Do you have innovative ideas to impact teaching and “demonstrably enhance” undergraduate student learning?
Faculty are encouraged to apply now through March 30 for up to seven $7,000 Smith Teaching and Learning Grants. [https://vpue.wsu.edu/FacultyGrants/SmithTeachingLearningGrants/]
New awardees will be announced in April 2017. Awards can be used as summer salary; benefits are paid from the award amount. Eligible applicants cannot have received Smith grants in the past four years, and must be faculty with instructional responsibilities appointed half-time or more and continuing employment in academic year 2017-18.
Application requirements include a project overview, work plan, citation list, and the endorsement of the applicant’s chair. Details are online at https://vpue.wsu.edu under the “faculty grants” tab. For more information, contact Jeannie Holt at jmholt@wsu.edu or 509-335-8044, or Wack at mwack@wsu.edu.
The Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Teaching and Learning Endowment was established in 2000 when WSU President Smith retired after 15 years of service to the university. The fund’s purpose is to recognize and reward innovative ideas to enhance teaching and learning at WSU.
In years since, thanks to awards made from the fund, thousands of undergraduates have benefited from the implementation of the educational innovations, programs, and projects resulting from Smith grants, said Wack.
