Research, Scholarship and Creativity Grants

Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grants are available to support faculty members in their professional scholarly and creative work.

Deadline Wednesday, February 11, 2015.
Grants are available for Research, Scholarship and Creativity expenses.
Beginning 2014, one RSC grant will be designated for an Area of Focus from the Academic Strategic Plan or the Mission of the College. For the 2014-2015 grant period the Area of Focus is Global Engagement.
Applications will be accepted for stipends and project costs, and for stipends only.
Joint applications are accepted.
One faculty member cannot receive both the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity grant and the Presidential Faculty/Student Collaboration grant in the same year.
Competitive, but a large number are funded each year.
Provides a combination of stipend and program support.
Awards are made in the spring for the following academic year; project expenses must be incurred and reimbursed during that fiscal year (June 1st - May 31st).
Application Checklist and Budget form (2015 form; form is typically updated during January)

Submit electronically in a PDF format to John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning (cblaukat@gac.edu).

For more information, contact the Faculty Development Committee.

The Kendall Center has several books on Research, Scholarship and Creativity available to faculty at the Folke Bernadotte Library.

Developing and Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices, Council on Undergraduate Research Council on Undergraduate Research, 2007.
Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning, Maryellen Weimer, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2006.
Faculty Collaboration: Enhancing the Quality of Scholarship and Teaching, Ann E. Austin and Roger G. Baldwin, George Washington University, 1991.
Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Rewarding Multiple Forms of Scholarship, KerryAnn O'Meara and R. Eugene Rice, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2005.
Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books, William Germano, The University of Chicago Press, 2001.
The Musical Experience of Composer, Performer, Listener, Roger Sessions, Princeton University Press, 1974.
The Subject is Research: Processes and Practices, Wendy Bishop and Pavel Zemliansky, Boynton/Cook Publishers, 2007.