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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING
Date:
February 12, 2006
To:
CSU Faculty Community Scholars
CSU Service-Learning Directors
CSU Faculty Development Directors
From:
Subject:
CSU Office of Community Service Learning
Collaboration Minigrants for Multi-Campus Engaged Scholarship Initiatives –
Request for Proposals
Proposals should be submitted via email and are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 14, 2006.
Proposals that have not been received by the deadline will be considered only if funds remain after
proposals received by the deadline have been considered.
The CSU Office of Community Service Learning invites proposals from CSU faculty for multicampus initiatives to be implemented in academic year 2006-7. We ask your assistance in helping us
announce this opportunity to faculty involved in engaged scholarship. For the purpose of this
initiative we define engaged scholarship as follows:
Engaged scholarship refers to research and/or creative work that either directly
studies or addresses a community need or the processes by which the university
and other institutions are involved in addressing these needs. Examples include
studies and participatory action research on health, education, environment, or
safety (and other) concerns in communities, studies on the effectiveness of
pedagogies (such as service learning) in engaging students in their communities,
or studies on the effectiveness of public and/or private agencies in addressing
these needs.
The intent of this mini-grant program is to enable faculty on different CSU campuses who work in
related areas to develop collaborative teams to expand their work across campuses. We anticipate
funding up to four mini-grants for projects with budgets limited to $2,000-$3,000 each.
The Request for Proposals is enclosed. We hope to announce awards the week of May 8, 2006.
Questions about this Request for Proposals may be addressed to Gerald Eisman, Service-Learning
Faculty Scholar, geisman@calstate.edu.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Jerry
Gerald Eisman
Service-Learning Faculty Scholar
CSU, Office of the Chancellor
401 GOLDEN SHORE, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802-4210
FAX (562) 951-4983