Purpose: Curriculum Enrichment Funds are intended to foster a stronger intellectual climate around the undergraduate curriculum and to foster interaction among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Curriculum Enrichment Funds are intended to support events that foster dialogue within and beyond the classroom. The goal is to make course-related enrichment—like those listed below—a typical, rather than an atypical feature of the curriculum.

Funds may be used to support:

• Activities that link classroom learning to DC area events and resources, with a distinct component of creating occasions for dialogue among students, faculty, and community and area leaders;
• Events that link multiple sections of a course or similar courses in occasions for dialogue around common themes and speakers;
• Events that create occasions for dialogue among different levels of students (lower division, upper division, graduate students, alumni);
• Events that create dialogue among diverse members of the academic community and beyond; and
• Informal gatherings of courses that might not otherwise interact socially and in conversation that precede or follow campus speakers or events.

Who's eligible to apply? All full-time and part-time faculty.

Scope of awards: Curriculum Enrichment Funds are available up to $500 per event and may be applied for on a semester basis.

Relevant dates: Application for events taking place before June 1st are due by February 28th; applications for fall events are due by September 1st. Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a funds available basis.

Application process: If you have an idea for an event or activity that would foster such interaction and dialogue, please email John Rakestraw (jar34@georgetown.edu) at CNDLS. In the email, describe the event or activity for which you are seeking funding, the course(s) to which the event relates, and the amount of money you're requesting. Your funding request should focus on an explanation of how you expect the proposed grant activity to foster dialogue within your class and/or with communities outside the classroom. Please also describe the specific purpose for the funds (e.g., transportation, food, speaker's honorarium).

Contact: John Rakestraw, Associate Director for Faculty Programs, CNDLS, 202-687-0622, jar34@georgetown.edu.