Dissemination Grants

Dissemination grants

The Center for Service and Learning (CSL) provides small grants (up to $500) to support faculty and instructional staff to disseminate knowledge and other forms of innovation related to service learning or civic and community engagement in higher education.

Applications that relate to the topics below are welcome:

Instructional models and assessments associated with community-engaged teaching practices, such as service learning, faculty-mentored community-based participatory research, or global service learning.
Studies using community-engaged inquiry methods (e.g., action research, participatory design, developmental evaluation, participatory evaluation).
Research on student learning outcomes, student motivations, etc. associated with community-engaged learning environments.
Community-campus partnerships (local and global) in service learning.
Community outcomes resulting from student engagement.
Program- or department-based institutionalization of service learning or community engagement.

Application overview

Amount of support

Up to $500 per award

Number of awards

10 per academic year

Application deadline

Applications are now open.

Eligibility

To be eligible, a presentation/poster proposal must have been accepted for presentation during the period from July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2023. All funds must be encumbered by April 15, 2023.

All full-time IUPUI faculty, including lecturers and clinical faculty, as well as instructional staff, are eligible to apply. Adjunct faculty are eligible with evidence of support from their chair or director.

Applications will be reviewed and funds distributed on a rolling basis until the pool is exhausted. A complete application will include all of the following:

A copy of the abstract
A copy of the acceptance notification
Budget listing, including registration, travel, and any project expenses associated with this presentation
Requested funding level, including reporting of other sources of support
Brief proposal narrative

Grant funds will be used to cover expenses associated with fees or costs associated with the presentation/activity outlined in the application.

Within 12 months following their funded presentations or activities, grantees will share their work with at least one other campus audience of their choice (e.g., EC Moore, Research Day, Civic Engagement Showcase, Scholarly Teaching Symposium, or another avenue for dissemination proposed by the applicant and approved by the CSL). Grantees will report this activity back to the Center for Service and Learning.

If you have questions, please contact csl@iupui.edu.

Center for Service & Learning

Dissemination Grants