Faculty Development Grants

The Israel Institute offers Faculty Development Grants to tenure-track faculty members in Canada and the United States who want to add Israel-focused courses to their teaching portfolios. The purpose of this program is to assist scholars who have the interest and desire, but not yet the expertise, to teach courses about modern Israel.

Faculty Development Grants enable select scholars to conduct research, travel to Israel, hone language skills, or pursue any other activity that would be conducive to developing and teaching courses about modern Israel.

Grant amounts vary depending on the proposal and expected enrollments. The average grant award is $8,000. Successful proposals clearly explain how the work undertaken through the grant will result in ongoing course content and strong enrollments. Awards are contingent upon a letter from a dean or department chair certifying that the faculty member will teach the new Israel-focused course as part of a regular teaching rotation (not less frequently than once every two years). Courses must be full term, three credits, and taught at the undergraduate level.

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ELIGIBILITY

Faculty Development Grants are available for tenured and tenure-track faculty in Canada and the United States who want to add new full-term, three-credit, undergraduate-level courses about modern Israel to their regular rotations and who specialize in subjects applicable to Israel studies, broadly defined. Previous grant recipients have developed courses in political science, history, literature, security studies, peace and conflict studies, theater and dance, and more. 

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for a Faculty Development Grant, you must complete the online application and submit the following supplemental materials via the application portal.

1. High-resolution headshot (300 ppi)
2. Academic curriculum vitae (CV)
3. Proposal of no more than five double-spaced pages. Please use the following categories and format for your proposal:
   
   
   • Interest: Explain your interest and background in creating a new course about modern Israel. 
   • Course: Provide the working title and description of the course you plan to develop.
   • Plan: Create a timeline for developing and launching the course and describe what activities you would engage in during this timeline.
   • Institutional Support: Describe the prospects for ongoing institutional and departmental support for the course. Include a description of if and how the chair and dean are supporting your effort and if the course will be three credits, taught at the undergraduate level, and meet major/minor or graduation requirements.
   • Budget: Provide a detailed budget for how the grant money would be spent.

DEADLINE TO APPLY

Applications for Faculty Development Grants are due by February 16, 2021.

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For questions about the Faculty Development Program, please contact Erika Falk, Program Director, at efalk@israelinstitute.org.

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