College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2015
Dean’s May Challenge Grants:
Innovative Teaching Initiative or Student Recruitment Plan
The Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences announces the availability of CSBS
challenge grants: Innovative Teaching Initiative or Student Recruitment Plan. These grants
provide salary funding up to $2,000, to allow tenured and probationary faculty the ability to
undertake innovative teaching initiatives or work within their departments to develop
innovative recruitment plans for their programs. Award monies will be provided at the end of
May 2015. Monies can be used for innovations such as:
1. Creation of a new course on diversity, or explicit incorporation of diversity issues into an
existing course.
2. Integration of new technologies, not currently used, into course components.
3. Development of a summer camp for high school students.
4. Development of a new interdisciplinary course.
5. Establishment of a new service learning initiative or significant experiential learning
activities for students.
6. Creation of a student recruitment plan for one or more academic programs at UNI.
Recruitment activities may include crafting recruitment materials, developing a
communication and recruitment plan for a program, and/or visiting community colleges
to recruit transfer students.
Requirements
1. Complete the attached cover page with requested information.
2. Provide a proposal of no more than 5 pages.
a. Summarize the project.
b. Indicate the need for the proposal and the benefits to applicant and program/s.
c. Describe any collaborators on the project and their role if applicable.
d. Provide a timeline for the proposal.
3. Include a budget outline, if purchasing items through a department or the College.
4. Successful applicants cannot teach during May 2015 and total university compensation
for the month of May cannot exceed 100 percent of salary (i.e., 1/9th of the academic
year salary).
Submission Format
Please deliver a completed cover page (see below) to the Dean’s Office and email the following
items as Microsoft Word documents or PDFs to Greg Bruess, Associate Dean of CSBS. (Email
address: Gregory.Bruess@uni.edu)
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Required information. (No more than five pages.)
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A current CV.
Application Due Date
Applications for this challenge grant are due to the Dean’s Office by 5 p.m. Friday, February 27,
2015.
Progress Report Due Date
Successful applicants are expected to submit an electronic report on their progress by 5:00 p.m.
Friday, August 28, 2015. Email the progress report to: Gregory.Bruess@uni.edu
Final Report Due Date
Awardees must submit a final report providing a summary of the results of this grant by 5 p.m.
Friday, May 6, 2016. The summary should include evidence of how teaching innovations or
recruitment plans benefited students, the applicant, and the college. The final report should be
emailed to: Gregory.Bruess@uni.edu
Dean’s May Challenge Grants:
Innovative Teaching Initiative or Student Recruitment Plan
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cover Page
Application Deadline: February 27, 2015
All applications must be typed
Applicant Name:
Department:
PROJECT TITLE:
PROJECT ABSTRACT:
Signature of Applicant: __________________________________
Date: ______________
Signature of Department Head: ____________________________
Date: ______________