Faculty/TA Instructional Development Internship Grants

"The diversity internship allowed me to explore a new and different dimension of faculty and instructional development by focusing on multicultural teaching and observing expert faculty developers in action."

- Grant Recipient, University of Michigan

The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher
Education (POD) Diversity Committee (DC) enthusiastically invites proposals for the 2010 Faculty/TA Instructional Development Internship Program. The purpose of this grant is to provide a POD member institution with funding up to $5,000. The goals for the Internship Program are:

1. To provide a person of color with career exploration opportunities in Faculty/TA instructional development;
2. To support the intern’s attendance either at the beginning of the grant at the 2010 POD Conference in St. Louis, Missouri (November 3-7, 2010) or at the end of the grant (at the 2011 POD Conference).

The grant award will be allocated in two ways:
1. Up to $4,000 will be awarded to the institution to fund the internship;
2. Up to $1,000 will be available to the intern for attendance at the 2010 or 2011 POD Conference.

Institutions that are awarded the Internship grant must join POD as an institutional member before the 2010 conference. For POD institutional membership details, please visit here.

Submission Process
1. Components of the Proposals–All proposals should include the following elements:

• Contact information

• Description of services provided by Faculty Development unit

• Institutional goals for the proposed internship

• Process for recruiting the intern

• Plan for establishing the internship, including institutional support

(e.g., financial match, logistical support, course release, travel stipend)

• Experiences and activities in which intern would be engaged (e.g., practical opportunities for career exploration; activities to create & sustain interest in field of faculty development)

• Statement that shows the alignment between the work of the intern and the mission of the POD Diversity Committee

• Strategic Plan for sustaining the internship, including institutional support

• Plans for assisting the intern to continue work in faculty, TA or instructional development after the internship is completed (e.g., acquiring a position in a teaching and learning center, office of diversity/multicultural affairs, or academic administration)

• Timeline for internship, which includes recruitment and proposed schedule of activities

Timeline for Proposal Submission and Funding:

• Deadline for submission–5:00 p.m. EDT, May 20, 2010

• Notification of funding–July 2010

• Internship timeframe–Academic Year 2010-2011

• Attend POD Conference–November 3-7, 2010 or attend the 2011 POD Conference

Intern Expectations:

• The Grant recipient is expected to attend the 2010 POD Conference in St. Louis, Missouri or attend the 2011 POD Conference.

• The Grant recipient is expected to share the outcomes of the internship experience in a final report to the Diversity Committee, along with eithera presentation at the 2011 POD Conference or in a POD publication.

Additional information on application process, including expectations of grant recipient, review criteria, and FAQs can be found on the POD Diversity Committee eFolio site:  http://poddc.project.mnscu.edu.

Contact Marie-Therese C. Sulit, Chair–POD Diversity Committee Grants Program, at sulit@msmc.edu. 

All proposals are to be submitted through email to Marie-Therese C. Sulit, Internship Grant Chair, sulit@msmc.edu by 5:00 p.m. EDT on or before May 20, 2010.

2009 POD Faculty/TA Instructional Development Internship Grant:
Truman State University, under the administration of Dr. Julie Lochbaum.
Joshua Lobert will serve as Intern.

We look forward to receiving your proposal! And we invite your questions and requests for additional information.

With sincere regards,

Marie-Therese C. Sulit, Ph.D.

POD Diversity Committee Grants Program Chair
Mount Saint Mary College
E-mail: sulit@msmc.edu
Ofc: 845.569.3230

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