Purpose

The Global Curriculum Development Awards are given to faculty members who create a new undergraduate or graduate course, or substantially revises an existing course, integrating international or global perspectives into an undergraduate or graduate major. Revised courses must not have been already globally oriented. The initial offering of the new or revised course must be scheduled for the academic year following the award. The award will be made upon receipt of the syllabus for the new or revised course and when the relevant DEO(s) confirm it is scheduled to be offered.  Up to three (3) separate awards of $3,000 each are available each year. Funding for these awards is provided by the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization (SUIFSO).

Application deadline: July 1

Eligibility

University of Iowa tenured, tenure-track, instructional-track, clinical, and research faculty with a 50% or greater appointment. Professional and scientific staff are eligible to apply for International Travel Awards. 

The following are ineligible: Visiting faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate, undergraduate, professional students, and student organizations.

Requirements

Eligible and ineligible expenses, Travel to High-Risk destinations, Foreign Visitor and Export Control Requirements. Click here for more information.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals for the GCDA are reviewed considering the following criteria:

  • anticipated enrollments and expected frequency of the course offering
  • clear emphasis on global or international issues
  • demonstration of how the new or revised course augments the major
  • demonstration of how the new or revised course expands students’ knowledge of global topics
  • proposed or revised course material extends beyond individual countries or area studies
  • potential for long range impact on relevant University, local, state, national, and global communities, including scholars, students, practitioners, and the general public
  • proposals related to study abroad programs/courses are only considered if a faculty-led program proposal has already been approved

While no matching funds are required, applicants should indicate additional sources of funding for which they intend to apply, from within the University or from external funding agencies, either for course development or closely related projects or programming.

Application Process

Complete the online application form. You will need to have the following to complete the form:

  • an application form
  • curriculum vitae for the primary faculty applicant (2-page maximum)
  • a proposal addressing the criteria above (up to 3 pages in length)
    • A proposal template is available to download and use. We encourage you to use this template as it includes headers for the questions for which you will need to respond
  • a brief budget outline, including funds pending or committed (sources and amounts)

Contact Information

For questions regarding the Global Curriculum Development Award, please contact:

Mary Paterson
Business Manager
319-335-1441
mary-paterson@uiowa.edu

Featured Award Recipients

headstone saved from the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh
A medieval headstone saved from the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Dadivank in Artsakh, currently housed at The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Vagharshapat, the official seat of the Armenian church.

Elke Heckner, lecturer in the Department of German, created a course, "War Crimes, Justice and Accountability: New Trends," that is connected to her current research project as well as a book chapter on the future of human rights in international law.

"This funding will allow me to design an innovative course on the most recent human rights strategies, now that the UN Security Council (due to Russia's and China's veto power) can no longer prosecute or effectively intervene in ongoing massive human rights abuses or near-genocidal conflicts... This research project examines, among other issues, geopolitical conflicts that verge on ethnic cleansing, such as the displacement of the Armenian population from their ancestral lands and the destruction of cultural heritage sites in the semi-autonomous region of Artsakh, which lies within Azerbaijan, but which has a predominantly Armenian population."

- Elke Heckner, recipient of a Global Curriculum Development Award

Students in Prof. Heineman's first-year seminar, "Jewish Life Today," researching Iowa's Jewish history in the Iowa Women's Archives.
Students in Professor Heineman's first-year seminar researching Iowa's Jewish history in the Iowa Women's Archives.

Professor of History and Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies, Elizabeth Heineman, used the award to design a new "Intro to Jewish Studies" course. The award also informed two other courses she teaches: "Jews, Judaism, and Social Justice" and a first-year seminar called "Jewish Life Today."

“I'm using the funding to support enrollment in online courses in areas where my own expertise could use some updating, and in areas of innovation within Jewish Studies that are only now emerging... As a historian of the late modern era, I'm better equipped to teach that portion of Jewish history than I am to teach earlier eras or other approaches to the interdisciplinary field. Attending courses on biblical-era history and texts help me to teach that aspect of Jewish Studies. Attending courses on cutting-edge approaches (e.g. regendered Torah, queer readings of Talmud) ensure that my courses reflect ongoing developments in the field.”

- Elizabeth Heineman, recipient of a Global Curriculum Development Award