FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
September 2003
Grant Opportunities
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 Fulbright Teacher and
Administrator Exchange Program
(Council for International
Exchange of Scholars)
The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator
Exchange Program provides opportunities for
community college faculty to participate in
direct exchanges of positions with colleagues
from another country for either six weeks, a
semester, or an academic year. Terms and
requirements of the award vary by country.
Benefits to participating faculty include the
opportunity for a career-enhancing experience
which allows faculty to gain new perspectives
and to be exposed to new teaching methods.
Benefits to participating campuses include the
opportunity for students to learn foreign
languages from Native speakers, and increased
global awareness on the part of students.
Eligible countries for community college faculty
include Argentina, Canada, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Romania,
Slovak Republic, South Africa, Switzerland, and
the U.K. Some countries have specific
requirements regarding academic disciplines and
language fluency.
There are also opportunities for administrator
exchanges.
Deadline: October 15, 2003 for opportunities
in the 04-05 school year.
- WELCOME New SLCC Faculty and Staff
If you have an idea for a program or project
that may need external grant funding, the
Office of Institutional Development is here
to help! We can explore appropriate
funding sources with you, and help you
develop a “winning” proposal for
submission to a funding agency. As a
resource for you, “Focus on Funding”
appears once per month in your campus
newsletter; back issues of “Focus on
Funding” can be found on the web at
http://www.stlcc.edu/odweb/
publications.htm.
Also, watch for our booklet “Federal
Funding Opportunities” in your campus
mail. You can reach the Office of
Institutional Development at
For more information, contact the Office of
Institutional Development 539-5354.
314/539-5354
We look forward to working with you!
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FOCUS ON FUNDING
News and Notes from the SLCC Office of Institutional Development
site has examples of the types of projects that
have received equipment grants in the past. The
web address is:
http://www.sun.com/edu/grants.
Deadlines are quarterly. The next deadline is
September 30, 2003.
For more information, contact the Office of
Institutional Development 539-5354.
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Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
Program (Council for
International Exchange of
Scholars)
The Fulbright Scholar-in Residence (SIR)
program is designed to bring a foreign scholar to
a U.S. college or university for one semester or
one year. In addition to teaching courses,
scholars give campus-wide and community
lectures. Numerous community colleges have
participated in the SIR program.
Preference is given to proposals in the
humanities or social sciences, but other fields
focusing on international issues will be
considered. Institutions may suggest suitable
candidates or have the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars (CIES) scholars from a
particular country.
Faculty and Staff Kudos
A number of faculty and staff members have
been awarded grants and contracts over the
past few months. Project Directors, grant
amounts and descriptions for recent awards
include:
Brian Corpening, Missouri Department of
Health and Senior Services, $29,120.
A grant for the Florissant Valley campus to
participate in the Summer Food Service
program for the National Youth Sports
Program participants.
Deadline: November 1, 2003
Rosemary Woolley, Missouri Department of
Health and Senior Services, $34,620.
A grant for the Forest Park campus to
participate in the Summer Food Service
program for the National Youth Sports
Program participants.
Sun Microsystems
Academic Equipment Grant
Program
Sun Microsystems donates equipment to eligible
organizations who have developed creative
projects that address their investment priorities
and create partnerships for success. Grants are
made on a published quarterly calendar and are
for hardware donations only. Grants do not
include maintenance, service, or technical
support.
Mary Luebke, Johnson County Community
College/U.S. Department of Education,
$1,500. A grant for the Florissant Valley
campus to participate in a Regional Interpreter
Training Partnership to promote the
development of sign language interpreters.
Pam McIntyre/Christy Jaeger, Productive
Living Board, $99,765. A grant to provide
vocational enhancement services to St. Louis
County residents with developmental
disabilities through the Continuing Education
Access Program on the Meramec campus.
Sun’s primary investment priorities for Higher
Education are as follows:
• The teaching of Sun technologies
• Web-based learning
• Scientific and Engineering computing
• Business Collaborations
Congratulations!
The Academic Equipment Grant Program’s web
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