Through funding from the U.S. Department of Education, six Title VI National Resource Centers plan to award stipends to faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions to develop and incorporate greater content about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia into the curricula of the institutions at which they teach. These National Resource Centers (NRCs) receive grants under the Higher Education Act to train specialists in the study of the countries of this region and to work with other postsecondary institutions to expand Russian, East European, and Eurasian content in the classroom. Faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions throughout the U.S. are invited to apply for a course development stipend. Awards will be from $1,000-$3,000. All full-time, regular part-time, and adjunct faculty are encouraged to apply. Applicants can propose to redesign an existing course or to develop a new course including at least 25% content on Russia, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. Funds will be made available to awardees in the form of a stipend and/or for purchase of curriculum materials, research related travel (including conference attendance), or consultation with a faculty member from a participating NRC. Awardees can also access the library of one participating NRC during the funding period. To be eligible as a minority-serving institution, applicant institutions are those listed by the U.S. Department of Education as eligible for Title III and Title V for FY2015 (http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/t3t5-eligibles-2015.pdf).

Full details on the competition and the application package can be found under the Curriculum Development Stipend Application page. 

The application deadline is Friday, January 8, 2016.  Please submit to Eileen Kunkler by email at kunkler.10@osu.edu. Award notifications will be sent out by late January 2016.

Participating Centers:

Indiana U., Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center

Indiana U., Russian & East European Institute

Ohio State University, Center for Slavic & East European Studies

U. of California, Berkeley, Institute of Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies

U. of Pittsburgh, Center for Russian & East European Studies

U. of Washington, Ellison Center for Russian, East European, & Central Asian Studies

For more information, please contact Eileen Kunkler (kunkler.10@osu.edu) at the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at The Ohio State University.