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Winter 2005 Announcement

The World College is requesting applications for as many as six Fellowships for the Winter 2005. These fellowship opportunities are open to full time tenure track faculty. An intention of the fellowships is to provide seed money for innovative ideas with potential for long-term positive impact. The deadline for submission of applications is October 15, 2004. The Fellowships are of two types.

Type One includes three fellowships which are targeted, as described below.

International Cultural Competence Institute Fellowship-ICCI Coordinator

Coordinate planning and implementation of the program for the International Cultural Competence Institute, 2005. This fellow will be responsible for the following:

1. Convene a planning committee,
2. Help to identify program elements and providers,
3. Arrange for program providers,
4.  Initiate call for participant applications,
5. Lead selection of appropriate mix of participants,
6. Coordinate communications among committee members, University offices, program providers, and participants,
7. Manage logistics for planning, program delivery, and post institute follow-up activities,
8. Monitor the ICCI budget,
9. Manage evaluation of ICCI.
10. Hold two meetings with ICCI participants during Fall to monitor projects.


This fellowship is awarded for .50 faculty reassignment for the Winter term. The Fellow will be expected to continue beyond the end of Winter 2005 in order to oversee the implementation of the International Cultural Competence Institute during the Spring 2005 term and manage the evaluation and complete the final report. (Contingent on budget and World College priorities, this fellowship may be extended.) Former ICCI participants are strongly urged to apply.

Institutionalization of International Week

Coordinate and propose policies and procedures which are targeted to infuse ideas and activities concerning International Week throughout the University. This Fellow will be responsible for the following:

1. Examine activities and contributors to previous International Weeks at EMU,
2. Work with previous and current International Week planners to highlight activities,
3. Enlist the assistance of Deans, Department Heads and Faculty to extend International Week activities into classes, department, or college events,
4. Engage the authority of upper administration offices to promote International Week,
5. Work across divisions to extend hospitality to international students and faculty,
6. Identify international faculty to participate in the globalization of the University,
7. Construct an evaluation instrument for use in evaluating International Week 2004 activities.

This fellowship is awarded for .25 faculty reassignment for the Winter term. (Contingent on budget and World College priorities, this fellowship may be extended.)

International Grant-Writing Fellowship

This Fellowship will focus on identifying and applying to funding sources which
underwrite the cost of international research, service, teaching, and faculty/student
exchange. This Fellow will be responsible for the following:

1. Create a working file of potential funding sources,
2. Establish World College communications with selected sources,
3. Identify sources that match the interests (current and potential) of EMU individuals and disseminating that information to those individuals,
4. In consultation with the World College Director, to select two to three target grants and write proposals (either individually or in collaboration with other faculty).

This fellowship is awarded for .50 faculty release for the Winter 2005 term.
(Contingent on budget and World College priorities, this fellowship may be extended.)

Type Two includes up to three .25 reassignment fellowships for Winter 2005.
These are Applicant Initiated Fellowships in which the applicant proposes the idea,
the strategy, and the manner in which the proposal goals are to be accomplished.

Evaluation of Applications

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of how well the applicant addresses the
following criteria in the proposal narrative (3 to 4 pages, single spaced).
1. Interest in assuming a leadership role in international programs/activities.
2. Applicant experience which is relevant to proposed activities.
3. Relationship of project to applicant's continued professional development plans.
4. Explanation of expected project impacts on teaching, research, and service (pertaining to applicant and colleagues).
5. Support by applicant's department head of applicant's involvement.
6. If this is an applicant initiated project, a budget page should be included which
includes such elements as travel, communications, supplies, etc.

Cover Sheet
(Please attach this sheet as the cover to your proposal)

NAME: _____________________________ ACADEMIC RANK:____________

DEPARTMENT:______________________ COLLEGE: ___________________

CAMPUS ADDRESS & PHONE: ___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

PROJECT/PROGRAM TITLE: __________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

AMOUNT OF REASSIGNMENT TIME REQUESTED FOR WINTER 2005
___Quarter (ten hours/week) ___Half (twenty hours/week)

Applicant's Signature _____________________________ Date: _____________

Comments by Department Head:

 

Faculty Replacement Cost (department average) $__________

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Department Head Signature (required)                                         Date