NORD GRANTS

1. Duration of awards: The duration of the grants will be for one-year, with the possibility of an extension.

2. Deadlines: There will be no deadlines for proposals, so faculty can submit proposals as the need arises, but for administrative convenience, awards will be made starting on January 1 and July 1 of each year. However, in order to allow for sufficient time for the review process and paperwork to be completed for the grants to take effect, the proposals should be submitted by May 1 to meet the July 1 start date, and by November 1 to meet the January 1 start date.

3. Award limits: There will be no lower or upper limits to individual awards. The degree of detail and level of justification provided should be commensurate with the size of the award requested. The range of sizes for past awards can be seen here. Priority will be given to those who have not received grants in the recent past.

4. Application process: Requests for awards should be in the form of a letter at most two pages long, plus a detailed budget including a descriptive justification. The letter should be co-signed by the department chair (or an Associate Dean in those schools that do not have a department structure). More ambitious projects may be required by reviewers to provide more details. Please email your applications to ucite@case.edu.(Note: Two page-proposal and one-page budget rule should be strictly adhered to. Please do not add any appendices or other documentation over and above the page limit unless specifically asked for them by reviewers.)

5. Eligibility: Faculty who are eligible for awards are those who are likely to have an expectation of a reasonably long-term relationship with the university. Visiting faculty, SAGES Fellows, and graduate students will not be eligible except in cases where the award's benefits are likely to persist even after the awardee has left.

6. Guidelines for awards: While the awards will be granted only for those activities that further the teaching mission of UCITE and the university, this requirement will be interpreted broadly rather than narrowly, including but not limited to such things as funding the modest needs of courses, to attend a conference on teaching, to invite speakers, for seed money to obtain external funds, or for ambitious large-scale projects. Proposals that can demonstrate direct benefits to student learning are preferred, though indirect benefits via faculty development and enriching experiences will also be considered. Funding will not normally be provided for faculty salaries or teaching release time but salaries/stipends for hiring assistants to help with projects is allowed. Whatever the project, the proposal should contain a brief statement of the proposal's purpose, a brief rationale that explains the expected impact on the education of students, the expected outcomes and how (if appropriate and relevant) they will be assessed, and the necessity for using this particular source for the funds if the award is for something that normally should be funded by the department or school. In general, proposals that request smaller amounts, are likely to benefit a significant number of students, and directly impact learning/teaching are more likely to be funded than those that request larger amounts, benefit a small number of students, and only indirectly impact learning/teaching. But those criteria can be overturned if the project is of exceptional promise or quality or serves a clearly demonstrable need.

7. Budget: Budget items must conform to the rules of the proposer's department, school, and university. (For example, some salaries require fringe benefits and others do not.) It is the responsibility of the proposer to check with the appropriate entities to make sure that all their budget items meet the various criteria before submitting the budget. Failure to do so may result in payments not being approved or reimbursements being denied. UCITE's approval of the budget is only on the basis of its appropriateness in relation to the project, and should not be taken as implying that the items conform to all the rules of the university.

8. Public disclosure: All successful proposals (including the budget) will be made publicly accessible, and accepting an award means that the proposer agrees to this unless the proposer explicitly requests that the proposal details not be made public.

9. Final Report: Within two months after the award period ends, the proposer will be expected to file a brief report on what the project accomplished and how the money was spent.

10. Publicity: After completion, award winners may be invited to give a brief talk on their project that may be recorded and used for publicity purposes. They may, if they wish, decline to give a talk or give a talk but choose not to be recorded.

NORD GRANTS AWARDED

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