OFE Newsletter: December 6, 2021
In this Issue:
- 2022 Teaching and Learning Symposium
- Upcoming Award and Fellowship Deadlines
- Upcoming Events for Faculty
Register for the 2022 Teaching and Learning Symposium
The Office for Faculty Excellence is pleased to host their 2022 Teaching and Learning Symposium on Friday, February 25, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., virtually via Zoom. This year’s theme will be Creating Our New Normal. The Symposium will include a keynote lecture, concurrent sessions, and a poster session.
Our keynote speakers will be Dr. Susan D Blum. Dr. Blum is a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, currently fixated on education and pedagogical praxis, after a previous incarnation as a China anthropologist. She is the author of “I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College (Cornell, 2016) and My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture (Cornell, 2009), and the editor of the recent volume Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (West Virginia University Press, 2020). With 5 co-authors, she has written “A Theory of Public Higher Education,” published in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal in July 2021.
We invite faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and staff from all member institutions of the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (NC State, Meredith College, Saint Augustine’s University, Shaw University, Wake Tech Community College, William Peace University) to attend. Registration is required by filling out the registration form.
Upcoming Award and Fellowship Deadlines
The following are select recognition opportunities with upcoming deadlines. Keep an eye out twice a month for new opportunities. Please direct any questions to the Director of External Faculty Awards and Recognition, Maria Almanza at maria_almanza@ncsu.edu
Fulbright Specialist Program
The Fulbright Specialist Program sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions abroad for a period of 2 to 6 weeks. The Specialist Program allows overseas universities, cultural centers, non-governmental organizations and other institutions abroad to develop collaborative projects which host a leading U.S. academic at their institution to work on diverse, short-term collaborative projects focused on education and training. These projects support critical priorities identified by the host institutions and supported by U.S. embassies and binational Fulbright Commissions abroad.
To apply for a Fulbright Specialist, you must apply to join the active roster of Fulbright Specialists. Applications are accepted throughout the year (see upcoming deadline below). This deadline includes the deadline for references as well. If selected, you are eligible to be paired with a Fulbright Specialist project over a three year term and will have access to the Fulbright Specialist Portal, where all opportunities are advertised. After your three year term on the specialist roster, you must wait two years from the date of their tenure expiration before you are eligible to apply to rejoin the Specialist Roster.
Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)
- Specialists should demonstrate expertise in one of the following disciplines: Agriculture, American (U.S.) Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology Education, Business Administration, Chemistry Education, Communication and Journalism, Computer Science and Information Technology, Economics, Education, Engineering Education, Environmental Science, Law, Library Science, Math Education, Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, Physics Education, Political Science, Public Administration, Public/Global Health, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Planning
- All applicants must be U.S. citizens.
- Applicants must have significant experience in their respective field, as demonstrated by professional, academic, or artistic achievements.
Deadline: Jan. 12 is the next deadline to apply to join the Fulbright Specialist Roster. See rolling deadlines throughout the year on the website.
ACLS Digital Extension Grants
The grants are designed to advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research. ACLS Digital Extension Grants support projects that have advanced beyond the start-up phase of development as they pursue one or more of the following activities:
- Developing new systems of making established digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions
- Extending established projects and resources with content that adds diversity to the digital domain
- Fostering new team-based collaborations between scholars at all career stages. Projects that convene, train, and empower communities of humanities faculty and/or graduate students around established digital research projects, as well as projects that allow scholars from institutions with limited digital infrastructure to exploit digital resources or to participate in existing labs or working groups, are especially welcome
- Creating new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged.
ACLS will award up to six grants. Each grant carries a maximum possible award of $150,000. The funds support a range of project costs, including, where necessary, salary replacement for faculty or staff, software, equipment, travel, lodging, and meeting costs, and consultant fees.
Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)
- Project’s principal investigator must be a scholar in a field of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences.
- Projects must have advanced beyond the start-up or prototyping phase of development.
- Projects must be initiated between July 1 and December 31, 2021, and be completed no later than June 30, 2023.
Deadline: Jan. 11, 2022 (pending renewal of support from funder)
Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago to spend extended periods of time for research (6–24 months) in Germany. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply.
The research outline is carried out in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Applicants choose their own topic of research and their host in Germany. Details of the research outline including information on the intended duration of the fellowship must be agreed upon with the intended host before applying.
Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)
- Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than four years prior to the date of application.
- Applicant needs confirmation that research facilities are available, a mentoring agreement, and a detailed expert’s statement by an academic host at a research institution in Germany.
- Necessary language skills: good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the research successfully.
- Short-term visits for study and training purposes or for attending conferences are not eligible for sponsorship.
- Potential applicants of German nationality are eligible to apply provided that their habitual place of work and residence has been located abroad on the assumption of permanence for at least five years.
Deadline: The Selection Committee responsible for reviewing applications to this programme meets every March, July and November. Please send your completed application form, including any additional documents required, well in advance of the desired selection date. Applications are usually processed within four to eight months.
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for experienced researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad, who completed their doctorates less than twelve years ago to spend extended periods of research (6-18 months; may be divided up into a maximum of three blocks) in Germany. Candidates are expected to have their own, clearly defined research profile. This means they should usually be working at least at the level of Assistant Professor or Junior Research Group Leader or be able to document independent research work over a number of years. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply.
The research outline is carried out in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Applicants choose their own topic of research and their host in Germany. Details of the research outline including information on the intended duration of the fellowship must be agreed upon with the intended host before applying. The duration of the research fellowship (6-18 months) may be divided up into a maximum of three visits lasting a minimum of three months each. No more than 36 months may elapse between the beginning of the first stay and the end of the last stay.
Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)
- Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than twelve years prior to the date of application.
- Applicant needs confirmation that research facilities are available, a mentoring agreement, and a detailed expert’s statement by an academic host at a research institution in Germany.
- Necessary language skills: good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the research successfully.
- Short-term visits for study and training purposes or for attending conferences are not eligible for sponsorship.
- Potential applicants of German nationality are eligible to apply provided that their habitual place of work and residence has been located abroad on the assumption of permanence for at least five years.
Deadline: The Selection Committee responsible for reviewing applications to this program meets every March, July and November. Please send your completed application form, including any additional documents required, well in advance of the desired selection date. Applications are usually processed within four to eight months.
Upcoming Events for Faculty
Tuesday, Dec. 7
Wednesday, Dec. 8
Friday, Dec. 10
- Open Lab: Moodle and More!, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 13
- Mindful Mondays, 9:00-9:30 a.m.
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