CIT Blog » Funding http://cit.duke.edu/blog What's new and interesting in instructional technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 CIT faculty grants for fall 2009 http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/08/25/fall2009-grants/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/08/25/fall2009-grants/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:14:28 +0000 Amy Campbell http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=4241 This fall, CIT offers several faculty funding options to support innovative projects using instructional technologies.

Our Strategic Initiative Grant program seeks applicants with high-impact project ideas which directly support Duke’s strategic goals, and have school or departmental support. Proposed projects should be feasible to accomplish in one to two years, involve multiple courses or faculty members, and support such strategic goals as interdisciplinarity, internationalization and knowledge in the service of society. See the full program description on our website; initial applications are due Monday September 28, 2009.

Faculty with smaller-scale ideas for pilot or “proof-of-concept” projects are welcome to apply for a Jump Start Grant. These grants may be awarded for projects focused on one course, particularly if the project has potential to be expanded to other courses or faculty if successful, or if the project could be used as a model for others. More information and examples of previously funded projects are on our website. Applications for Jump Starts are accepted on a rolling basis.

Other funding options include Invited Speaker Grants and Instructional Technology Faculty Fellowships. More information about both is on the CIT website at the pages linked above, or email cit@duke.edu.

]]> http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/08/25/fall2009-grants/feed/ 0 Funding for science, engineering and math education research http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/03/19/funding-for-science-engineering-and-math-education-research/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/03/19/funding-for-science-engineering-and-math-education-research/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:21:11 +0000 Andrea Novicki http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=3141 NIH is soliciting applications for Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research to support research in several areas, including  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM).   Specifically, funds are targeted for research on:

Efficacy of educational approaches toward promoting STEM competencies. Research on efficacy testing of educational pedagogy, tools, and curricula (both classroom and non-classroom approaches) that are targeted at improving student understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Read the announcement. Projects are for two years, and the maximum requested budget is $500,000 total costs per year.

Contact: Dr. Bruce Fuchs, 301-402-5225, fuchsb@mail.nih.gov

Application Due Date(s): April 27, 2009

Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): September 30, 2009

Thanks to David Needham for telling me about this!

]]> http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2009/03/19/funding-for-science-engineering-and-math-education-research/feed/ 0 $2 Million Participatory Learning Competition http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/09/02/2-million-participatory-learning-competition/ http://cit.duke.edu/blog/2008/09/02/2-million-participatory-learning-competition/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:25:06 +0000 Amy Campbell http://cit.duke.edu/blog/?p=1571 The second HASTAC/MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition is now open!  The focus is participatory learning.

According to the competition’s website: “Participatory Learning includes the many ways that learners (of any age) use new technologies to participate in virtual communities where they share ideas, comment upon one another’s projects, and plan, design, advance, implement, or simply discuss their goals and ideas together.”

Awards will be made in two categories:

–Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards support large-scale digital learning projects ($30,000-$250,000)

–Young Innovator Awards are targeted at 18-25 year olds ($5,000-$30,000)

Application Deadline:  October 15, 2008.

Full information at:  http://www.dmlcompetition.net.

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