Description

Travel grants of approximately $1,000 will be awarded to as many as three Radford University faculty to supplement international travel that will internationalize the curriculum. (Individual grants may be less than or exceed $1,000, depending upon the number of fundable requests received.  A total of $3,000 is available for the grants.)

Purpose

• To add to or enhance international dimensions of a class or classes taught by a faculty member
• To internationalize a department or college's curriculum
• To investigate sites and do preliminary planning for a new study abroador exchange program to contribute to the internationalization of the campus

Proposal Guidelines

• Describe concrete benefits for Radford University students. Include an estimate of the number of students potentially affected.
  
• List sources/amounts of matching financial support, if any.
• Describe a timetable of tangible student benefits which will be incorporated into the class(es)/curriculum/campus within no more than two years of travel.
• Outline media documentation of the trip (photography, video, etc.) which will be used to internationalize the class/curriculum/campus and which will be available to all faculty.
  
• Proposals should be limited to no more than two pages.

Deadlines

• Proposal deadline is November 1.
• Grant recipients will be announced November 20.

Sample

• View a sample proposal [PDF] submitted earlier this year
  

Proposals should be submitted to:

• International Education Center
  Radford University
  PO Box 7002
  Radford, VA 24142
  Phone: 540-831-6200
  Fax: 540-831-6588