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Published on Leave a comment on Grant Opportunity! Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National

The Community Engagement Program has made two key changes to the Community Engagement Pilot RFA.

 

First, the deadline for Letters of Intent has been extended until 5:00 pm EST on March 22, 2018. Please note that the deadline for the full proposal will remain the same,5:00 pm EST on April 13, 2018.

 

Second, applicants may request up to $50,000 for their project. Please see the RFA below for more detail.

 

Download Community Engagement RFA here

Applications should be submitted here:

https://cri-datacap.org/surveys/?s=HKNWJYDCJH.

 

Questions? Email Christina Robinson at cgrobins@childrensnational.org.

Published on Leave a comment on Funding Opportunity! CNCS 2018 Research Grant Competition: Community Conversations

Excellent opportunity for participatory researchers to engage communities in discussions about their civic health and increase community capacities to address issues. See letter below for webinar and dates for application.

The Corporation for National and Community Service today released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of up to $500,000 for the 2018 Community Conversations Research competition. The broad focus of the competition is to engage communities in conversations about their civic health using participatory research approaches to facilitate civic engagement and strengthen community capacity to address local issues, both of which are central to CNCS’s mission.

This research competition will award funds to institutions of higher education to support academics and applied researchers who work with and in local communities to use a participatory research approach to:

  • actively engage residents and other local stakeholders in a research process,
  • identify a local issue of concern to the community,
  • understand what may facilitate or hinder participation to address the issue, and
  • create a collaborative action plan to increase civic engagement and build relationships to tackle the community-identified issue.

CNCS seeks to support participatory research in three types of communities, with equal priority: communities that are already working collaboratively to tackle a locally identified issue; communities that have experienced a disaster; and communities in social crisis.

The deadline for applications will be on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Successful applicants will receive awards of between $50,000 and $100,000 per year for up to 2 years.

The first technical assistance call will be on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 2:00 pm  Eastern Time.

The 2018 Community Conversations Research NOFO, guidance on how to apply, and technical assistance call information can be found here. Questions about the grant and application process can be sent to NationalServiceResearch@cns.gov.

Published on Leave a comment on The Civic Life Project Documentary Contest Deadline April 30th

This documentary film contest is a great way for students to create a project focusing on one aspect of civic life (perhaps as part of a class project or research that they are doing) and have the opportunity to share their work with a national audience. Details on how to participate in this project can be found at the link below. If your students are presenting at the symposium this deadline is only one day before the symposium-why not document their civically engaged work and have it presented to an audience beyond GW as well?

https://www.civiclifeproject.org/

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Published on Leave a comment on Apply for the Knapp Fellowship for Entreprenuerial Service-Learning!

The deadline for the prestigious Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning is this Friday, January 12, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Apply be e-mailing the application (which can be found here) to gwserves@gwu.edu.

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Check out our detailed interviews with last year's fellows, Chloe King and Gayatri Malhotra. Chloe is working with the World Wildlife Fund to reduce food waste in D.C. schools and Gayatri is working with Teach for India and Girl Rising on a gender sensitization curriculum in New Delhi.

The award will recognize one or more innovative proposals each year and will provide support for their implementation. Up to $10,000 will be awarded each academic year.

Undergraduate and graduate students with one more semester may apply independently or with a group of students to design and create solutions that will make a significant difference in the lives of others.

Awardees must work with the support and guidance of a faculty member on their research and action projects.

Students who apply should demonstrate knowledge and innovative thinking about the issue or problem to be addressed.  Selection is at the discretion of the Provost, who reviews recommendations made by a committee of faculty and representatives from the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service.

Once chosen, fellows work throughout the project with a faculty advisor who guides research on the issue, implementation of the proposal, ongoing reports and assessments, and a final work of scholarship.

For more information, email Dr. Wendy Wagner at wagnerw@gwu.edu or Rachel Talbert at rachellt@gwu.edu.

Published on Leave a comment on Funding for Faculty Learning Communities from Campus Compact

We are hoping that all our faculty will consider taking part in an FLC (Faculty Learning Communities) in 2018 we are excited to announce that we've been awarded a small grant to support this work from Campus Compact. Click here to see what FLCs are offered and for information on how to join them https://nashman-center.squarespace.com/config/pages/58176f9d29687f5a8abaee47

Published on Leave a comment on Faculty Development Grants: Due Feb 2, 2018

The Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service distributes grants annually to support community-engaged scholarship and teaching at GWU. These awards promote the development and institutionalization of new community-engaged scholarship opportunities that are consistent with the University strategic plan. For more information and an application, email Wendy Wagner at wagnerw@gwu.edu.

The Nashman Faculty Grants for Community-Engaged Scholarship support:

  • Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) initiatives;
  • Development of new community-engaged scholarship (including service-learning) courses;
  • Efforts to engage entire departments in community-engaged scholarship through an integration of teaching, learning and research;
  • Activities that promote individual or group professional development in community-engaged scholarship.

Published on Leave a comment on Rodham Institute Funding Opportunity

"The Rodham Institute Academic Community Collaboration Award was formed to stimulate and advance community-university collaborations around research and program development. Grants are awarded to partnerships that most successfully demonstrate the potential for advancing the health and well-being of the residents of D.C."

Published on Leave a comment on Info Session on Social Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Students

This informative presentation is recommended for faculty and students with an interest in learning more about the opportunities to fund student ideas for social innovation ventures.

Jonathon Butler, Senior Associate for Social Innovation at the Nashman Center will share information about the Knapp Fellowships program, the Public Service Grant Commission, the Eco-Equity Challenge and other programs. Following, the 2016 and 2017 Knapp Fellows will present their projects.

  • Monday, May 1st
  • 1-1:50 pm
  • Marvin Center, Room 307

This session is a part of the Nashman Center's Service-Learning Symposium. Click here for the full program.

Published on Leave a comment on The Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning (Applications Due Jan 30, 2017)

Please circulate Knapp Fellowship applications widely to students! Undergraduate or graduate students selected as Knapp Fellows design and implement entrepreneurial service-learning projects that make a significant difference in the lives of others. Selected Knapp Fellows receive professional development on community engaged work, and are advised by a faculty member advisor as a content expert (faculty advisors also receive a small stipend). One or more Knapp Fellowships are awarded each year, ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.

 

The Knapp Fellowships program includes two components: a scholarly research portion to inform the project, and the design and implementation of the entrepreneurial service-learning project itself. Fellowship activities are conducted over the coming academic year.

 

For further information, please contact Wendy Wagner at the Nashman Center: wagnerw@gwu.edu.

Published on Leave a comment on Nashman Center Faculty Grants for Community-Engaged Scholarship (Proposals Due Jan 9, 2017)

The call for proposals for the Nashman Center’s annual faculty grants is available HERE. We encourage full-time or part-time faculty to propose an initiative for funding.

Grant funding is available to support

  • Development of new service-learning courses (or redesigning existing courses to include service-learning)
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Evaluation of existing engaged research or teaching
  • Strategic planning for the intentional engagement of an entire academic department
  • Research on community-engaged scholarship
  • Individual or group professional development in community-engaged scholarship

Community-engaged scholarship includes teaching, research, or creative activities that occur in partnership with the community to both prepare active citizens and benefit the public good.

The Nashman Faculty Grants for Engaged Scholarship are designed to: promote and support engaged teaching and research; improve communication among faculty about engaged scholarship; and, support professional development opportunities related to engaged scholarship.

The Nashman Center staff are happy to meet with you to discuss or help fine-tune your proposal ideas. Please email Wendy Wagner to schedule a time: wagnerw@gwu.edu.

Published on Leave a comment on Funding Available: $30k Grants from VentureWell for STEM-based Solutions

VentureWell is offering faculty grants for up to $30K to create innovative or entrepreneurial courses for students in the area of STEM. Applications are due by November 9th.

You can access the application here.

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