Note: UEC grants cannot be charged to p-cards, but faculty who receive UEC grants will receive information in their grant award letter about the possibility of an advance.
Deadline: December 1
Description
Funds are provided each year for the purpose of supporting faculty members whose professional expertise requires periodic residence in foreign cultures. These funds are to serve the currency of faculty members in the society or societies of their teaching programs and are separate from awards for research. Activities covered by these funds include travel to foreign areas, lodging and meals, tuition for advanced language study, and other relevant costs of maintaining currency in relevant cultures.
Since Cultural Currency grants support travel outside the United States, recipients will be required to register their travel at least four weeks prior to departure. Information on how to register travel and request approval for travel to high-risk areas is available on the University’s Travel Advisory site. Cultural Currency grant funds will not be released until the travel is registered.
Eligibility
These funds are intended for use by full-time, ongoing faculty members, instructors, or artists-in-residence who have been in full-time service at the university for at least three years and whose teaching programs include foreign areas in a primary way. One grant of $3,000, or more grants at lesser amounts, will be available per year.
Application
Application for these funds should be made to the University Enrichment Committee through the online form. The application should include:
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Project proposal (1,000 words maximum).
a. Professional goals and anticipated outcomes of the project.
b. Activities for which the release time is requested.
c. An explanation of the reasons why other funding is unavailable for foreign travel/residence. - An itemized budget, including brief explanations for expenses.
- For projects that involve the use of human participants or animals, please be aware that appropriate approval must be obtained before grant funds will be released. Please consult IRB or IACUC approval processes information on the university’s website for details.
Preference will go to deserving applicants who lack other opportunities for such travel/residence, and who can demonstrate clear curricular application of activities supported by the grant (which may be during the summer, the winter break, or another block of time, and should involve at least four weeks in the targeted culture).
Deadline
Cultural currency applications must be submitted by December 1.
Reporting
Recipients of Cultural Currency grants shall submit a written report of the activities undertaken, by August 31 of the year the grant is awarded. The report should include the following: (1) a detailed description of how the goals and objectives outlined in the original proposal were achieved, and (2) a description of the benefits of the experience in relation to teaching and professional development. The report should be submitted to enrichment@pugetsound.edu.
Special Conditions
Recipients of a Cultural Currency grant agree to return to the university for a period of at least one year after the conclusion of the summer work, or to repay the university all funds received as a part of the grant.