Cardinal Course Development Grant

Faculty are invited to apply for $1000 to $3000 awards to support the design and development of undergraduate courses that combine public community service with academic study. This includes proposals that add a significant service component to an existing course or those that create a new course with a notable service component.  A service-learning project may be either the entire focus of a course or one discrete (but significant) part of a course. Courses may be small, intensive seminars or larger, lecture courses with service-learning related discussion sections and experiences. The service included as a "text" to be reflected upon and analyzed by participating students may include traditional, hands-on volunteer activity, internships at local organizations, class projects or policy-related work. To be most effective, the service must be integrated into the course, stated clearly in the syllabus and, ideally, incorporated into course outcomes.