Request for Proposals: A&S Faculty Learning Communities

The College of Arts & Sciences invites applications for Faculty Learning Communities for the 2015-16 academic year.

Faculty Learning Communities are interdisciplinary faculty groups engaged in an active, collaborative, semester- or year-long initiative.

Proposals for the Faculty Learning Communities to be sponsored in 2015-16 should focus on a topic within:

• teaching, student learning, community building and/or
• academic writing, grant proposals, scholarship of teaching and learning, or other forms of scholarship

All faculty are invited to apply. Cross-college and cross-campus collaborations are welcome. The application deadline is Monday, June 15, 2015.

Groups can apply for funds up to $7,500 per learning community (dependent upon group size and the aims and scope of the proposed initiative). Requested support for these Faculty Learning Communities can include, for example, an invited workshop facilitator, books, software, or other resources to support the community work.  Modest participant stipends are appropriate to request if the group will be developing a teaching and learning or other scholarly product to be shared across the college or university.  Modest stipends for group facilitator(s) are appropriate to request.

Each proposed Faculty Learning Community requires:

• A focal topic.
• Learning community goals agreed upon by the group, with an individual or group project or product to be developed by the end of spring semester, 2016.  Groups developing teaching and learning or other scholarly products to be shared across the college or  university should identify the avenues by which these products will be shared.
• A designated facilitator or co-facilitators for the group.
• Signature of facilitator’s (or one co-facilitator’s) Department Chair or Program Director indicating agreement for that unit to administer funds for the Faculty Learning Community if the proposal is approved; the funds will be transferred from the college office to that unit.

Please direct questions to Dr. Laurie Hatch, Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at 740-257-2828 or hatchl@ohio.edu. Application forms have been emailed to A&S chairs and directors and department contacts.