Information for Interested Faculty

• What is a Faculty, Service-Learning Mini-Grant

  Available Mini-Grand Funds

  Individual awards normaly range between $500.00 and $1,000.00, though larger allocations may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

  Multidisciplinary research projects, courses, or intiatives are especially encouraged to apply.

  NOTE: Requests to support previously funded projects will be considered, but priority is given to new projects and or significant innovations over previous projects.

  Mini-Grants support the following:

  • A new community-based research project
  • Evaluation of an existing community-based research project or service-learning initiative
  • Creation of a new or improved service-learning course
  • A new service-learning initiative or the further development of an existing one
  • Professional development related to community-based research or service-learning
• Mini-Grant Selection Criteria

  Project Design and Student Learning Goals:

  Programs must have well-defined objectives, demonstrable and realistic outcomes and a thoughtfully planned timeline. Measurement of outcomes is highly encouraged and should include feedback from partnering organization. This may include qualitative—such as focus groups or interviews—or quantitative—such as written surveys—or a mixed methods approach.

  Community Needs:

  Service-learning courses must have a positive impact on the community and target a specific unmet need defined in conjunction with community members. Research, instructional products and/or presentations and publications must be an innovative contribution to the academic discipline and/or the service-learning community. Where applicable, it is highly recommended to have an initial meeting between the community partners, faculty, students and any other stakeholders such as receivers-of-service to establish honorable relationships and to make sure project details are clearly outlined.

  Integration of Best Practices:

  The project must demonstrate how principles related to community-based research (e.g. involvement by community; end result of research has demonstrable benefit to identified community) and/or service-learning (e.g. reciprocal relationship building with community partner, opportunities for student reflection; incorporation of academic concepts into service experience) will be integrated.

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  2020 Announcement Pending Funding Availability

• Recent Winners

  2016-17 Winners

  Recognizing the AY 2016-17 Celebrate! CSU Award Recipients for exceptional community partners, students, and instructors committed to service-learning and university-community engagement, and community-based research.

  Exceptional Achievement in Service-Learning Student Award

  Presented for remarkable social or environmental contributions achieved through an academic service-learning course, a supervised internship or professional project, or community-engaged research.

  

  Exceptional Achievement in Service-Learning Community Partner Award

  Presented for demonstrated commitment to building university-community partnerships that meet community-articulated needs and challenges while supporting the holistic education of the next generation of professionals, leaders, and citizens.

  

  Instructional Innovation in Service-Learning Awards

  Presented to instructors who clearly enrich course content and addresses community concerns through skillful application of service-learning pedagogy in an academic course.

  

  

Contact Info

Margit Hentschel
Director of Service-Learning; Co-Dir. of CSU Center for Mindfulness

TILT, Rm 301

Email Phone: 970.491.2032