses.
Funds are available for any of visiting
scholars (already in the U.S.) to travel to
campuses for short-term guest lectures. A
directory of visiting scholars currently in the
country is available. All arrangements must
be made at least one month in advance of the
visit.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION...
...about the grant opportunities listed in this publication, contact the SLCC Office of
Institutional Development located on the 6th floor of the Cosand Center:
539-5354
Check out the newly-redesigned web page for the Office of Institutional Development:
http://www.stlcc.edu/odweb/
There you will find back issues of Focus on Funding, the 2003-2004 Scholarship
brochure, the Federal Funding Opportunities booklet, Grant Management Manual,
important forms and policies for project directors, and more!
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