Application deadline                                

5:00 pm, Friday, October 20, 2023

5:00 pm, Friday, February 23, 2024

Dates and anticipated awards

Activities must take place between September 1, 2023-December 31, 2024. Anticipated awards are for up to $500 each.

Eligibility

Applicants must be academic staff who
• hold at least a 33% appointment teaching or advising students who are studying languages other than English in 2023-24, or who are directing or coordinating language programs, AND
• are affiliated with the Language Institute. (Not yet affiliated with the Language Institute? Just fill out the form!)

Graduate students and visiting scholars are not eligible for this grant program.

Supported activities and allowable expenses

This grant is intended to support academic staff professional development, broadly defined, that aligns with the mission of the Language Institute. Possible professional development activities, which could be related to teaching, research, or other aspects of your position, might include:

• Conference or research travel (allowable expenses include airfare/mileage, lodging, meals, conference registration).
• Professional development workshops or institutes (allowable expenses include airfare/mileage, lodging, meals, workshop registration)
• Supplies for research (allowable expenses include books and software; the grant is not intended to purchase computer hardware or office supplies)
• Student hourly support for research

The grant does not support academic staff salary or enrollment in credit-bearing courses.

Applicants should use the budget template to prepare and submit their budget, following the guidelines in the template.  Individuals applying for the grant are strongly encouraged to make an appointment to meet with Language Institute accountant Pang Thao for a review of their proposed budget before submitting it with an application.

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be reviewed by a committee as soon as possible after each application deadline. The committee will consider the following in reviewing applications and making decisions on awards:

• Relevance of the activity to the individual’s position and to the mission of the Language Institute
• For conferences, active participation in the conference (e.g., by giving a paper)
• Need for professional development support (with priority consideration given to proposals from academic staff that have no other forms of funding for professional development activities and who did not receive this grant in the previous year)
• Potential for impact (for your work, your program, and/or the university)
• Overall quality of the application   

Campus academic staff professional development grant

Recipients of Language Institute grants can use their award as matching funds for the campus-wide Academic Staff Professional Development Grant, if their activity meets the campus program’s criteria.

Detailed information about the Academic Staff Professional Development Grant is here.

Contact

Questions about this Language Institute Grant? Contact Jana Martin: jcmartin4@wisc.edu, 608-890-4585.

Sponsors

Funding for this program is from the International Division and the Language Institute.