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The
Price Chair Endowment will provide up to $15,000/year to fund
projects designed to improve instruction. This grant
compeition is open to faculty in baccalaureate degree-granting
departments in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental
Sciences.
Questions
regarding the small grants program should be directed to Dr.
L. H. Newcomb at newcomb.1@osu.edu or at (614)688-5612.
Winners of Spring 2005 Grant Competition
Mark Tucker - Department of Human and Community Resource Development
Click here to see his winning proposal
Winners
of Spring 2004 Grant Competition
Larry
Miller - Department of Human and Community Resource Development
Click
here to see his winning proposal
Joe
Ottobre - Department of Animal Sciences
Click
here to see his winning proposal
Winners of Autumn 2003 Grant
Competition
Ann
Christy - Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological
Engineering
Click
here to see her winning proposal
Neal
Hooker and Matt Roberts - Department of Agricultural, Environmental,
and Development Economics
Click
here to see their winning proposal
Grant
Program Guidelines
Purpose:
To support faculty in carrying out professional
development activities helpful to them as they strive to become
more effective teachers.
Any
professional development activity will be considered.
See the following possibilities (for illustrative purposes
only),:
- New course development
- Attendance at conferences focused on teaching
and learning
- Spending time at another campus working with
a college (e.g., on a course you would like to develop or
strengthen)
- Development of a particular teaching skill
(e.g., handling large enrollment course, using the Socratic
method, incorporating learning into a course)
Amount
of Awards:
- Individual faculty proposals will be eligible
for $2,000-$5,000 in funding
- Joint proposals (two or more faculty working
together) may be eligible for funding over $5,000
Proposal
Outlines - should include the following:
- Title
- Description of the idea
- Description of the course/courses that would
be enhanced and/or a description of the teaching skills
that would be enhanced
- Plan of action (procedures)
- Timeline
- Budget - the amount requested and proposed
used of funds
- Signatures of faculty member(s) and appropriate
department chair/school director
Selection
Process: A subcommittee of the FAES Academy for
Teaching Excellence will select successful proposals to be
funded.
Selections
will be based on the following criteria:
- Persuasive rationale
- Clear plan of action
- Appropriate scope - goal(s) that can be accomplished
within the time frame and resources available as described
in the proposal
- Evidence it will provide professional development
for the faculty member
- Evidence it will enhance learning
Submission
Deadlines - Awards will be made each autumn and spring.
Autumn proposals will be due by September 1st, with awards
being announced by October 1st. Spring proposals will
be due April 1st with awards announced by May 1st.
Proposals
should be submitted to: Carol Poe, 100 Agricultural
Administration Building, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH
43210. poe.4@osu.edu
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