Funds
The Office of Undergraduate Ecuation offers financial support through the
following programs:
Course Innovation Funds
Funding is available to support innovative projects to improve
existing undergraduate courses, or to design new courses. Preference
will be given to proposals involving courses central to the overall
undergraduate program (Core, etc.) and to concentration needs
(for example, introductory and "service" courses, intermediate-level
required courses, and those in the tutorial program such as junior
seminars and conference courses).
Applications should describe the project in a 1-2 page proposal,
including in the case of new courses a statement on the course being
replaced, and should be accompanied by a letter from the chair of
the concentration noting the position of any new course in the
department curricular plan or the value of the project to the
department's basic curricular needs.
Normally, one course per applicant will be supported in
any given year. Successful applicants must agree to offer
the course more than once, and agree to have the course CUE-evaluated.
Applications should be sent to the Dean for Undergraduate Education,
University Hall First Floor North, for consideration.
We try to respond to applications on a rolling basis.
Gordon Gray Faculty Grants for Writing Pedagogy
Faculty grants for Writing Pedagogy are available to faculty who
wish to create a new course in which student writing plays a
large role, or who wish to restructure an existing course to
give student writing a larger or more effective role. Recipients
will consult with Dr. Nancy Sommers, Sosland Director of
Expository Writing, and colleagues from the Harvard Writing
Project, both prior to and during the semester when the course
is first given, on topics such as sequencing assignments,
student use of sources, and Teaching Fellow training.
Applications should include the materials required for the more
general Innovation Funds grants as described above, as well
as an indication of the nature of the course and the desired
role of writing within it, along with a detailed budget of
up to $5,000 for materials, assistance in the preparation of
materials, etc. In addition to the course grant, recipients
will be awarded a $2,500 research account for their own use.
Applicants must agree to offer the course at least three times,
and must agree to have the course CUE-evaluated. It is expected
that one grant will be awarded during each application cycle.
Preference will be given to proposals involving Sophomore
Tutorials, introductory courses, and courses in the Core program.
Applications should be sent to the Dean for Undergraduate
Education, University Hall First Floor North, by November 1st
(fall term) or April 1 (spring term). Preferences will be given
to proposals involving sophomore tutorials, introductory courses,
and courses in the Core program.
Faculty interested in applying for other funds such as Research
funds (Clark, Tozier, etc.) should contact the FAS Financial
Office at 495-1525.
Instructional Lunch Fund
Funds are available to facilitate regular meetings over lunch
(or breakfast, coffee, etc.) between instructors and their
section leaders to discuss course-related matters. In order to
be eligible for these funds a minimum of six meetings must be
held each term.
Faculty may be reimbursed up to a maximum of $50 per person
(including the course head as well as the section leaders)
to cover 6-9 meetings per term. Faculty who meet at least
10 times during a term will be reimbursed up to a maximum
of $75 per person per semester.
Course heads seeking reimbursement for expenditures should submit
their receipts within 60 days of expenditure to the Administrator
in the department in which
the course is offered. Faculty teaching in the Core should
contact Mariene Dargan Benoit at 495-2563.
Concentration Brochures
Funds are available to help publish concentration handbooks.
Each concentration may apply once every three years for a sum of money equivalent
to $1,000 plus $2 for every concentrator.
The money may be spread out over the three-year period.
Concentrations should contact the office of the Dean.
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