Office of Global Initiatives : Kohler Grant Announcement

Funding Categories
Application Process
Deadline

The University of Toledo's Office of Global Initiatives announces the 2009/2010 Foy and Phyllis Penn Kohler Fund for International Studies. Mr. Kohler was a former U.S. ambassador who attended The University of Toledo and received an honorary doctorate of laws in 1964. Kohler grants are intended to facilitate international research, teaching, and other internationalizing activities by UT faculty members. Faculty are eligible for only one Kohler award per academic year. In order to be considered for future Kohler funding, awardees are required to submit a report on curricular innovations, research opportunities, or other internationalizing effects that result from their travel.

The Kohler Faculty International Travel Grant is to be utilized for personal international travel-related expenses only (transportation, accommodation, meals and incidentals). Expenses not covered by the Kohler International Travel Grants include such items as registration fees for seminars/conferences/workshops, research-related (survey expenses and equipment, etc.), and other non-travel expenses. Requests for travel already undertaken without prior approval of the Kohler Committee will not be considered for funding. .


FUNDING CATEGORIES

A. International Research and Teaching Grants

The Kohler fund will provide individual grants of up to $1,000 each for projects involving UT faculty international travels promoting international studies. The highest priority will be given to proposals with the potential to further the internationalization of the University of Toledo. Administrators above the department level will not be considered for the awards, which are available only to full-time [non-visiting] faculty, superannuate faculty, and department chairs. In general, travel to conferences will not receive as high a priority for funding in this grant area as travel involving research that leads to curricular innovation.

B. Junior Faculty International Travel Grant

The Kohler fund will provide individual grants of up to $1,000 each to support travel by UT tenure-track untenured assistant professors to international conferences to present their research and to explore international opportunities and partnerships. To be eligible for this grant, a faculty member must hold a full-time tenure-track appointment but not yet be tenured.


APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications for Kohler Travel Grant Funds will be considered in three competitive rounds:

Round 1 deadline: November 13, 2009. Funds awarded through Round 1 competition must be spent by May 31, 2010.

Round 2 deadline: February 12, 2010. Funds awarded through Round 2 competition must be spent by August 31, 2010.

Round 3 deadline: April 30, 2010. Funds awarded through Round 3 competition must be spent by December 31, 2010.

To apply for a funding category, please submit an application proposal (maximum of 3 pages), including the following information:

1. Summary of the project, including specific goals for the experience. Provide destination and expected dates of travel. If your proposal includes a conference presentation, you must attach the letter of acceptance /invitation with your application package.
2. Projected benefits for you, the department, your college, and the University.
3. Detailed budget for the project, including information on other sources of funding (such as the department/college/university account or external funding).
4. An evaluative endorsement letter or memo from your department chair (if the applicant is a department chair, an evaluative endorsement letter or memo from the college dean) must accompany your application.
5. For the International Research and Teaching Grant, provide a specific statement on how the results of this experience will be incorporated into at least one course taught during the year following the award. Include the course number and title.
6. For the Junior Faculty International Travel Grant, indicate at least two forums in which you will share the results of your experience with colleagues at UT.
7. A cover page must cover the entire application and endorsement package.
8. Submit eight (8) printed copies of your application to The Office of Global Initiatives, Snyder Memorial, room 1060, MS 125, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the round deadline date.