Drake International is accepting applications for FY2020 International Partnership Grants. Activities eligible for funding are listed below and include a variety of opportunities such as, visiting a partner institution, hosting a scholar, exploring a site for a J-Term class, hosting a delegation, and more. The grant deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 12. Contact Julie Yankey at julie.yankey@drake.edu for additional details. Apply today.
Eligible International Partners:
- Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- Universidad de los Andes, Chile
- Minzu University, China
- Sichuan International Studies University, China
- Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
- University of International Business and Economics, China
- University of Clermont Auvergne, France*
- University of Nantes, France*
- Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, India
- Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
- Kosovo (agreement is with Ministry of Education)
- Tec de Monterrey, Mexico
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Makerere University Business School, Uganda
Please note those denoted with (*) indicate partners with more restricted grant funding; contact Julie Yankey at julie.yankey@drake.edu for clarification.
Eligibility and Criteria for Funding:
Full-time faculty and staff are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to proposals that:
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- Further relevant portions of the University’s Continuous Improvement Plan and the unit’s global engagement indicators in specific and identifiable ways.
- Broaden or deepen the faculty/staff member’s knowledge of a particular strategic international partner.
- Advance Drake’s global engagement with our partners in new ways: such as international travel seminars, creating original activities with existing partners, global curriculum development, building upon previous activity, etc.
- Explain how proposed activities will have specific teaching, research, and service outcomes for student learning, faculty and staff development, and Drake.
- Are financially supported by the academic unit of the individual submitting the grant.
Julie Yankey, Drake International