For the Record

Grants and fellowships

International Research and Exchanges Board
Administers academic exchange programs for U.S. scholars traveling to Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Mongolia. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Grant opportunities include short-term travel grants for scholarly projects focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and limited opportunities for Mongolia. Deadline: June 1.

Information: IREX-International Research and Exchange Board, 1616 H Street NW, Washington D.C., 20006; (202) 628-8188; or: http://irex.org/.

Undergraduate Research
Academic Excellence (University Book Store) Awards recognize students who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding independent projects. Applications due: March 3.

Information: Office of the Provost, 150 Bascom Hall, 262-1304.

Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) announces the new Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT) Grants Competition 2000 to support faculty and instructional staff in creating new pedagogies that use instructional technology to enhance teaching and learning. Deadline: Monday, May 1, 4:30 p.m.

Faculty and staff at all instructional levels are eligible to apply. All applicants are required to complete a pre-proposal phase. Please see the complete proposal guidelines for more details.

At least $150,000 will be awarded this year. Proposals will be reviewed by a faculty committee and selected based on the following criteria: (1) instructional need; (2) innovative application of instructional technology; (3) cost effectiveness; and (4) congruence with initiative priorities. For a full copy of proposal guidelines, visit: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/grants/tltgrants.htm or see your department chair or secretary for a hard-copy version of materials.

DoIT’s Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education (LTDE) will host “The New Teaching & Learning with Technology Grants: What Is It and Who Receives One” brown bag series on Thursday, March 9, to introduce and answer questions. Both brown bags will feature a project demonstration by a former grant recipient, and are scheduled from noon-1 p.m., 3139 Computer Sciences. Visit: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/menus/events.htm for more information on LTDE-sponsored events.

The Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants are sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office, funded by the Hilldale Foundation, and administered by DoIT’s Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education (LTDE). Information: Lisa Peyton-Caire, DoIT LTDE, 265-8638; or e-mail: lmcaire@doit.wisc.edu.

Professional Development and Recognition
The Academic Staff Assembly welcomes nominations and applications from the instructional academic staff for the following two UW System teaching awards: The 2000 Alliant Energy/Wisconsin Power and Light Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award; and The 2000 Regents Excellence Teaching Award. The PDRC will follow the exact criteria of the awards, as detailed at: http://www.uwsa.edu/utic/news/awards.htm

Nominations and supporting materials are due March 6. Ten complete sets should be addressed to the Office of Secretary of the Academic Staff, 270 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706. The PDRC will review the awards and forward the best choice(s) to the UW System.

Teaching Enhancement Grants
The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the second year of the teaching and learning initiative for undergraduate education called the Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEGs). The chancellor has allocated $50,000 a year for three years from the resources available for innovative programs at the UW Foundation. Last year, the university fully funded 10 proposals and partially funded two proposals.

TEGs are intended to assist in implementing innovations in undergraduate education that would otherwise not be funded. They focus on undergraduate students’ active participation in their education (in- and-out-of-classroom experiences, service learning, etc.), through a variety of means (freshman seminars, field trips, meetings with visiting guests, etc.), with additional benefits (Comm-B credits, interdisciplinary endeavors, etc.).

Applications should be sent to the Office of Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Skloot, 117 Bascom Hall, by Monday, March 27. Questions, applications: Chris Carlson-Dakes, 263-4259; or e-mail: cgcarlso@facstaff.wisc.edu. A list of winners from last year is also available upon request.

Institute on Race and Ethnicity
The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity is issuing a call for proposals to fund grants for racial and ethnic studies. Four categories of grant support are being made available for 2000-2001. Deadline: Monday, April 3. To request guidelines, call (414) 229-4700/6701.

Category A (Research): to support scholarly research with the intention of publication on racial and ethnic topics.

Category B (Curriculum Development): To support the development and teaching of new courses pertaining to racial and ethnic topics.

Category C (Miscellaneous Projects): To support projects and activities on racial and ethnic topics such as workshops/seminars, guest speakers, curricular and fine arts performances, professional development, materials acquisitions, etc.

Minority Faculty Research Awards: To provide released time and support to tenure-track, minority faculty members for their scholarly research and writing, thus enhancing their opportunities for achieving tenure. Contact the institute regarding eligibility before submitting a proposal. Information: Thomas Tonnesen, (414) 229-4700, or e-mail: tonnesen@uwm.edu.

Chancellor’s Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching
The Chancellor’s Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching has been created to recognize and reward academic units on campus that have worked to improve teaching and learning. It will be awarded to two departments, schools or programs that demonstrate outstanding efforts to enhance the culture of learning and teaching. One award will be granted for large departments, schools or programs (greater than 20 faculty and instructional academic staff) and another for smaller departments, schools, or programs (20 or fewer faculty and instructional academic staff). Each award carries a stipend of $50,000 to be used as the unit sees fit, which might include continuing the advancement of existing learning and teaching initiatives and/or creating new initiatives. All academic departments, schools and programs are eligible for the award. (For a description of what constitutes a department, see FP&P Chapter 5.01.) Pre-proposals are due in Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Skloot’s office, 117 Bascom Hall, by 5 p.m., Feb. 25. Semi-finalists will be notified by March 10 and asked to submit full proposals by April 7. Information: Katherine Sanders, Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment (CCAE), 271 Bascom Hall, 263-4257, or e-mail: kjsander@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Herfurth-Kubly Awards
Nominations for the 1999-2000 Theodore Herfurth and Teddy Kubly Awards for Initiative and Efficiency are now being solicited from faculty members, university staff and student organizations. The Theodore Herfurth Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards granted to senior students.

All outstanding undergraduates of the Madison campus with 86 or more credits (senior standing) are potentially eligible to compete. Each award recipient receives a cash prize as well as the significant honor of receiving the highest recognition that an undergraduate student can receive.

The deadline for submitting the names of senior men and women as nominees for the Theodore Herfurth-Teddy Kubly Awards for Initiative and Efficiency is Friday, March 3. Please send the names and addresses of candidates to the Herfurth-Kubly Awards Committee; c/o Office of the Secretary of the Faculty; 133 Bascom Hall.

Administrative
036255: Assistant Dean (L), L&S/Administration (100). Apply by March 1.

036387: Outreach Specialist/Sr Outreach Spec, Nur/Outreach & Continuing Education (50 ). Apply by February 28.

036481: Dir, Unspecified (9)/ Acad Program Director, UHS/UHS Director’s Office General (100). Apply by March 31.

036524: Assoc Admin Prgm Spec/ Admin Program Spec, Grad/Research Animal Resources Center (100). Apply by February 25.

036569: Assoc Outreach Spec/Outreach Specialist, Grad/Arboretum (30 ). Apply by February 28.

036574: Outreach Specialist, UHS/Wisconsin Clearinghouse (100). Apply by February 25. Communications
036483: Assoc Editor/Editor, Grad/Waisman Ctr Mental Retard & Human Dev (50 ). Apply by February 23. Computer/Information Processing
036561: Assoc Inf Proc Conslt/ Inform Process Conslt, Grad/Biotechnology Center (50 ). Apply by February 23. Instruction
036248: Asst Faculty Assoc, L&S/School of Music (100). Apply by March 15.

036387: Outreach Specialist/Sr Outreach Spec, Nur/Outreach & Continuing Education (50 ). Apply by February 28.

036405: Asst Faculty Assoc/ Assoc Faculty Assoc/Faculty Associate, Engr/Engineering Professional Development (100). Apply by March 10.

036452: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by March 15.

036529: Lecturer, L&S/Mathematics (50 ). Apply by February 25.

036548: Assoc Lecturer/Lecturer, Con St/School of Education (50 ). Apply by February 23.

036555: Instructional Spec, L&S/Chemistry. Apply by February 23.

036568: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by February 23. Research
035080: Assoc Instrmt Inn, Res, Med Sc/Surgery (100). Apply by February 25.

035146: Assoc Research Spec/ Research Specialist/Sr Research Spec, Med Sc/Surgery (50). Apply by February 28.

035378: Research Specialist, Med Sc/Anatomy (100). Apply by February 24.

035861: Assoc Research Spec/ Research Specialist/Sr Research Spec, Med Sc/Physiology (100). Apply by March 1.

036115: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Vet M/Medical Sciences (100). Apply by February 28.

036116: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Vet M/Medical Sciences (100). Apply by February 28.

036121: Assoc Research Spec, Med Sc/Anatomy (100). Apply by February 22.

036155: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Ag&Lsc/Plant Pathology (100). Apply by February 23.

036332: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Medicine (100). Apply by February 29.

036387: Outreach Specialist/Sr Outreach Spec, Nur/Outreach & Continuing Education (50 ). Apply by February 28.

036398: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Physiology (100). Apply by March 31.

036404: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Physiology (50 ). Apply by April 1.

036506: Asst Researcher, Engr/Engineering Experiment Station (100). Apply by March 17.

036530: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Vet M/Svm-Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences (100). Apply by February 29.

036534: Research Specialist/Sr Research Spec, Ag&Lsc/Horticulture (100). Apply by March 25.

036546: Assoc Research Spec, Grad/Molecular Biology (100). Apply by March 1.

036575: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Grad/College of Agricultural & Life Sciences (50). Apply by February 23.

036589: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Oncology (100). Apply by February 23. Student Services
036409: Residence Hall Mgr, U Hsg/Single Student Residence Halls (100). Apply by March 20.

036416: Dir, Cont Educ (M), Educ/Office of Education Outreach (100). Apply by April 3.

036552: Assoc Stu Serv Coord/Student Services Cord/Sr Student Serv Coord, Bus/School of Business (100). Apply by February 28.

Due to publication schedules and limited space, not all Academic Staff or Limited vacancies are listed in Wisconsin Week. Complete descriptions of all vacancies (including faculty) are available electronically through the Web at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/ohr/employment/employ.html [click on “Position Vacancy Listings (Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Positions”)] or at the Academic Personnel Office, 174 Bascom Hall (263-2511).

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