Study Groups

 What is a study group?: A study group is a collection of faculty that meets to study a problem or topic. The group meets regularly for a specified term, usually to discuss readings or perform other tasks that they set for themselves.

What criteria are used to grant study group funding?: Topics should focus on innovative, intellectual and scholarly questions, or pedagogic and curricular issues. Study group decisions are made by the R&D Committee using the following criteria.

1. Significance: The problem under study must substantially contribute to the participants' development as teachers and/or scholars.


2. Results: The proposal must identify the expected results, which usually take the form of further scholarship, course revisions, curricular proposals, or policy recommendations.

3. Track record. R&D considers the applicants' previous history of grant applications should indicate the ability to accomplish what was promised, to use awarded funds prudently, and to file final reports as required in a timely fashion.


How are study groups supported?: R&D provides expenses for the group's activities including the purchase of books. A search and, when appropriate, application for external funding is the required first step in the process. To begin your search, you may want to consult www.fdncenter.org (The Foundation Center) and the  Corporate, Foundation and Government Support Office  for assistance.  Stipends are not normally included with these grants. [This funding level reflects the College's expectation that curricular refinement of this order be a routine part of departmental activity throughout the year. Stipends for faculty are awarded where thorough going reforms are proposed which demand extensive cooperative work, promising a major impact on teaching, scholarship, and institutional visibility.]

How are other college committees involved in the funding decision?: The appropriate committees or departments may be consulted in understanding the value and relevance to the college of a proposed project. 
 
Special application instructions for just this program: Your application should include a list of participants. 
 
Please be sure to check for application deadlines (click on "Deadlines" menu button) .

For information on how to apply, please click on the "Application Instructions" menu button.

For instructions on reporting, please click on the "Expense Reporting" and "Narrative Reports"  menu buttons.   (no special reporting requirements for just this program)