The College of Liberal Arts is excited to announce a grant opportunity for faculty interested in developing a unique on-the-ground international exchange experience or enhancing current pedagogies through international virtual exchange. The CLA Global Engagement Grant looks to support CLA faculty efforts that align with the college’s internationalization vision of “sin fronteras” — a liberal arts education without borders, boundaries, or barriers: opening doors, preparing students, and ensuring opportunity.

Interested College of Liberal Arts faculty should be prepared to demonstrate how their proposal will be student-centered, prioritizing first-generation students, and address one or more of the following objectives:

1.  create/design a new faculty-led Global Program to be offered during the academic year.

Funding for this category is designed to help support faculty in the initial stages of program/experience development. Actual approval and implementation of a new Global Program is dependent upon meeting subsequent International Center deadlines and requirements. 

2.  strengthen existing or develop new CLA international partnerships for bilateral or cohort model student exchange. 

Funding for this category is designed to help support faculty in the development or enhancement of international exchange partnerships. Actual approval and implementation of any new CLA exchange partnership is dependent upon meeting subsequent International Center deadlines and requirements. 

3.  cultivate high-impact virtual exchange components with like-minded teachers and scholars from around the world.

4.  support innovative practices in the pursuit of enhanced internationalization efforts in the classroom.

Funding:

• on-the-ground international exchange proposals: may request up to $5,000
• virtual exchange proposals: may request up to $3,000

Eligibility:

• on-the-ground international exchange proposals: Tenure-Track & 12.12 Lecturers
• virtual exchange proposals: All faculty with a contractual teaching assignment for AY23/24

Grant deadline: June 30, 2023

For questions, please feel free to contact Josh Machamer • jmachame@calpoly.edu

CLA “sin fronteras” – Without Borders: A liberal arts education that opens the world to our students through international educational opportunities; Without Boundaries: A liberal arts education that prepares students for an increasingly interconnected world; Without Barriers: A liberal arts education in which every CLA student finds Cal Poly’s opportunities fully available to them — ensuring all students can participate in the Cal Poly experience.

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