International Funding For Faculty, The University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
Awards
George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in teaching, research, and service that significantly strengthen the University's international dimension. The award includes a $1,000 prize and is announced publicly during the fall semester. All tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible for consideration; nominations are due in International Programs by May 3 and selection is made by a faculty committee.
Grants
Internationalizing the Curriculum
As part of an on-going effort to internationalize the curriculum at KU, International Programs offers an $850 stipend each spring to tenured and tenure-track faculty who develop a new international course or significantly revise an existing course to make it more international. For further details click here .
International Travel Fund
Tenured and tenure-track faculty (or faculty equivalents) are eligible for awards to deliver scholarly papers at conferences or pursue research outside the United States. Each faculty member is eligible for one award every three years; the award amounts are $800. For more information, contact IP at oip@ku.edu.
Renew or apply for a passport at International Programs. Find more information here.
International Travel Fund for Humanities Research—Summer 2012
The Office of International Programs once again has funding available to support KU faculty pursuing international humanities research abroad. This fund will provide 3 or 4 awards (depending on final availability of monies) of $3,000 each for a summer 2011 research project. Applicants who have not received summer international research grants from International Programs in the past three summers will receive priority. A representative faculty and administrative committee will make the selections. Find more information here.
China, India, Korea Exchange Agreement (CIK) Support Fund
In order to develop, strengthen, and maintain institutional exchanges and collaborations between faculty researchers and/or students at The University of Kansas and faculty researchers and/or students at selected post-secondary institutions in China, India, and Korea, the Chancellor has created a special fund to support such endeavors. The specific purpose of the fund is to help departments and schools to initiate and/or build relationships on behalf of the University of Kansas with peer units at institutions of higher learning in these countries. This fund will be administered by the International Programs office. Find more information here.
Fulbright Scholar Program (CIES)
This program offers a variety of opportunities to faculty for lecturing and research abroad. Approximately 700 awards in more than 120 countries are awarded nationally. There are also seminars, distinguished lecturing grants, and Fulbright chair appointments, as well as other awards with special features. In addition, under certain conditions, tenure-track faculty at the University of Kansas are eligible to receive from KU a supplemental award of one month's salary for each semester of a Fulbright grant.
For information and applications, contact oip@ku.edu or see www.cies.org. The deadline for most lecturing or research awards is August 1, for lecturing awards and Fulbright chair appointments May 1, and for special programs November 1.
Fulbright-Hays Research Abroad Fellowship Program (DOE)
This program provides support for faculty for three to 12 months of research to be conducted outside of the United States. Projects in language and area studies are funded for every part of the world except Western Europe.
For information and applications, contact International Programs, or International Education and Graduate Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Ave., SW, Suite 600, Portals Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-5331. The internal deadline for applications is mid-October. Applications must be reviewed at International Programs and then at the Office of Sponsored Programs, CRINC, before being forwarded to Washington in time for the early November deadline.
External funding
The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) program seeks to attract, select, and support in-depth field research by US students, scholars and experts in policy-relevant subject areas related to Eastern Europe and Eurasia, as well as to disseminate knowledge about these regions to a wide network of constituents in the United States and abroad. Sponsored by the US Department of State’s Title VIII Program, IARO provides fellows with the means and support necessary to conduct in-country research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. The IARO program plays a vital role in supporting the emergence of a dedicated and knowledgeable cadre of US scholars and experts who can enrich the US understanding of developments in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
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