The deadline for applications is May 16th and awardees will be contacted on or before June 16, 2008.

Applications for the grants should be sent via email attachment to Nelson E. Soto (nsoto@iupui.edu), Chair - Travel Grant, and applicants must answer each of the following questions:

• Please tell us who you are and describe your interest and/or experience in instructional development.

• How will you benefit from attending the POD conference and how do you hope to share these benefits with others at your institution?

• How might POD benefit from your membership and attendance and how do you hope to contribute to the organization in the future?

Optional: If you know a current member of POD who is willing to write a letter of support on your behalf, please include the letter with your application.

Please note that each grant recipient will be required to prepare a poster or flyer handout that summarizes the diversity related instructional development work done on his or her campus.  Some awardees will also be invited to participate in a panel discussion that will explore issues of diversity and inclusiveness in instructional development.

Issues that have not always been clear to potential applicants:

• The grant is not expected to pay for everything, but simply to defray some of the costs of attending the conference.

• One must become a member of POD to attend the conference and register for the conference.

• The costs which are paid before the conference by POD include membership dues, the conference registration fee with conference meals, and optional workshop fees.  The remainder of the grant is made payable to the recipient's institution and is distributed at the conference.  The costs to be funded by the recipient/institution are travel, lodging costs, and non-conference meals.

Visit the POD web site (http://podnetwork.org/) for additional information about POD grants, the organizational mission, and conference schedules.

Contact Nelson Soto, Chair-Travel Grant (nsoto@iupui.edu), or Natasha Flowers, Vice Chair-Travel Grant (nflowers@iupui.edu) if you need more information or to apply for the grant.

2007 Diversity Travel Grant RECIPIENTS

• Helen Caldwell, Johnson C. Smith University

• Elizabeth Hammer, Xavier University

• Monica Huerta, University of Michigan

• Janice Liddell, Clark Atlanta University

• Ju Park, Indiana University-Northwest

• Leslie Richardson, Xavier University

• Elizabeth Rousselle, Xavier University

• Alice Stephens, Clark Atlanta University

• Carmen Walker, Johnson C. Smith University